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ofer-irnan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to pass by running, cross
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  • Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord oferyrnþ

    while the moon is crossing the point of the shadow,

      Lchdm. iii. 240, 26.
to run over, go over a subject
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  • Nú wille wé eft oferyrnan ða ylcan godspellícan endebyrdnysse,

      Homl. Th. i. 104, 7.
  • Wé wyllaþ scortlíce oferyrnan ða dígelystan word,

      202, 29.
to come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise
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  • Seó sǽ oferarn Pharao and ealle his crætu, ii. 194, 27.
  • Mé slǽp oferarn

    cum mihi somnus obrepsisset,

      Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 33.
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