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ofer-gangan
/overɣaŋɣan /*
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ofer-gangan
. Add: [v. N. E. D. over-gang.]
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ofer-gangan
. I. to cross (a boundary) :-- Ic ofergange (trans*-*grediar) weall, Ps. Spl. 17, 31. Heora ǽnig óðres ne dorste mearc ofergangan, Met. 20, 71. II. to conquer :-- Gé feónda gehwone ofergangaþ, Cd. Th. 213, 33; Exod. 561 [cf. Orm. 10228: To werenn hemm wiþþ wiþerrþeod þatt wollde hemm oferrganngenn]. III. to pass, pass off, be over :-- Hié gebidon ðæt se ege ofergongen wæs, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 31. IV. to come upon (of sleep) :-- Mec slǽp ofergongeþ, Exon. Th. 422, 23; Rä. 41, 10. [Goth. ufar-gaggan.] v.
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