- offrian
- \offrian1 wv/t2 to offer, sacrifice, bring an oblation [L offerre]
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Offer — Of fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Offering}.] [OE. offren, {AS}. offrian to sacrifice, fr. L. offerre; ob (see {OB }) + ferre to bear, bring. The English word was influenced by F. offrir to offer, of the same origin. See 1st … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Offered — Offer Of fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Offering}.] [OE. offren, {AS}. offrian to sacrifice, fr. L. offerre; ob (see {OB }) + ferre to bear, bring. The English word was influenced by F. offrir to offer, of the same origin.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Offering — Offer Of fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Offered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Offering}.] [OE. offren, {AS}. offrian to sacrifice, fr. L. offerre; ob (see {OB }) + ferre to bear, bring. The English word was influenced by F. offrir to offer, of the same origin.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
offer — I. verb (offered; offering) Etymology: Middle English offren, in sense 1, from Old English offrian, from Late Latin offerre, from Latin, to present, tender, from ob toward + ferre to carry; in other senses, from Anglo French offrir, from Latin… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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offer — offerable, adj. offerer, offeror, n. /aw feuhr, of euhr/, v.t. 1. to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette. 2. to propose or put forward for consideration: to offer a suggestion. 3. to propose or volunteer (to do … Universalium
ofrian — see offrian … Old to modern English dictionary
Special Offer — Spe|cial Of|fer das; [s], s <aus gleichbed. engl. special offer zu ↑Special u. offer, dies aus aengl. offrian »opfern«> Sonderangebot … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
offer — [OE] Latin offerre was a compound verb formed from the prefix ob ‘to’ and ferre ‘bring, carry’ (a distant relative of English bear), and it meant ‘present, offer’. It was borrowed into Old English from Christian Latin texts as offrian, in the… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
opfern — Vsw std. (8. Jh.), mhd. opfern, ahd. opfarōn, offarōn, mndd. opperen, offeren, älter oppron Entlehnung. Der Lautform nach stammt das Wort aus l. operārī arbeiten, u.ä. , auch Almosen geben (operieren). Der Bedeutung nach ist es aber sicher… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
