Old English Dictionary Entry

Ofermód-líc

Definitions

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1 ofermód-líc

adj. Proud, arrogant, presumptuous: -- Mid ofermód-lícum gilpe. Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 31. Hé sceal ða ofermódlícan word mid eáðmódlícum wordum gemetgian ut verba praemissae superbiae verbis subjectae humilitatis impugnet, Past. 54, 5; Swt. 423, 36. [O. H. Ger. ubarmuot-líh sublimis.] ofermod-lic

Similar Words

oancettan
oandell
oanon-dóm
oawel-leáf
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Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱᛗᚩᛞ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

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