Ofer-lǽdan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ofer-lǽdan
to oppress :-- Ðá wæs se munt mid mycelum brógan eall oferlǽded; and unhiérlíc storm of ðæm munte ástág, Blickl. Homl. 203, 7. [Shal neither kynge ne knyȝte, constable ne meire ouerlede þe comune, Piers. P. 3, 314: Prompt. Parv. ovyrledyñ opprimo; ovyrledare oppressor; ovyrledynge oppressio.] ofer-lædan
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