eldertongue

Old English · verb

oferferan

Normalised oferfēran

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˌo.ferˈfeː.rɑn/
[ˌo.verˈfeː.rɑn]
Syllables
ˌo · fer · ˈfeː · rɑn (4 syllables)

Meaning

  1. to pass through, pass over

  2. to cross, traverse

    On þǣm mōrum eardiað Finnas; and þæt bȳne land is ēasteweard brādost, and symle swā norðor swā smælre. Ēastewerd hit mæġ bīon syxtiġ mīla brād, oþþe hwēne brǣdre; and middeweard þritiġ oððe brādre; and norðeweard, hē cwæð, þǣr hit smalost wǣre, þæt hit mihte bēon þrēora mīla brād tō þǣm mōre; and sē mōr syðþan, on sumum stōwum, swā brād swā man mæġ on twām wucum ofe

    Finns dwell on the moors; and that inhabited land is widest in the east, and always smaller farther north. In the east it can be sixty miles wide, or a bit wider; and in the middle, thirty miles or broader; and in the north, he said, where it was smallest, it might be three miles across to the moor; and the moor, in some places, is as wide as a man can cross in two weeks; and in some places, as br

    Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan

Conjugation

Conjugation of oferferan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular oferfēreoferfērde
2nd singular oferfērestoferfērstoferfērdest
3rd singular oferfēreþoferfērþoferfērde
Plural oferfēraþoferfērdon
Subjunctive
Singular oferfēreoferfērde
Plural oferfērenoferfērden
Non-finite forms of oferferan
Form
Infinitive oferfēran
Inflected infinitive oferfērenne
Imperative singular oferfēr
Imperative plural oferfēraþ
Present participle oferfērende
Past participle oferfēred

All forms (16)

Etymology

ofer- + fēran

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