Ofer-teón

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-teón

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ofer-teón

I. to draw one thing over another, to cover by drawing one thing over another :--Ðonne ic oferteó heofenan mid wolcnum cum obduxero nubibus coelum, Gen. 9, 14 : Homl. Th. i. 22, 11. Woruld miste oferteáh, þýstrum biþeahte, Exon. Th. 178, 35 ; Gú. 1254. Hé nǽfre eft nolde ealne middaneard mid nánum flóde oferteón, Scrd. 21, 21. Ðonne se fulla móna wyrð ofertogen mid þýstrum, Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 29 : Met. 9, 16. II. to bring to an end, finish :--Ofertogen finitum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 4. ofer-teon

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛏᛖᚩᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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