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ofer-holt
/overxolt /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Neuter
ofer-holt
a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them(?) :-- Hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis forþ ongangan oferholt wegan eóred líxan they (the Israelites) saw Pharaoh's host advance, saw a forest of spears move (or saw them bearing a forest of spears), saw the band glitter, Cd. Th. 187, 27; Exod. 157.
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