Middle English word overgon comes from Old English gān, Old English gan (To go.), Old English ofer-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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gān | Old English (ang) | |
gan | Old English (ang) | To go. |
ofer- | Old English (ang) | Used to form nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions having intensive force, or with a sense of "going over, above". |
ofergān | Old English (ang) | |
ofergan | Old English (ang) | To go across, traverse, pass off or away, come to an end.. To go or pass over a limit, transgress.. To overspread, overrun, conquer, be over anything, come upon, attack; onfall. |
overgon | Middle English (enm) |