oferstigan

Meaning

1. climb over: surmount, rise above

   Eles ġecynd is þæt hē wile oferstīgan ǣlcne wǣtan.

   The nature of oil is that it will rise to the top of any liquid.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Holy Virgins"

2. to go past, cross

3. (by extension) to be more or better: surpass, transcend, exceed

   Fisċeras and unġetogene menn ġeċēas Dryhten him tō leornungcneohtum and hīe swā ġetēah þæt heora lār oferstāg ealne weoroldwīsdōm.

   The Lord chose fishermen and uneducated people to be his disciples and taught them so that their learning surpassed all secular knowledge.

   c. 992, Ælfric of Eynsham, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"

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