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Ofer-lecgan

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1 ofer-lecgan

I. to lay over, above, or upon something else :-- Oferlecgan ꝥ lín þám weófode superponant linteum altari, Angl. xiii. 428, 899. II. to cover the surface of a thing with something :-- Oferlege mid wulle, Lch. ii. 200, 7. Oferlecge mid línene cláðe, 182, 4. III. to affect as with a superincumbent weight, oppress :-- Gif hí hió sylfe mid swíðlicre druncennysse oferlecgað, Hml. A. 147, 73. Hit nis ná riht on Crístenum folce, þæt sume scylon mid oferǽte and mid oferdrence beón oferléde, and sume hungre cwylmede, 142, 99. [N. E. D. over-lay. Goth. ufar-lagian. ] ofer-lecgan
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ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛚᛖᚳᚷᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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