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ígeoþ

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Ofer ðonæ ígað, C. D. v. 173, 23. Andlang eaxan oþ focgan ígeþas, of focgan ígeþum, Cht. Crw. 3, 3; C. D. B. iii. 667, 2-3

ufan

Grammar
ufan, <b>. II.</b> ¶
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Th. i. 234, 6. v. ofer-, wiþ-ufan

ofering

(n.)
Grammar
ofering, e; f.

Superfluity

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Superfluity Gif ðú ofer gemet itst oððe drincst oððe cláþa ðé má on hæfst ðonne ðú þurfe seó ofering ðé wurþ tó sáre cujus satietatem si superfluis urgere velis, quod infuderes fiet noxium, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 16.

feówertyne

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
feówertyne, adj.

FOURTEENquătuordĕcim

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Óþ-ðæt feówertyne niht ofer Eástron until fourteen nights after Easter, L. In. 55; Th. i. 138, 8, MS. B. Rachel acende feówertyne suna Rachel bore fourteen sons, Gen. 46, 22

Linked entry: feówertene

fóre-meahtig

(adj.)
Grammar
fóre-meahtig, fóre-mihtig; adj.

Prepotentmost mightypræpŏtens

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Ðǽr he ealdordóm onféhþ, fóremihtig ofer fugla cynn where it [the phœnix] receives supremacy, most mighty over the race of birds, Exon. 58 a; Th. 208, 21; Ph. 159: Cd. 208; Th. 257. 33; Dan. 667

Linked entry: fóre-mihtig

ful-wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
ful-wíde, adv.

Full widelyall aroundround aboutcircumcirca

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Full widely, all around, round about; circumcirca Lóca fulwíde ofer londbúende look all around over the land-dwellers, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 23; Sat. 684: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 13; Kl. 46.

mearc-wæd

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-wæd, es; n.

Boundary-waterthe water by the shore

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Boundary-water, the water by the shore Wlanc monig on stæþe stódon stundum wrǽcon ofer mearcwaðu and ðá gehlódon hildesercum wǽghengestas many a proud one stood on the shore; now and again they pressed over the border-floods, and then laded the wave-steeds

Linked entry: mearc-pæð

mere-torht

(adj.)
Grammar
mere-torht, adj.

Bright from bathing in the sea

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Becwom ofer gársecges [begong] morgen mæretorht [or mǽretorht splendidly bright, cf. O. H. Ger. mári-mihil], Cd. 160; Th. 199, 29; Exod. 346

Linked entry: mǽre-torht

ge-máhlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-máhlíce, adv.

Importunately, peremptorily, boldly, pertinaciously

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Importunately, peremptorily, boldly, pertinaciously Se cyng hét swýðe gemáhlíce ofer eall ðis land beódan the king very peremptorily ordered it to be proclaimed over all this land, Chr. 1095; Erl. 232, 22.

earce

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Add: a chest Sum ceorl ásette his earcan ( arcam ) mid hwǽte gefylde ofer þæs hálgan mannes byrgene . . . Þá semninga wæs geworden þoden, ꝥ hé áhóf upp þá earcan and hí forð áwearp, Gr.

ge-brǽdan

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Hié ne mót heore mearce gebrǽdan ofer þá eorþan. Bt. 21; F. 74, 28. Mid ðǽm bióð synna swíðe gebrǽdda, Past. 30, 14

hege-stów

(n.)
Grammar
hege-stów, e; f.
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Ofer ðǽre strǽte in ðá hegestówe, 263, 25

Linked entry: heg-stów

ná-hwider

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Hé nóhwider ofer ꝥ cumon ne mæg, Bt. 36, 5 ; F. 180, 24. Martinus nolde út of þám mynstre náhwider, Hml. S. 31, 257. Þá hig woldon hig lǽdan, þá ne myhton hig náhwyder hig onstyrian, Shrn. 154, 25.

stán-clif

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Add: a crag Ofer þá stówe ufon wæs hangiende unmǽte stánclif (ingens rupes ), Gr. D. 52, 16: 99, 2. Wearð upp áscoten swýðlicu mycelnes þæs ungemǽtan stánclifes ingentis saxi moles erupta est, 12, 9. Hé gecerde stánclif (rupem) on wellas wætra, Ps.

trede

(adj.)
Grammar
trede, adj.

Firm to tread onthat may be walked on

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Firm to tread on, that may be walked on Sǽ cýðde hwí hine gesette, tírmeahtig cyning, for ðon hé hine tredne him ongeán gyrede, ðonne God wolde ofer síne ýðe gán ready for his coming the sea made itself firm for his tread, when God would walk over its

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

waterwater water in the sky, rain water of a river, sea, etc. water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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Áþene ðíne hand ofer ealle Egipta wætro and flódas, ge ofer burnan ge ofer meras and ofer ealle wæterpyttas, Ex. 7, 19. in plural, waters,implying abundance or great extent, waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

sæl

(n.)
Grammar
sæl, sel, es; n.

A hall

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Gesáwon ofer since salo hlifian, reced ofer reádum golde, 145, 10; Gen. 2403. Wyn for to schenche, after mete in sale, Horn. 1107. Þyse renkeȝ schal neuer sitte in my sale my soper to fele, Allit. Pms. 41, 107.

Linked entries: sel sales salor

wæd

(n.)
Grammar
wæd, es; n.

A fordshallow waterwater that may be traverseda body of watersea

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Wyllelm king lǽdde scypferde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... him sylf mid his landfyrde férde inn ofer ðæt wæð(æt ðam gewæde, MS. E. Cf. wath Jamieson's a ford, Dict.), Chr. 1073; Erl. 211, 25.

Linked entries: ge-wæd wæð

ÉST

(n.)
Grammar
ÉST, es; m: ést, e; f.

will, consent, grace, favour, liberality, munificence, bounty bĕnĕplăcĭtum, consensus, grātia, bĕnĕvŏlentia, mŭnĭfĭcentiadelicacies dēlĭciæ

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will, consent, grace, favour, liberality, munificence, bounty; bĕnĕplăcĭtum, consensus, grātia, bĕnĕvŏlentia, mŭnĭfĭcentia Ofer míneést against my will, Andr. Kmbl. 2438; An. 1217. Ofer ést Godes against God's consent.

ge-trýwe

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-trýwe, def. se -trýwa; adj.

TRUEfaithfulfīdusfĭdēlis

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TRUE, faithful; fīdus, fĭdēlis Beó blíðe, ðú góda þeów and getrýwa; forðamðe ðú wǽre getrýwe ofer lytle þing, ic gesette ðé ofer mycle euge, serve bŏne et fĭdēlis; quia sŭper pauca fuisti fĭdēlis, sŭper multa te constĭtuam, Mt.