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ofer-swimman

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ofer-swingan

(v.)
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to strike through Ꝥ húru æt his ænde seó biternes and hreówsung oferswunge and geþreáde his mód for his ágenre scylde ut saltem in morte de culpa sua mentem ipsius amaritudo transverberet, Gr. D. 344, 33

ofer-swíþan

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Ic oferswíðrode ł (ofer-?) swáð ágen hine, Ps. L. 12, 5. Suǽofersuíða gedeafnad is sunu monnes ita exaltari oportet filium hominis, Jn. L. 3, 14. Diúl oferswíded diabolo devicto, Mt. p. 14, 6. Add

ofer-swíþe

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Þá þe oferswvþe mettum brúcað qui nimium cibis utuntur, Scint. 56, 11. Þá yfelan for hyra yflum weorcum wǽron gewítnode oferswíþe, Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 6. Add

ofer-swíþedlic

Linked entry: -swíþedlic

ofer-swíþend

(n.)
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ofer-swíþend, es; m.
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A conqueror, vanquisher Mín se leófa ðeów Iób, and deófles oferswíðend þurh geþyld, Hml. S. 30, 126

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ofer-swógan

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Add: v. swógan; <b>II,</b> and see ofer-hón

ofer-þeccan

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Seó líchamlice lustfulnes ꝥ mód mid þeóstrum oferþeceþ carnalis delectatio mentem obscurat, Gr. D. 323, 9. Þú oferþece (cooperies) hine mid hǽran, Chrd. 37, 12. Add

ofer-þencan

(v.)
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to think over, consider Gif hit byð wel ásmeád and oferþóht si bene perpenditur, Gr. D. 316, 20

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ofer-togenness

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Ofertogennysse obductionis, Scint. 179, 6. Add

ofer-trúwian

(v.)
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to trust too much to Wá þám þe ofertrúwað mægne and mænege, and on God ne behiht, swá swá hé sceolde, Wlfst. 48, 7

ofer-ufa

(prep.; adv.)
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ofer-ufa, ofer-ufan.
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as preposition, on, upon, above. with dat. Oferufa bolstare slépende, Mk. L. 4, 38. Oferufa eallum is supra omnes est, Jn. L. 3, 31. with acc. Oferufa sunu monnes, Jn. L. 1, 51. Oferufa his heáfut, 20, 7. as adv. Hine oferufa (desuper) sitta dydon,

ofer-wealdan

(v.)
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to rule over, control Ne lǽte hé nǽfre his hýrmen hyne oferwealdan, Angl. ix. 260, 27. Cf. wealdan; <b>III d.</b>

ofer-weorþ

(adj.)
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ofer-weorþ, ofer-wirþe; adj.
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Very worthy Oferwyrþe condignae (non sunt condignae passiones huius temporis ad futuram gloriam), Angl. xi. 171

ofer-winnan

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Iósue and Israhéla folc oferwunnon seofon ðeóda; eahtoðe wæs Pharao . . . swá sceolon crístene men ðá eahta heáfodleahtras mid heora werodum ealle oferwinnan, Hml. Th. ii. 218, 12-17. Hé unáliéfede lustas átemige and oferwinne illicitas suggestiones edomare

ofer-winnende

(adj.)

Similar entry: un-oferwinnende

ofer-wreón

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Mæht ðæs hésta oferwríð (-wrígað, L. ) ðec uirtus altissimi obumbrabit tibi, Lk. R. 1. 35. 'Awyrp mé hyder þínne scyccels . . . ꝥ ic mæge þá wíflican týddernysse oferwreón'. . . Héé Oferwreág cooperuit, Ps. L. 43, 16. Oferwrigen ꝥ ne beó geopenad, An.

ofer-writ

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Add: a superscription Oferwriotum áwriten, Lk. R. 23, 38

ofer-writen

(n.)
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what is written above, a superscription Of oferwritenum ex superscriptionibus, Mt. p. 12, 2. Cf. ofer-áwritten

ofer-wríþan

(v.)
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to wrap round, cover up with a wrapper Mid hnesce wulle oferwríðe ealle þá scearpan, Lch. ii. 130, 10