oferteon

Old English

Etymology

From ofer- +‎ tēon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌo.ferˈte͜oːn/, [ˌo.verˈte͜oːn]

Verb

ofertēon

1. to draw one thing over another
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.

     Woruld miste ofertēah, þȳstrum biþeahte. ― He/she drew mist over the world, covered it in shadow.

2. to cover by drawing one thing over another; to eclipse; to obscure
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Ðonne ic ofertēo heofenan mid wolcnum. ― Then I will cover the heavens with clouds
     2. Hē nǣfre eft nolde ealne middaneard mid nānum flōde ofertēon. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
     3. Ðonne se fulla mōna wyrð ofertogen mid þȳstrum. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
3. to bring to an end; to end, conclude

Conjugation

Conjugation of ofertēon (strong, class II)

infinitive	ofertēon	ofertēonne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ofertēo	ofertēah
second person singular	ofertīehst	ofertuge
third person singular	ofertīehþ	ofertēah
plural	ofertēoþ	ofertugon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ofertēo	ofertuge
plural	ofertēon	ofertugen
imperative
singular	ofertēoh
plural	ofertēoþ
participle	present	past
	ofertēonde	ofertogen

Synonyms

• adeorcian
• asweartian
• āþīestrian
• behelian
• behlīdan
• beþeccan
• dimmian
• endian
• forbregdan
• fordyttan
• fortimbran
• fortēon
• genipan
• geþȳstrian
• geþuhsian
• lūcan
• ofþȳstrian
• sweorcan
• þeccan
• wreon

Antonyms

• abeþecian
• barian
• beginnan
• forþtēon
• geēowan
• onginnan
• openian
• unhelian
• unþeccan
• unwreon

Derived terms

• ofertogennes

Related terms

• āspringan
• āsprungennes
• beclysan
• bedēaglian
• deagol
• deorcian
• exlypsis
• genip
• mist
• nifol
• stoppian
• þȳstrian
• upsprungennes

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “oferteon”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• German Lexicon Project
• Old English to Modern English Translator