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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-steall

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1 ofer-steall

m. Opposition:-- Gif ic ðísum dracan to forswelgenne geseald eom hwí sceal ic elcunge þrowian for eówerum oferstealle (the opposition which was offered by the prayers said at the speaker's bedside), Homl. Th. i. 534, 20. Cf. wiðer-steall. ofer-steall
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ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛋᛏᛠᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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