Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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ofer-sendan

(v.)

to transmit

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to transmit Ic ofersende transmitto, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 40

ofer-sceádan

(v.)
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to sprinkle over with something Mid hunige smire, and ofersceáde þonne mid alwan dúste, Lch. ii. 182, 2

ofer-settan

(v.)
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to place over, put in a position of authority Ðá underðiéddan . . . ðá ofersettan subditi. . . praelati, Past. 189, 16. to oppress, overcome with sleep, &c. Ic mid slǽpe oferseted wæs depressus somno, Gr. D. 347, 30

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ofer-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-standan, to stand, or
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be, above Þæt ofer his reliquias heofenlic leóht ealle niht wæs oferstandende ut super reliquias eius lux caelestis tota nocte steterit, Bd. 3, 11 ; Sch. 235, 9

ofer-sécan

(v.)

to make too great demands upon, put to too severe a trial, press too hard

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to make too great demands upon, put to too severe a trial, press too hard Wæs sió hond tó strong seó (MS. se) ðe méca gehwane swenge ofersóhte the hand was too strong, which with its stroke put every blade to too severe a trial, i. e. Beowulf struck

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