Ofer-grówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-grówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ofer-grówan

to overgrow, occupy with (its) growth (of a tree) :-- Se fiicbeám . . . stód unnyt; for ðǽm him wearð ierre se góda wyrhta, for ðǽm hé ofergreów ðæt land bútan wæsðme. Ðonne ofergréwð se fiicbeám ðæt lond, ðonne . . . ficulnea, quae fructum non habuit, contra hanc districtus agricola queritur, quod etiam terram occupat. Terram ficulnea sine fructu occupat, quando . . . , Past. 337, 8. ofer-growan

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚷᚱᚩᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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