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Old English · verb

ofergan

Normalised ofergān

Part of speech
verb
IPA
/ˌo.ferˈɡɑːn/
[ˌo.verˈɡɑːn]
Syllables
ˌo · fer · ˈɡɑːn (3 syllables)
Modern English
overgoonfalloverrunconqueroverspread

Meaning

  1. to overspread, overrun, conquer, be over anything, come upon, attack; onfall

    Þæt eahtoðe wīte wæs, þæt gærstapan oferēodon eall þæt land swilċe swā næfre ǣrðan nǣron, ne eft næfre ne ġewurðað; and hī forgnogon swā hwæt swā sē hagol belǣfde, oððe on trēowum oððe on ōðrum wæstmum.

    The eight plague was that locusts overran the entire land as they never had before, and never would again; they gnawed up anything that the hail had left, either on trees or on other plants.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  2. to go or pass over a limit, transgress

  3. to go across, traverse, pass off or away, come to an end

Conjugation

Conjugation of ofergan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular ofergāoferēode
2nd singular ofergǣstoferēodest
3rd singular ofergǣþoferēode
Plural ofergāþoferēodon
Subjunctive
Singular ofergāoferēode
Plural ofergānoferēoden
Non-finite forms of ofergan
Form
Infinitive ofergān
Inflected infinitive ofergānne
Imperative singular ofergā
Imperative plural ofergāþ
Present participle ofergānde
Past participle ofergān

All forms (11)

Etymology

From ofer- + gān. Cognate with Old High German ubargān.

Descendants

overgo

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