Ofer-lǽfan

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ofer-lǽfan
I. to leave over, not to use up :-- Étun alle and gifylde wérun, and ginimen wæs ðætte oferlǽfed wæs (quod superfuit), Lk. R. 9, 17. [ȝe shulen ouerleeuen hem to the aftercomers transmittetis ad posteros, Wick. LeII. to be left over :-- Ꝥte oferhlǽfeð quod superest, Lk. L. 11, 41. [There ouerlafte not con non superfuit ne una quidem, Wick. Ex. 8, 31.] ofer-læfan

Related words: 25, 46.]

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