Ofer-settan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ofer-settan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ofer-settan
- I. to place over, put in a position of authority :-- Ðá underðiéddan . . . ðá ofersettan subditi. . . praelati, Past. 189, 16. II. to oppress, overcome with sleep, &c. :-- Ic mid slǽpe oferseted wæs depressus somno, Gr. D. 347, 30. [N. E. D. oferset.] v. ofer-gesett. ofer-settan