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
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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 -
to go or pass over a limit, transgress
-
to go across, traverse, pass off or away, come to an end
Conjugation
All forms (11)
Etymology
From ofer- + gān. Cognate with Old High German ubargān.
Descendants
overgo
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