ofgiefan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to give up, leave, abandon.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *abagebaną prefix from Old English ġiefan (give).
Origin
Old English
ġiefan
Gloss
give
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abgeben German
- *abagebaną Proto-Germanic
- *gebaną Proto-Germanic
- agiefan Old English
- forgiefan Old English
- gifol Old English
- ġiefan Old English
- yeven Middle English
- yiven Middle English
- ȝiven Middle English
- avegeven Middle Dutch
- abageban Old High German
- ofginn Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌰𐍆𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *geban gmw-pro
- afgevan Old Saxon
- gevan Old Saxon