Ofer-geótan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-geótan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ofer-geótan

to cover by pouring, to suffuse :-- Ðara deófla þeóstro hé oforgeát mid his ðæm scínendan leóhte he overcame the darkness of the devils by pouring upon it his shining light, Blickl. Homl. 85, 8. Dreórige hleór sealtum dropum ofergeótaþ suffuse the mournful face with tears, Dóm. L. 4, 36. Ðæt scyp wearþ ofergoten (operiretur) mid ýðum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 24. Mid swáte ofergoten, Glostr. Frag. 104, 17. Mid wópe ofergoten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 2. ofer-geotan

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚷᛖᚩᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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