Ofer-weaxan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-weaxan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ofer-weaxan

to cover by growing, over-grow :--Hǽlend wæs sprecende tó Abrahame and wæs cweðende ðæt his sǽd oferweóxe ealle ðás woruld, Blickl. Homl. 159, 26. Mid wuda oferwexen, 207, 27: Homl. Th. i. 508, 23. ofer-weaxan

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚹᛠᚳᛋᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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