Ofer-sceadwian
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ofer-sceadwian
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ofer-sceadwian
- to cover with a shadow, overshadow :--Ic ofersceadewige obumbro, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 59. Ðæs Heáhstan miht ðé ofersceadaþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 35. Genip ofersceadude hig, 9, 34. Seó lyft hí ofersceadewude, Mk. Skt. 9, 7. Ðu oferscadudest (-sceaduwedest, Ps. Lamb.) obumbrasti, Ps. Spl. 139, 8. Ofersceadwa obumbra, Ps. Surt. 139, 8. [Goth. ufar-skadwjan.] ofer-sceadwian