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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-fón

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1 ofer-fón

to seize :-- Oferféng obuncabat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 69. Þeódríc ðone þegn oferféng, héht healdan ðone hererinc, Met. 1, 69. Ðá genáman him æfést tó ða ealdormen ðara sacerda, and hine sylfne oferféngon, Blickl. Homl. 177, 21. Hé hiene oferfón hét, and áhón, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 32. Oferfangen comprehensus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 8. [O. H. Ger. ubar-fáhan rapere.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚠᚩᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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