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Ofer-hebban

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1 ofer-hebban

to pass by, neglect, omit:--Gif hit (the holding a gemót) hwá oferhebbe (-habbe, MS. B.) béte swá wé ǽr cwǽdon, L. Ed. 11; Th. i. 164, 23. Gif hé áht ðæs oferhæbbe ðe on úrum gewritum stent, L. Ath. ego cogor fateri me praeterire plurima, Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 1. Hit þencþ fela gódra weorca tó wyrcanne, gif hé worldáre hæbbe, and wile hit oferhebban, siððan hé hié hæfþ, Past. 9; Swt. 55, 16. [For ever hem (the poor) thou overhaf, Mapes 341, 1: O. H. Ger. ubar-hevan praeterire, transire.] Cf. ofer-healdan. ofer-hebban
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚻᛖᛒᛒᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

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

Works & Authors

Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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