Ofer-hylmend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-hylmend

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 ofer-hylmend

m. One who conceals, who does not act openly :-- Ic oferhylmend ealle getealde ða on eorþan yfele wǽron praevaricantes reputavi omnes peccatores terrae, Ps. Th. 118, 119. [Cf. Icel. hylma yfir to hide, conceal (as a law phrase); yfir-hylma to hide, cloak; yfir-hylming a hiding, cloaking.] ofer-hylmend

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚻᚣᛚᛗᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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