Ofer-flówendness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-flówendness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: l.

Definitions

1 ofer-flówendness

Add: superabundance, excess :-- Ne forseó gé Godes ðearfan, ðeáh ðe hí tállíce hwæt gefremman; for ðan ðe heora yrmð áfeormað þæt þæt seó gehwǽde oferflówendnys gewemð, Hml. Th. i. 332, 14. Þonne wǽre hit oferflówennis (superfluum uideretur) ús áwiht níwes tó trahtnienne, Chrd. 2, 4. Lustas heora hláford þurh oferflówednysse tó unlustum gehnexiað, ii. 92, 19. Ðú weliga, tó hwon treówadest þú on þínne welan and on oferflówennysse (-flównessa, ) þínra góda?, Wlfst. 261, 1. ofer-flowendness

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚠᛚᚩᚹᛖᚾᛞᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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