"ofergan" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˌo.ferˈɡɑːn/, [ˌo.verˈɡɑːn]
Etymology: From ofer- + gān. Cognate with Old High German ubargān. Etymology templates: {{prefix|ang|ofer|gān}} ofer- + gān, {{cog|goh|ubargān}} Old High German ubargān Head templates: {{ang-verb|ofergān}} ofergān Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|ofergān<i>}} Forms: ofergān [canonical], irregular [table-tags], ofergān [infinitive], ofergānne [infinitive], ofergā [first-person, present, singular], oferēode [first-person, past, singular], ofergǣst [present, second-person, singular], oferēodest [past, second-person, singular], ofergǣþ [present, singular, third-person], oferēode [past, singular, third-person], ofergāþ [plural, present], oferēodon [past, plural], ofergā [present, singular], oferēode [past, singular], ofergān [plural, present], oferēoden [past, plural], ofergā [imperative, past, present, singular], ofergāþ [imperative, past, plural, present], ofergānde [imperative, present], ofergān [imperative, past]
  1. to overspread, overrun, conquer, be over anything, come upon, attack; onfall
    Sense id: en-ofergan-ang-verb-Xtl9DXzS Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with ofer-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 48 27 26 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ofer-: 41 30 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 30 34
  2. to go or pass over a limit, transgress
    Sense id: en-ofergan-ang-verb-BhxwGqrI Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 30 34
  3. to go across, traverse, pass off or away, come to an end
    Sense id: en-ofergan-ang-verb-UJRXPGrN Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 30 34
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          "ofergan#Old_English"
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          "oferganne#Old_English"
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      "form": "oferēodon",
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          "oferēodon",
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          "ofergānde",
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          "ofergān",
          "ofergan#Old_English"
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          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞæt 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.",
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        "to go or pass over a limit, transgress"
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          "pass"
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          "limit",
          "limit"
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          "away",
          "away"
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      "ipa": "/ˌo.ferˈɡɑːn/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˌo.verˈɡɑːn]"
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        {
          "english": "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.",
          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞæt 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.",
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          "attack",
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          "pass",
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        [
          "across",
          "across"
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          "traverse",
          "traverse"
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          "off",
          "off"
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        [
          "away",
          "away"
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          "end",
          "end"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌo.ferˈɡɑːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌo.verˈɡɑːn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ofergan"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.