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1 ofsa
(að), v. to puff oneself up, be arrogant (o. sér til vansa);refl., ofsast, to grow unruly (Jupiter þótti fólkit ofsast).* * *að, to overdo, do to excess; hinum bótum er þeir ofsa eðr vansa er í dómum sitja, N. G. L. i. 184; opt eru íll vitni ofsuð fyrir skaps sakir, 247:—ofsa sik, to puff oneself up, be haughty, arrogant; ef þú ofsar þik eigi þér til vansa, Hrafn. 29.II. reflex. to grow unruly; Jupiter þótti fólkit ofsask, Bret. 6; opt verðr ofsat til vansa, a saying = pride goes before a fall, Al. 138.2. hence mod. afsast, dep. to rave, rage.
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