ofer

Senses

1. over, above

2. across

   On þām ylcan ġēare wæs Dunstān aƀƀ ādrǣfed ofer sǣ.

   In the same year, Abbot Dunstan was driven away across the sea.

   The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Senses

1. border, edge; specifically, shore, riverbank

Declension · strong a-stem

Senses

1. over, above

   "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 10, verse 19

   And now I gave you power to tread over adders and snakes and over each fiends' force. And no thing harms you.

2. over, Indicating relative status, authority, or power

   ...Ne lǣt awyrġde ofer us onwald āgan...

   Let not the accursed have power over us...

   Exeter Book, Chrtist A, The Navitivity

3. across

4. beside (+accusative)

   He gesette his tacn on minum nebbe þæt ic nænne oðerne ofer hine ne lufige.

   He hath set His token upon my face that I should love none other beside Him.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"

5. beyond

   Bide nu æt gode þæt ic grecisc cunne. Þa cwæþ se biscop him to, þu bæde ofer mine mæðe ac uton swa þeah biddan þas bena æt gode.

   Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Then said the Bishop to him, 'Thou hast asked beyond my power, but let us, nevertheless, ask this boon of God.'

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"

6. after

   An. DCCCC.LXXVII Hēr wæs þæt myċċle ġemōt æt Kyrtlingtūne ofer Ēastron, ⁊ þǣr forðferde Sidemann bisċeop, on hrǣdlīċan dēaþe on II Kƚ. Mai. Sē wæs Defnasċire bisċeop ⁊ hē wilnode þæt his līcrǣst sċeode bēon æt Cridiantūne æt his bisċeopstōle.

   Year 977 In this year there was a great assembly after Easter at Kirtlington. There passed away Bishop Sideman, with a swift death on the calends of March. He was bishop of Devonshire, and he desired that his resting place should be at his palace in Crediton.

   The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle