Ofer-steppan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-steppan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ofer-steppan

to over-step, to cross, exceed:-- Ic ofersteppe weall trdnsgrediar murum, Ps. Lamb. 17, 30. Ðú oferstópe tu supergressa es, Kent. Gl. 1151. Ne oferstepe ðú ealde geméro ne transgrediaris terminos antiques, 854. Seó sǽ ne mót ðone þeorscwold oferstæppan (-steppan, Met. 11. 69) ðære eorþan, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 26. [O. H. Ger. ubar-stephen transgredi, excedere.] ofer-steppan

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛋᛏᛖᛈᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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