Participles
| Present | ofġiefende |
| Past | ofġefen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ofġiefe |
| 2nd sing. | ofġiefst |
| 3rd sing. | ofġiefþ |
| 1st plur. | ofġiefaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ofġiefaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ofġiefaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ofġeaf |
| 2nd sing. | ofġēafe |
| 3rd sing. | ofġeaf |
| 1st plur. | ofġēafon |
| 2nd plur. | ofġēafon |
| 3rd plur. | ofġēafon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ofġiefe |
| 2nd sing. | ofġiefe |
| 3rd sing. | ofġiefe |
| 1st plur. | ofġiefen |
| 2nd plur. | ofġiefen |
| 3rd plur. | ofġiefen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ofġēafe |
| 2nd sing. | ofġēafe |
| 3rd sing. | ofġēafe |
| 1st plur. | ofġēafen |
| 2nd plur. | ofġēafen |
| 3rd plur. | ofġēafen |
Imperative
| Singular | ofġief |
| Plural | ofġiefaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'ofgiefan'
ofgiefan,
Verbs similar to 'ofgiefan'
agiefan,
forgiefan,
giefan,
ongietan,
agifan,
aliefan,
begieman,
begietan,
beliefan,
flieman,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *abagebaną, equivalent to of- + ġiefan. Cognate with Old Saxon afgevan, Old High German abageban. See: Old Saxon '
afgevan', Old High German 'abageban'.
Sample Sentences
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þonne iċ eorla līf · eal ġeondþenċe,
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hū hī fǣrlīċe · flet ofġēafon, (when I think of all fighters lives,
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how they suddenly left halls,) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
Cognates
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