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ofer-flédan

  • verb [ uncertain ]
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to overflood, overflow, inundate, cover with water
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  • Seó eá Nilus oferflétt (-fléd, MS. M.: -flét, MSS. P. L.) eall ðæt Egiptisce land, and stent oferfléde hwílon mónaþ hwílon leng

    the river Nile floods all the land of Egypt, and continues in a state of overflow sometimes a month, sometimes longer,

      Lchdm. iii. 252, 23.
Etymology
[Ger. über-fluthen.]
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v.  flédan.
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