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Ofer-drync

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1 ofer-drync

m. I. excessive drinking, drunkenness :-- Behealdaþ eów ðæt gé ne gehefgien eówre heortan mid oferdrynce (ebrietate), Past. 18, 2; Swt. 129, 19. Hí férdon tó sumre wydewan hám and ðǽr wǽron ondrencte mid oferdrynce, Guthl. 14; Gdwin. 62, 20. II. an entertainment where excessive drinking takes place (cf, ge-drinc) :-- Hé begǽþ unǽtas and oferdrincas comessationibus vacat atque conviviis, Deut. 21, 20. [O. H. Ger. ubar-trunk ebrietas: cf. O. L. Ger. obardrank.] ofer-drync
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛞᚱᚣᚾᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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