Ofer-lyftlic

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-lyftlic

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ofer-lyftlic

adj. That is above the air (lyft) (applied to the second heaven) :-- Siofon heofonas sindon in gewritum leornode, ꝥ is, se lyftlica heofon and se oferlyftlica . . . sió durn ðæs oferlyftlican heofones is nemned Elioth, Nap. 50. ofer-lyftlic

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛚᚣᚠᛏᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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