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ofer-steppan

  • verb [ strong ]
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to over-step, to cross, exceed
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  • Ic ofersteppe weall

    trdnsgrediar murum,

      Ps. Lamb. 17, 30.
  • Ðú oferstópe

    tu supergressa es,

      Kent. Gl. 1151.
  • Ne oferstepe ðú ealde geméro

    ne transgrediaris terminos antiques,

    854.
  • Seó sǽ ne mót ðone þeorscwold oferstæppan (-steppan, Met. 11. 69) ðære eorþan, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 26. [

    O. H. Ger. ubar-stephen transgredi, excedere. ]

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