Ofer-slege

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-slege

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: ofer-dyre, -gedyre. ofer-slege

Definitions

1 ofer-slege

n. A lintel:-- Oferslege oððe þrexwold limen, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 12 ; Som. 9, 28. Oferslæge, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 65. Sprengaþ on ðæt oferslege (superliminare) . . . ðonne hé gesihþ ðæt blód on ðam oferslege, Ex. 12, 22-23. On hyra gedyrum and oferslegum. Homl. Th. i. 310, 29: ii. 40, 12 : 264, l : 266, 8. [Prompt. Parv. ovyrslay of a dcore superliminare.]

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛋᛚᛖᚷᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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