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ofer-hygd

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Wright's OE grammar
§391; §578;
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  • Of heorta monno smeáungas yfle ofcymeð . . . oferhygd

    (superbia),

      Mk. L. R. 7, 22.

  • Þurh oferhigdes

    (superbiae)

    gást,
      Gr. D. 144, 4.

  • Fram þǽre heánnesse þára oferhygda (-hýda,

    v. l.) ab elationis fastu,

      188, 4.

  • Hé þóhte on his oferhigdum hú hé sceolde him tó sprecan,

      37, 21.

  • Gif ǽnig sý uppáhófen and inbláwen on þá oferhýda þǽre deófles láre,

      Cht. E. 242, 20.
add: magnanimity, highmindedness
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  • Geclǽnsa mé ðá hwíle ðe ic on þisse worulde sí, and gedó mé unmódigne; sile mé oferhýda; dó mé gesceádwísne and rihtwísne and foreþancfulne and fulfremedne, and gedó mé lufiende þínes wísdómes

    jubeas me dum hoc ipsum corpus ago atque porto, purum, magnanimum, justum prudentemque esse, perfectumque amatorem sapientiae tuae,

      Solil. H. 14, 5 : Angl. xii. 513, 3.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-hygd.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/56203.

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