Ofer-fæðman

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

ofer-fæðman

p. de To cover in an embrace, to overspread, to envelope :-- Swilce hé oferfæðmed ealne middangeard as if it (the tree of Nebuchadnezzar s vision) would cover with embracing boughs all the world, Cd. Th. 247, 24; Dan. 502. Þýstre oferfæðmed enveloped in darkness, Exon. Th. 470, 12; Hy. 11, 14. ofer-fæðman