oferhabban
Old English
editEtymology
editEquivalent to ofer- + habban.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editoferhabban
- to command, govern
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
- Hȳ mōstan ðām læppan friþ gebicgean ðe hȳ, under cyngces hand, oferhæfdon.
- They might purchase peace for that district which, subject to the king, they ruled over.
Conjugation
editConjugation of oferhabban (weak class 3)
infinitive | oferhabban | oferhæbbenne |
---|---|---|
indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | oferhæbbe | oferhæfde |
second person singular | oferhæfst | oferhæfdest |
third person singular | oferhæfþ | oferhæfde |
plural | oferhabbaþ | oferhæfdon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | oferhæbbe | oferhæfde |
plural | oferhæbben | oferhæfden |
imperative | ||
singular | oferhafa | |
plural | oferhabbaþ | |
participle | present | past |
oferhæbbende | oferhæfd |
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “oferhabban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.