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ofer-flówan
/overflo:wan /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
Verb Class: Strong
ofer-flówan
. I. to overflow, cover with water :-- Seó eá ðæt land middeweard oferfleów mid fótes þicce flóde, Ors. 1, 3; Swt. 32, 6. II. to overflow, pass beyond bounds :-- Gód gemet, geheápod and oferflówende hig syllaþ on eówerne bearm, Lk. Skt. 6, 38.
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ofer-flówan
. I. add: trans. :-- Þíne ýþa mé oferfleówon fluctus tui super me transierunt, Ps. Th. 41, 8. II. add: intrans., of a vessel, stream, &c., where the contents flow over the side or brim :-- Ðý lǽs mon má geóte on ðæt undiópe mód ðonne hit behabban mæge, ðæt hit ðonne oferflówe, Past. 459, 15.
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