Ofer-búgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-búgan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (?) Related words: note on this passage, and

Definitions

1 ofer-búgan

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. for-búgan.] ofer-bugan

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛒᚢᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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