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of movement in space.
to pass through, across
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  • Eáðe þú þá bricge oferférest,

      Vis. Lfc. 8.

  • Oferfoerde

    trans fretavit,

      Mt. L. 9, 1.

  • Oferfoerde ðerh middum hiora

    transiens per medium illorum,

      Lk. L. 4, 30: 17, 11.

  • Oferfoerdon,

      6, 1.

  • Mið ðý oferfoerdon

    cum transfretassent,

      Mk. L. 6, 53.
to pass by
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  • Ðe Hǽlend oferfoerde ł bí eóde,

      Mt. L. 20, 30.

  • Se diácon hine oferfoerde,

      Lk. L. 10, 32.

  • Mið ðý oferfoerdon geségon ꝥ fícbeám,

      Mk. L. 11, 20.
to go, go away
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  • Mið ðý oferfoerde ðona,

      Mt. L. 15, 29.

  • Oferfoerde ł gáeð embehtað

    transiens ministrabit.

      Lk. L. 12, 37.
of time relations,
to pass through life
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  • Tó þisse andweardan woruld cóm Críst and oferférde; þæt is, hé cóm tó ðisse worulde on menniscnysse, and ðis líf oferférde,

      Hml. Th. i. 182, 27-28.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ofer-féran.” 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/56146.

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