Ofer-flówend-

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

flówed-, flówen-ness, e;

ofer-flówend-
f. Superfluity, exuberance :-- Oferflówenes superfluitas, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 9. Oferflówendnys affluentia, 41, 10. Eall hit byþ oferflówendnyss and ídel tóforan ðisum, R. Ben. 90, 5. Mid heora ouerflówednesse ne gedrífen ða gebróðru, 60, 17: 108, 5. Gif hit gelimpþ for oferflówennysse metes (ex superfluitate cibi), L. Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 200, 30. Hé ne dranc mid oferflówendnysse, Homl. Th. i. 168, 12: ii. 218, 30. Wé nellaþ habban ús tó lífes bricum, ac tó oferflówednyssum, 540, 11. ofer-flowend-,ofer-flowend
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