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ofer-sceadwian

  • verb [ weak ]
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  • Swá se fiicbeám ofersceadað ðæt lond ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan,

      Past. 337, 11.
  • Ofersceadewad

    umbrosa,

      An. Ox. 56, 26.
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  • 'Miht ðæs Hýhstan ofersceadewað ðé'. . . Maria wæs ofersceadewed ðurh mihte þæs Hálgan Gástes. Hú wæs heó ofersceadewod ?,

      Hml. Th. i. 198, 30-34.
  • Se Hálga Gást hý mid his mihte ofersceadewode,

      Wlfst, 193, 13.
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  • ofer-sceadwian, v.