oferrædan

Old English

Etymology

From ofer- +‎ rǣdan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌo.ferˈræː.dɑn/, [ˌo.verˈræː.dɑn]

Verb

oferrǣdan

to read over, read through
to read over to another or oneself
to consider

Conjugation

Conjugation of oferrǣdan (weak class 1)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	oferrǣdan	oferrǣdenne
first person singular	oferrǣde	oferrǣdde
second person singular	oferrǣdest, oferrǣtst	oferrǣddest
third person singular	oferrǣdeþ, oferrǣtt, oferrǣt	oferrǣdde
plural	oferrǣdaþ	oferrǣddon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	oferrǣde	oferrǣdde
plural	oferrǣden	oferrǣdden
imperative
singular	oferrǣd
plural	oferrǣdaþ
participle	present	past
	oferrǣdende	oferrǣded

Descendants

Middle English: overreden
- English: overread

References

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

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