Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-fyll

Part of speech: e; -fyllu(o); Related words: Kmbl. 61. Nǽfre oferfyl ne filige, forðí nis cristenum monnum nán þing swá wiðerweardlíc swá swá oferfyl, R. Ben. 63, 19-21. Seó oferfyll simle fét unþeáwas, Bt. 31, 1, Fox 110, 27: Blickl. Homl. 37, 14. Wið manegum ádlum ða ðe cumaþ of oferfyllo, Lchdm. ii. 178, 10: 244, 4. Hit gelimpeþ of oferfylle ... for oferfyllo (

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1 ofer-fyll

indecl. f. Overfulness, repletion, surfeit, excess in eating or in drinking :-- Gýfernys vel oferfil gastrimargia, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 21. Oferfyl aplestia, ii. 10, 12. Ǽlc oferfyl fét unhǽlo, Proex crapula), Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 36-42. On oferfylle (oferfyllo. Lind. Rush.) in crapula, Lk. Skt. 21, 34: Blickl. Homl. 159, 18. Ðú scealt druncen fleón, and ða oferfylle ealle forlǽtan, Dóm. L. 32, 75. Níwes wínes oferfelle musti crapulam, Hymn. Surt. 97, 18. Þurh oferfylla and mænigfealde synna heora eard hý forworhton, Wulfst. 166, 29. [Goth. ufar-fullei: O. H. Ger. ubar-fullí crapula.] ofer-fyll

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ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚠᚣᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German
L.: Latin
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (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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