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Old English · verb

geferan

Normalised ġefēran

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/jeˈfeː.rɑn/
Syllables
je · ˈfeː · rɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
personsattainevents

geferan1 · noun · inflected form

Senses

  1. inflection of ġefēra:; nominative plural

  2. inflection of ġefēra:; accusative singular/plural

  3. inflection of ġefēra:; genitive/dative singular

  4. Inflected form of ġefēra

geferan2 · verb

Senses

  1. Of persons:; to go, to travel or journey

  2. Of persons:; to set out, to leave or depart (this life)

  3. of events:; to (come to) pass, to occur, happen

  4. of events:; to meet with, experience

  5. of events:; to bring about

  6. to gain, attain

  7. to cause to move, to carry, to bring

    An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þissum ġēare Ælfere ealdorman ġefette þēs hālgan cyninges līchaman æt Werhām, ⁊ ġeferode hine mid myċċlum wurðsċipe tō Sċæftesbyriġ.

    Year 980 In this year Prince Elfhere fetched the body of the holy king [Edward] at Wareham, and brought it with much fanfare to Shaftesbury.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Conjugation

Conjugation of geferan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ġefēreġeferdeġeferode
2nd singular ġefērestġefērstġefērdest
3rd singular ġefēreþġefērþġeferdeġeferode
Plural ġefēraþġefērdon
Subjunctive
Singular ġefēreġefērde
Plural ġefērenġefērden
Non-finite forms of geferan
Form
Infinitive ġefēran
Inflected infinitive ġefērenne
Imperative singular ġefēr
Imperative plural ġefēraþ
Present participle ġefērende
Past participle ġefēred

All forms (18)

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From ge- + fēran (“travel, depart”)

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