Ofer-irnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-irnan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ofer-irnan

I. to pass by running, cross :-- Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord oferyrnþ while the moon is crossing the point of the shadow, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. II. to run over, go over a subject :-- Nú wille wé eft oferyrnan ða ylcan godspellícan endebyrdnysse, Homl. Th. i. 104, 7. Wé wyllaþ scortlíce oferyrnan ða dígelystan word, 202, 29. III. to come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise :-- Seó sǽ oferarn Pharao and ealle his crætu, ii. 194, 27. Mé slǽp oferarn cum mihi somnus obrepsisset, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 33. ofer-irnan

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ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛁᚱᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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