offrian

Old English

Alternative forms

• ofrian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin offerō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈof.fri.ɑn/

Verb

offrian

1. to offer
2. to sacrifice
   • 996–997, Ælfric of Eynsham, “Saint George, Martyr”, in Rev. Walter W. Skeat, M.A., ed. and transl., Aelfric's Lives of Saints (Early English Text Society original series 82), volume I, London: N. Trübner & Co., published 1885, page 314:

     Nāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġit hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre ic ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þæra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū mycelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.

     Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.

Conjugation

Conjugation of offrian (weak, class 2)

infinitive	offrian	offrienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	offriġe	offrode
second person singular	offrast	offrodest
third person singular	offraþ	offrode
plural	offriaþ	offrodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	offriġe	offrode
plural	offriġen	offroden
imperative
singular	offra
plural	offriaþ
participle	present	past
	offriende	(ġe)offrod

Derived terms

• ġeoffrian
• offrung

Descendants

• Middle English: offren (reenforced by Old French ofrir)
  • English: offer