Ofer-lifa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-lifa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 ofer-lifa

m. Excess in food :-- Se oferlyfa on ǽte and on wǽte déð þone man unhálne, O. E. Hml. i. 296, 5. [Þe oferlifa on hete and on wete macað þene mon unhálne, 101, 27, ] Cf. big-leofa. ofer-lifa

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛚᛁᚠᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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