Ofer-flédan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-flédan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ofer-flédan

to overflood, overflow, inundate, cover with water :-- Seó eá Nilus oferflétt (-fléd, MS. M.: -flét, MSS. P. L.) eall ðæt Egiptisce land, and stent oferfléde hwílon mónaþ hwílon leng the river Nile floods all the land of Egypt, and continues in a state of overflow sometimes a month, sometimes longer, Lchdm. iii. 252, 23. [Ger. über-fluthen.] ofer-fledan

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᚠᛚᛖᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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