Ofer-holt

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ofer-holt
a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them(?):--Hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis forþ ongangan oferholt wegan eóred líxan they (the Israelites) saw Pharaoh's host advance, saw a forest of spears move (or saw them bearing a forest of spears), saw the band glitter, Cd. Th. 187, 27; Exod. 157. ofer-holt
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