ofgan

Old English

Etymology

From of- +‎ gān.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ofˈɡɑːn/, [ovˈɡɑːn]

Verb

ofgān

to require, demand, seek satisfaction for, exact with violence, extort; wrest
to begin, start from

Conjugation

Conjugation of ofgān (irregular)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	ofgān	ofgānne
first person singular	ofgā	ofēode
second person singular	ofgǣst	ofēodest
third person singular	ofgǣþ	ofēode
plural	ofgāþ	ofēodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ofgā	ofēode
plural	ofgān	ofēoden
imperative
singular	ofgā
plural	ofgāþ
participle	present	past
	ofgānde	ofgān

Descendants

Middle English: ofgon

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ofgán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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