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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-cýðan

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1 ofer-cýðan

to bring stronger testimony than another :-- Wé cwǽdon be mannum ... gif áþ burste oððe ofercýðed wǽre (if the oath were not supported by a sufficient number of compurgators, or were disproved by testimony more strongly supported by oath. Cf. mid áþe cýðan, gecýðan), ðæt hý siððan áþwyrðe nǽron, L. Ed. 3; Th. i. 160, 20. ofer-cyðan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚳᚣᚦᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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