Ofer-mǽte

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ofer-mǽte
Add :-- Be ðám þingum þe ðú mé sédest þat þú getyohhod hæafde tó forlétanne . . . þæt is ofermétta wela and ofermýtta wyrðscipe and ungemetlíce ríclic lýf, Solil. H. 38, 2. Hine deófla costodon mid ofermǽte unclǽne luste, Shrn. 52, 22. [Wit þí lichame fro ouermete wede, O. E. Hml. ii. 137, 21.] ofer-mæte
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