Ofer-heortness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-heortness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 ofer-heortness

f. Excessive feeling:--Mid oferheortnesse hé him wæs wánigende ǽgðer ge his ágene heardsǽlþa ge ealles ðæs folces with bursting heart he was bewailing both his own and the people's hard fortune, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 20. ofer-heortness

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚻᛇᚱᛏᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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