oþberan

Old English

Etymology

From ōþ- (“away-”) +‎ beran (“carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːθ beˈrɑn/

Verb

ōþberan

1. to carry off, carry away
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
     ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær
     ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf
     dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor
     in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.

     proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
     carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone
     over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;
     a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ōþberan (strong class 4)

infinitive	ōþberan	ōþberenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ōþbere	ōþbær
second person singular	ōþbirest, ōþbirst	ōþbǣre
third person singular	ōþbireþ, ōþbirþ	ōþbær
plural	ōþberaþ	ōþbǣron
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ōþbere	ōþbǣre
plural	ōþberen	ōþbǣren
imperative
singular	ōþber
plural	ōþberaþ
participle	present	past
	ōþberende	ōþboren

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ōþberan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.