oferlecgan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *obarlaggjan, from Proto-Germanic *uberlagjaną, equivalent to ofer- +‎ leċġan. Cognate with Old Frisian overledza, ūrledza, Old High German ubarleggen, Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufarlagjan). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌo.ferˈlej.jɑn/, [ˌo.verˈled.d͡ʒɑn] === Verb === oferleċġan to lay over, above, or upon something else, cover the surface of to overburden, oppress; weigh down ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: overlayen English: overlay === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “oferlecgan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.