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Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, ġe- + offrian
Pronunciation
Verb
ġeoffrian
- to offer, sacrifice
- Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 22:2
"Nim þīnne āncennedan sunu Īsaac, þe þū lufast, and far tō þām lande Visionis hraþe, and ġeoffra hine þǣr uppan ānre dūne."- "Take your only-begotten son Isaac, whom you love, and quickly go to the land of Visionis, and sacrifice him there upon a mountain."
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