# ofer
## English
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈoʊfɚ/

### Noun

ofer (plural ofers)
* Alternative form of oh for

### Anagrams

* fore-, 'fore, fore, froe, Freo, Fero, Fore, orfe

## Old English
### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber, from Proto-Indo-European *upér, a comparative form of *upo.

#### Alternative forms

* ofor, ober

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈo.fer/, [ˈo.ver]

#### Adverb

ofer
* over, above
* across

#### Preposition

ofer
* over, above
** "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 10, verse 19
    And nū ic sealde ēow ānweald tō tredenne ofer nǣddran. And snacan and ofer ǣlc fēondes mæġen. And nān þing ēow ne derað...And now I gave you power to tread over adders and snakes and over each fiends' force. And no thing harms you.
** "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 19, verse 14
    Wē nyllað þ þēs ofer ūs rīxie...We do not want that this rule over us.
** late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
    Nys nāht ofor hyne...Nothing is above Him...
* over, Indicating relative status, authority, or power
** Exeter Book, Chrtist A, The Navitivity
    ...Ne lǣt awyrġde ofer us onwald āgan...Let not the accursed have power over us...
* across
* beside (+accusative)
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"
    He gesette his tacn on minum nebbe þæt ic nænne oðerne ofer hine ne lufige.He hath set His token upon my face that I should love none other beside Him.
* beyond
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Basilius, Bishop"
    Bide nu æt gode þæt ic grecisc cunne. Þa cwæþ se biscop him to, þu bæde ofer mine mæðe ac uton swa þeah biddan þas bena æt gode.Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Pray now to God that I may know Greek. Then said the Bishop to him, 'Thou hast asked beyond my power, but let us, nevertheless, ask this boon of God.'
** late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Prayer of Moses (Mid-Lent)"
    Swa swa sume menn doð þe dyslice fæstað ofer heora mihte on gemænelicum lenctene, swa swa we sylfe gesawon oðþæt hi seoce wurdon.Even as some men do who foolishly fast beyond their strength in the catholic Lent, even as we ourselves have seen, until they have fallen sick.

#### Descendants

* Middle English: over
** English: over
** Geordie English: ower
** Scots: ower
** Yola: ower, oer, owr

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ōferaz.

#### Alternative forms

* ōfor, ōbr

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoː.fer/, [ˈoː.ver]

#### Noun

ōfer m
* border, edge; specifically, shore, riverbank

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### Descendants

* Middle English: over
** English: over
** Scots: offer

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [oˈfer]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

ofer
* first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of oferi

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ọβer, from Proto-Celtic *auberos.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈɔvɛr/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈoːvɛr/, /ˈɔvɛr/

### Adjective

ofer (feminine singular ofer, plural oferion, equative ofered, comparative oferach, superlative oferaf)
* futile, vain

#### Derived terms

* ofera (“to idle, to loiter”)
* oferedd (“vanity, frivolity”)
* ofergoel (“superstition”)
* oferwr (“good-for-nothing, waster”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.