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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofer-scínan

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1 ofer-scínan

to cover with light, illumine:--Næs ná ðæt án ðæt ðæt leóht ða dúne áne oferscíneþ, ac eác swylce ða burh, Blickl. Homl. 129, 2. Beorht wolcn hig ofersceán nubes lucida obumbravit eos, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 5. Ðonne his (the moon's) leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Anglia viii. 323, 7. ofer-scinan
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ᚩᚠᛖᚱ-ᛋᚳᛁᚾᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
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