ofer-willan
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ofer-willan
. I. add: to cause to boil over, Lch. ii. 24, 22.
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ofer-willan
. I. to boil so that a liquid is reduced in quantity :-- Oferwylle óþ ðone þriddan dǽle, Lchdm. ii. 216, 3, 4: 228, 18: 238, 10. II. to overboil, boil too much :-- Nim ðæt wæter ðe pyosan wǽran on gesodene oferwilleda, 286, 29.