Of-rídan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - of-rídan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

of-rídan
to overtake by riding, overtake :-- Éfstaþ ardlíce and gé hig ofrídaþ persequimini cito, et comprehenditis eos, Jos. 2, 5. Abram éfste wið ðæs heres óþ ðæt hé hig ofrád, Gen. 14, 14. Se cyng hét rídan æfter, and ne mehte hine mon ofrídan, Chr. 901; Erl. 98, l: 877 ; Erl. 78, 21.

Related words: of-faran. of-ridan

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