Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-feohtan

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1 ofer-feohtan

to conquer, vanquish :-- Oferfehtaþ debellant, Ps. Surt. 55, 4. Hí feónd oferfeohtaþ, Exon. Th. 150, 7; Gú. 775. Oft hí ofyrfuhtun (expugnaverunt) mé, Ps. Spl. C. 128, 2. Hæfde Drihten feónd oferfohten, Cd. Th. 289, 29; Sat. 405. Sió burg biþ micle ðé iéðre tó oferfeohtanne ðe hió self fieht wið hié selfe tanto ille sine labore superat, quanto et ipsa, quae vincitur, contra semetipsam pugnat, Past. 38, 6; Swt. 277, 25. [O. H. Ger. ubar-fehtan expugnare, devincere.] ofer-feohtan

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Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚠᛇᚻᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Gú.: Guthlac (OE poem)
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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