Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-flówness

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

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1 ofer-flówness

f. Superfluity, overflowing :-- Oferflównes superfluitas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 69. Oferflóuwnys (superfluitas) ðæs gecyndes, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 1. Of oferflównysse, S. 496, 37. His líchoma mid oforflównessum gefrætwod wæs, Blickl. Homl. 195, 12. ofer-flowness

Similar Words

oancettan
oandell
oanon-dóm
oawel-leáf
oc

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚠᛚᚩᚹᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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