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healh

a corneran anglecaveclosetrecessa bay

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Gemétte hé hine hleonian on þám hale his cyrcan wið þám weófode invenit eum recumbentem in angulo oratorii sui contra altare, Guth. Gr. 163, 50. Hé gefeall him in ánan heale and . . . slǽp, Vis.

ge-métan

(v.)
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. :-- Hé hine geneósian wolde: þá gemétte hé hine hleonian on þám hale his cyrcan, Guth. 82, 21. Hié gemétton hæle bídan, An. 143. (4-b) with obj. and complement, a noun Þæt heáfod wæg geméted scépes heáfod, Bl. H. 183, 22. an adj. or ptcpl.

ofer

(prep.)
Grammar
ofer, ofor; prep. adv.

with dat. generally with the idea of rest;above, overdenoting contact with anything, upon, ondenoting extension over, throughout, in, ondenoting a higher degree, beyond, more thandenoting the cause of an emotion, overdenoting the object over which power is exercisedwith the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expectedmarking time, after, beyond denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an objectdenoting motion which is diffused over a surfacedenoting extension through a space, throughout, amongdenoting motion from below, over, abovedenoting motion from above, upon, on denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effectdenoting the object over which power is exercisedabove, more thansupra, superbeyond, besidesultradenoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, againstwith words implying rest(cf. to talk over)denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5)withoutwith words expressing time,afterthrough, during

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Hé fyrgenbeámas ofer hárne stán hleonian funde, Beo. Th. 2834; B. 1415. Æþelingas ofer heánne hróf hand sceáwedon, 1970; B. 983, denoting the subject of discourse (cf. to talk over) :-- Hé ofer benne spræc, wunde wælbleáte, 5442; B. 2724.

Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan