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Ofer-steppan

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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
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ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛋᛏᛖᛈᛈᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
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