ofer-gán
to overspread ⬩ to overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquer ⬩ to pass a point or limit ⬩ to pass a moral limit, to transgress ⬩ to pass across, traverse, cross ⬩ to pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an end ⬩ To be over ⬩ to come upon, attack
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Wǽndon ðæt hé sceolde ðet land ofergá, 1070; Erl. 207, 24. Hí hæfdon ðá ofergán . i. Eást-Engle, and . ii. Eást-Sexe . . . 1011; Erl. 144, 33. to pass a point or limit Ic ofergaa wall trans*-*grediar murum Ps. Surt. 17, 30.
Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan
ofer-gán
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</b> to overreach :-- Nán man ne ofergá ne ne beswíce (supergrediatur neque circumueniat) on mangunge his níhstan, Chrd, 110, 34. Add Ðyses middangeardes ansién ofergǽð praeterit figura hujus mundi, Past. 395, 27.
oferian
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oferian
To exalt
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To exalt Geoferode sublimati, exaltati, Hpt. Gl. 428, 47
Linked entry: uferian
ofestan
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to hasten Hé ofeste festinet, R. Ben. I. 29, 5. Ofstende festinanda, Angl. xiii. 378, 186
ge-oferian
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ofer-gitan
to forget, neglect
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to forget, neglect Ealle þeóda ða ðe ofergitaþ oblivis-cuntur God, Ps. Spl. 9, 18. Ic ofergeat oblitus sum etan, 101, 5. Sum wýf ofergeat hyre cyld slǽpende. Shrn. 150, 30. Hí ofergéton (-geáton, MS. A. ) obliti sunt ðæt hí hláfas ne námon, Mk. Skt.
ofersǽ-líc
Transmarine
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Transmarine: — On ðám ofersǽlícum dǽlum in trans-marinis partibus, Bd. 3, 28; S. 560, 13
Linked entry: sǽ-líc
ge-loten dæg oððe ofernón
latter part of the day ⬩ suprema
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latter part of the day; suprema, Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 75; Wrt. Voc. 53, 14
ofer-dón
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Ealle oferdóne þingc deriað omnia nimia nocent, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 4. Add
ofer-fón
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Mín Drihten, sié þé þonc þæs þe þú léte þínne líchoman oferfón and gebindan and swingan, Angl. xii. 504, 20. Ic eom oferfongen mid synnum tó wyrmlíce, 501, 21. Add
ofer-hát
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Excessively hot Wið ómum oferhátum, Lch. ii. 10, 6
ofer-lád
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ofer-búgan
to avoid, shun
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(?)to avoid, shun Hié sindon suá micle wærlícor tó oferbúganne [ferbúgonne, Cott. MSS.] suá mon ongiet ðæt hié on máran ungewitte beóþ tanto caute declinandi sunt quanto insane rapiuntur, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 21. [Ofer is probably a mistake for fer
Linked entry: búgan
ofer-dón
to overdo, do to excess
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to overdo, do to excess Ðonne sceal his steór beón mid lufe gemetegod, ná mid wælhreáwnysse oferdón, Honil. Th. ii. 532, 13. Ealle oferdón þing dæriaþ omnia nimia nocent, Homl. Skt. i. 1, 163
ofer-ranc
Over-luxuriant, extravagant, sumptuous
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Over-luxuriant, extravagant, sumptuous: — God lǽteþ reáfian eówere dohtra heora gyrla and tó oferrancra heáfodge-wǽda. Wulfst. 46, 1
ofer-wígan
to overcome in fight, conquer
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to overcome in fight, conquer Yldo oferwígeþ wulf, heó oferbídeþ stánas, Salm. Kmbl. 598; Sal. 299
Linked entry: wígan
ofer-lád
A carrying across, translation
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A carrying across, translation Oferlád translationem, Rtl. 62, 19