Ofer-búgan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ofer-búgan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ofer-búgan
to avoid, shun :-- Hié sindon suá micle wærlícor tó oferbúganne [ferbúgonne, Cott. MSS.] suá mon ongiet ðæt hié on máran ungewitte beóþ tanto caute declinandi sunt quanto insane rapiuntur, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 295, 21. [Ofer is probably a mistake for fer. for-búgan.] ofer-bugan

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