Ofer-swíðrian

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ofer-swíðrian
to prevail, conquer :--Ic oforswíðrode ongén hine praevalui adversum eum, Ps. Lamb. 12, 5. Wé oferswíðredon (-swíðdon MS. F.)on ðysum eallum þurh ðone ðe us lufode ' in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us' (Rom. 8, 37), R. Ben. 27, 12. ofer-swiðrian
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