Ofer-geótan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ofer-geótan
to cover by pouring, to suffuse :-- Ðara deófla þeóstro hé oforgeát mid his ðæm scínendan leóhte he overcame the darkness of the devils by pouring upon it his shining light, Blickl. Homl. 85, 8. Dreórige hleór sealtum dropum ofergeótaþ suffuse the mournful face with tears, Dóm. L. 4, 36. Ðæt scyp wearþ ofergoten (operiretur) mid ýðum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 24. Mid swáte ofergoten, Glostr. Frag. 104, 17. Mid wópe ofergoten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 2. ofer-geotan
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