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ofer-wadan

  • verb [ uncertain ]
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to cross by wading
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  • Ðá gebeótode Cirus ðæt hé his þegn on hire swá gewrecan wolde ðæt hié mehte wífmon be hiere cneówe ofer*-*wadan

    rex iratus ulcisci in amnem statuit, contestans eum feminis vix genua tingentibus permeabilem relinquendum,

      Ors. 2, 4 ; Swt. 72, 33.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ubar-watan pertransire.]
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