Ofermód-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofermód-líc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ofermód-líc

adj. Proud, arrogant, presumptuous: -- Mid ofermód-lícum gilpe. Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 31. Hé sceal ða ofermódlícan word mid eáðmódlícum wordum gemetgian ut verba praemissae superbiae verbis subjectae humilitatis impugnet, Past. 54, 5; Swt. 423, 36. [O. H. Ger. ubarmuot-líh sublimis.] ofermod-lic

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱᛗᚩᛞ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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