Participles
| Present | oferstīgende |
| Past | oferstiġen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | oferstīge |
| 2nd sing. | oferstīġst |
| 3rd sing. | oferstīġþ |
| 1st plur. | oferstīgaþ |
| 2nd plur. | oferstīgaþ |
| 3rd plur. | oferstīgaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | oferstāg; oferstāh |
| 2nd sing. | oferstige |
| 3rd sing. | oferstāg; oferstāh |
| 1st plur. | oferstigon |
| 2nd plur. | oferstigon |
| 3rd plur. | oferstigon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | oferstīge |
| 2nd sing. | oferstīge |
| 3rd sing. | oferstīge |
| 1st plur. | oferstīgen |
| 2nd plur. | oferstīgen |
| 3rd plur. | oferstīgen |
Past
| 1st sing. | oferstige |
| 2nd sing. | oferstige |
| 3rd sing. | oferstige |
| 1st plur. | oferstigen |
| 2nd plur. | oferstigen |
| 3rd plur. | oferstigen |
Imperative
| Singular | oferstīġ |
| Plural | oferstīgaþ |
Verbs similar to 'oferstigan'
oferswiþan,
ofstigan,
æfestian,
afetigan,
fersian,
gestigan,
oferbidan,
oferbugan,
oferdrifan,
oferflitan,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *uberstīganą. Cognate with Old High German obarstīgan, Old Norse yfirstíga, Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ufarsteigan). Equivalent to ofer- + stīgan, literally "to climb over or across." See: Proto-Germanic '
*uberstīganą', Old High German 'obarstīgan'.
Sample Sentences
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of the Holy Virgins"
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Eles ġecynd is þæt hē wile oferstīgan ǣlcne wǣtan. (The nature of oil is that it will rise to the top of any liquid.)
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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Þā ġenam Catalīnus þrēo hund manna mid him and on ānre dēagolre stōwe þone munt oferstāg. (Then Cataline took three hundred men with him and ascended the mountain at a secret place.)
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late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care
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Sume þā ȳðe beċiereþ sē stēora mid þȳ sċipe, sume hē oferstīġþ. (Some of the waves the steersman avoids with the ship, some he climbs over.)
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c. 992, Ælfric of Eynsham, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
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Fisċeras and unġetogene menn ġeċēas Dryhten him tō leornungcneohtum and hīe swā ġetēah þæt heora lār oferstāg ealne weoroldwīsdōm. (The Lord chose fishermen and uneducated people to be his disciples and taught them so that their learning surpassed all secular knowledge.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost"
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On ðisum andweardan life sind þa gecorenan feawa geðuhte onġēan getel þæra wiðercorenra, ac þonne hí to ðam ecan life gegaderode beoð, heora tel bið swa menigfeald, þæt hit oferstīhð, be ðæs witegan cwyde, sand-ceosles gerím. (In this present life the chosen appear few in comparison with the number of the reprobates, but when they shall be gathered to the eternal life, their number will be so manifold, that it will exceed, according to the prophet's saying, the number of the sand-grains.)
Cognates
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