Ofer-módig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-módig

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ofer-módig

adj. Proud, arrogant, saucy, wanton: -- Mǽden biþ ofer-módig a girl (born on the thirteenth day of the moon) will be saucy, Lchdm. iii. 190, 16. Ofermódige superbi, Ps. Th. 118, 51. Ofermódigra superborum, Ps. Spl. 118, 69. Ofermódigum superbis, 122, 5. Ða ofermódegan superbos, Bd. 3, 17 ; S. 545, 12. Tarcuinius ðe hira eallra wæs ofermódgast Tarquinius Superbus, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 28. [O. Sax. obar-módig: O. H. Ger. ubar-muotig contumax: Ger. über-müthig.] ofer-modig

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛗᚩᛞᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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