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Ofer-brǽdels

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1 ofer-brǽdels

m. A covering, veil, garment :-- Cyrtel vel oferbrǽdels palla, Wrt. Voc. i. 16, 56. Oferbrédels operimentum, Kent. Gl. 853. Swá swá oferbrǽdels (opertorium) ðú áwenst hyg, Ps. Lamb. 102, 27. On oferbrǽdelse (velamento) fyðera ðínra, Ps. Spl. 62, 8. Hé þencþ on ðam oferbrǽdelse (surface) his módes ðæt hé sciele monig gód weorc wyrcan, and hé þencþ mid innewearde móde ðæt hé gierneþ for gilpe ... on hiera módes rinde ... ac on ðam piðan..., Past. 9, 1; Swt. 55, 18-23. Oferbrǽdels superhumeralis, 14, 3; Swt. 83, 21. Hí áhófen ðone oferbrǽdels (the veil) of ðære byrgene, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 227. vii. of[er]brǽdelsas, Chart. Th. 429, 26. [Icel. yfir-breizl a coverlet.] ofer-brædels
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ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛒᚱǽᛞᛖᛚᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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