Ofersǽwisc

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ofersǽwisc

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ofersǽwisc
adj. From beyond the sea, transmarine: -- Ofersǽwisc rind bark from beyond the sea (cinnamon), Lchdm. ii. 52, 3. Landferþ se ofersǽwisca hit gesette on Léden, Glostr. Frag. 10, 21. Hé (Benedict of Wearmouth) ða ciricean gefretwade mid godcunde wísdóme and mid woroldlícum frætwum ofersǽwiscum, Shrn. 50, 32, ofer-sæwisc,ofersæwisc
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