ofer-áwritten
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what is written above; suprascribtio, Mt. L. 22, 20. Cf. ofer-writen
ofer-gewrit
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Pilatus wrát ofergewrit (titulum) and sette ofer his róde, Jn. 19, 19. Add
ofer-gestandan
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to stand above Ofer his reliquias ꝥ heofonleóht wæs ofergestondonde and scínende, Bd. 3, 11 ; Sch. 235, 9
Linked entry: ge-standan
ofer-hygd
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Þá oferhýdigan (superbi) beóð tintregode mid þám oferhigdum (superbis), Gr. D. 316, 5. Cf. ofer-mód; adj. (and sbst.). Add
ofer-spreca
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One who talks extravagantly or inconsiderately Swá swá unsceamfæst oferspreca hé bæd ut inpudens procax imprecabatur, An. Ox. 2819. ofer-sprecan; II
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ofer-bregdan
To overspread, cover, draw a covering over ⬩ To break out over a surface
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Grammar ofer-bregdan, v. trans. To overspread, cover, draw a covering over Se ða burh oferbrægd blácan líge, Andr. Kmbl. 3080; An. 1543. Niht oferbrǽd beorgas steápe, 2613; An. 1308. Grammar ofer-bregdan, intrans. To break out over a surface Scamoniam
ofer-módigian
to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride
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to be proud or haughty, to be puffed up with pride:— Ðonne se unrihtwísa ofermódegaþ (-módgaþ, Ps. Spl. ) dum superbit impius, Ps. Th. 9, 21. Hwí ofermódige gé ofer óðre men for eówrum gebyrdum, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 15: 42; Fox 258, 15. Hí ofermódigaþ
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ofer-sewenness
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Contempt; as a legal term, fine for disobedience to authority. The word occurs only in legal documents. In the laws of Henry I it corresponds to ofer-hírness in the Anglo-Saxon laws Habeat episcopus debita transgressionum et poenam delictorum quae nos
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ofer-hyge
Pride, arrogance
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Pride, arrogance Ðú mé oferhige (or ofer hige? mé ofer corresponding to super me in the Latin) on ealle gelǽddest omnes elationes tuas super me induxisti, Ps. Th. 87, 7
Linked entry: hyge
ofer-heáfod
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Add: [v. N. E. D. over-head]: <b>ofer-heáh.</b> Add: [Orm. oferr-heh] : <b>ofer-hebban.</b> Add: to uplift, exalt. v. ofer-hebbendlic. [Overhofen sal be over Yban his fruyte, Ps. 71, 16. Goth. ufar-hafjan sik to exalt oneself:
ofer-mǽte
Beyond measure, excessive, immoderate, immense ⬩ excessively
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Beyond measure, excessive, immoderate, immense Ofermǽte insolens, Hpt. Gl. 526, 10. Moyses behelede ða ofermǽtan bierhto his ondwlitan, Past. 63; Swt. 459, 19. God hyra ofermǽtan ofermétto genyðerode, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 27. Hé hét ða ofermǽtan brycge
ofer-lǽdan
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for 'to oppress' substitute: to cover, draw over; obducere (v. Hml. Th. i. 504, 31 under ofer-hón). to carry across, translate, v. ofer-lád Gewrit oferlǽded Scriptura translata, Mt. p. 2, 13
ofer-cirran
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crossa space Ofercearra (printed -cearfa; but cf. iccearro, Mt. L. 12, 44, and ofer-cirr in Dict.) wé ofer ꝥ luh transfretemus trans stagnum, Lk. L. 8, 22. Ðona hider ofercerre inde huc transmeare, 16, 26
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ofer-gesett
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Add: ofer-geseted placed upon. v. mid supra
ofer-fæst
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glosses trans-fixus, Lk. p. 11. 13. Cf. ofer; 1
ofer-swógan
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Add: v. swógan; <b>II,</b> and see ofer-hón
ofer-hyge
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Dele the bracket; the alliteration requires the compound. Cf. ofer-méde for form and meaning
ofer-writen
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what is written above, a superscription Of oferwritenum ex superscriptionibus, Mt. p. 12, 2. Cf. ofer-áwritten
ofer-féran
to pass over or through, to cross, traverse ⬩ to come upon or across, meet with
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to pass over or through, to cross, traverse Ic oferférde transiviIordane, Gen. 32, 10. Seó sǽ ðe se Hǽlend oferférde, Homl. Th. i. 182, 25. Oberfoerde emenso, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 22. Oferférde, 29, 33. Mid ðý wit oferférdon transissemus ðás wununesse
ofer-gapian
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Add: The original Latin is: Nec occasione sacerdotii obliviscatur regule oboedientiam. [Cf. O. H. Ger. kapfén to look.] Cf. ofer-gíman