geferan

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġefœ̄ran — Anglian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈfeː.rɑn/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ġefēran

1. inflection of ġefēra:
   1. nominative plural
   2. accusative singular/plural
   3. genitive/dative singular

Etymology 2

From ge- +‎ fēran (“travel, depart”)

Verb

ġefēran

1. Of persons:
   1. to go, to travel or journey
   2. to set out, to leave or depart (this life)
2. of events:
   1. to (come to) pass, to occur, happen
   2. to meet with, experience
   3. to bring about
3. to gain, attain
4. to cause to move, to carry, to bring
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þissum ġēare Ælfere ealdorman ġefette þēs hālgan cyninges līchaman æt Werhām, ⁊ ġeferode hine mid myċċlum wurðsċipe tō Sċæftesbyriġ.

     Year 980 In this year Prince Elfhere fetched the body of the holy king [Edward] at Wareham, and brought it with much fanfare to Shaftesbury.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġefēran (weak, class 1)

infinitive	ġefēran	ġefērenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġefēre	ġeferde, ġeferode
second person singular	ġefērest, ġefērst	ġefērdest
third person singular	ġefēreþ, ġefērþ	ġeferde, ġeferode
plural	ġefēraþ	ġefērdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġefēre	ġefērde
plural	ġefēren	ġefērden
imperative
singular	ġefēr
plural	ġefēraþ
participle	present	past
	ġefērende	ġefēred

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ge-ferian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.