Old English

Verb

ofertēon

1. to draw one thing over another
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Woruld miste ofertēah, þȳstrum biþeahte.
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.
     2. Hē nǣfre eft nolde ealne middaneard mid nānum flōde ofertēon.
     3. Ðonne se fulla mōna wyrð ofertogen mid þȳstrum.
3. to bring to an end; to end, conclude

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ofertogennes

Synonyms

• adeorcian
• asweartian
• āþȳstrian
• 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

Related terms

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

References

• Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
• German Lexicon Project
• Old English to Modern English Translator