Ofer-flítan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-flítan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ofer-flítan

to overcome in a contest, to confute :-- Hé ðé æt sunde oferflát, hæfde máre mægen, Beo. Th. 1039; B. 517. Ymb done tíman wæs gegaderad iii. hund biscepa and eahtatiéne hiene tó oferflítanne (to confute Arius), Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 1. ofer-flitan

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚠᛚᛁᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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