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
-
to pass through, pass over
-
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
| Present | Past | |
|---|---|---|
| Indicative | ||
| 1st singular | oferfēre | oferfērde |
| 2nd singular | oferfērestoferfērst | oferfērdest |
| 3rd singular | oferfēreþoferfērþ | oferfērde |
| Plural | oferfēraþ | oferfērdon |
| Subjunctive | ||
| Singular | oferfēre | oferfērde |
| Plural | oferfēren | oferfērden |
| 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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