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ofer-gesáwan

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ofer-gesett

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Monige nyllað ná geðencean ðæt hié beóð óðrum bróðrum ofergesett on godcundum ðingum nonnulli velut obliti quod fratribus animarum causa praelati sunt, Past. 126, 17. Add

ofer-gesewenness

Similar entry: ofer-sewenness

ofer-geswincfull

(adj.)
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ofer-geswincfull, adj.
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Excessively laborious or troublesome Þis wæs on eallon þingan swíðe hefigtýme geár, and ofergeswincfull on ungewederan, þá man oððe tilian sceolde oððe eft tilða gegaderian, Chr. 1098 ; P. 234, 2

Linked entry: ge-swincfull

ofer-glésan

(v.)
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to write an English word over a Latin one to explain the latter, make an interlinear gloss Aldred hit oferglóesade on Englisc, Jn. p. 188, 7

Linked entry: glésan

ofer-gyldan

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Ofergylded, Jn. p. 188, 5. On ofergyldum reáfe, Hml. A. 28, 108. Add

ofer-helian

(v.)
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Seó sóþe lufu oferhelaþ ( operit ) micelnysse synna, Scint. 1, 5. Sé þe ágyltendes wunda belocenum breóste and mid tungan oferhelað (tegit), 38, 17. Hí oferheledon (operuerunt) hine mid bletsungum, 67, 14. Oferhelian synne uelare peccatum, 52, 11. Beón

ofer-hergian

(v.)
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In þám cwylde þe þás burh oferhergode (vastavit) mid swýþlicum wóle and cwealme, Gr. D. 298, 23. Add

ofer-híwian

(v.)
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to transfigure Oferhíwad (-heówad, R.) wæs transfiguratus est, Mt. L. 17, 2. Oferhíwade, Mk. p. 4, 4 : Lk. p. 6, 8. to put another colour on to Oferhiádum dealbatis, Mt. L. 23, 27

ofer-hlúde

(adv.)
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ofer-hlúde, adv.
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Over-loudly Ne sceal man sealmas ofstlíce singan, ne oferhlúde psalmi non cursim, ane in excelsis uocibus recitentur, Chrd. 57, 13

Linked entry: hlúde

ofer-hogodness

(n.)
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ofer-hogodness, e; f.
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Pride: — Þurh oferhogodnysse gást per superbiae spiritum, Gr. D. 144, 4

ofer-hón

(v.)
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to hang with something so as to cover an object Þæs muntes cnoll mid þeósterlicum genipum eal oferhangen wæs, Hml. Th. i. 504, 31. To him geneélǽhton sume ælþeódige men . . . oferhangene mid tóslitenum cláðum (scissis vestibus, pannis obsiti ), Gr. D

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ofer-hragan

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Add: to cover over (?). Cf. hrægel

ofer-hycgan

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For hwon ðegnas ðíne oferhogas (cf. for-hogas, 3) selenise ðára aeldra? quare discipuli tui transgrediuntur traditionem seniorum ?, Mt. L. 15, 2. Ðú oferhogdes sprevisti, Ps. Vos. 118, 118. Add

ofer-hygdlic

(adj.)
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ofer-hygdlic, adj.
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Proud, arrogant, presumptuous Wé gehýrdon and ongeáton þá oferhygdlican gedyrstignesse þæs elreordgan kyninges, Nar. 19, 11

ofer-lǽfan

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to leave over, not to use up Étun alle and gifylde wérun, and ginimen wæs ðætte oferlǽfed wæs (quod superfuit), Lk. R. 9, 17. [ȝe shulen ouerleeuen hem to the aftercomers transmittetis ad posteros, Wick. Lev. 25, 46.] to be left over Ꝥte oferhlǽfeð

ofer-lecgan

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to lay over, above, or upon something else Oferlecgan ꝥ lín þám weófode superponant linteum altari, Angl. xiii. 428, 899. to cover the surface of a thing with something Oferlege mid wulle, Lch. ii. 200, 7. Oferlecge mid línene cláðe, 182, 4. to affect

ofer-lifa

(n.)
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ofer-lifa, an; m.
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Excess in food Se oferlyfa on ǽte and on wǽte déð þone man unhálne, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 5. [Þe oferlifa on hete and on wete macað þene mon unhálne, 101, 27, ] Cf. big-leofa

Linked entry: -lifa

ofer-líþan

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Swá ic strange sǽ and mycele oferlíðe velut transvadato vasti gurgitis aequore, Guth. Gr. 102, 33. Add

ofer-mǽte

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Be ðám þingum þe ðú mé sédest þat þú getyohhod hæafde tó forlétanne . . . þæt is ofermétta wela and ofermýtta wyrðscipe and ungemetlíce ríclic lýf, Solil. H. 38, 2. Hine deófla costodon mid ofermǽte unclǽne luste, Shrn. 52, 22. Add