† ofreachv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To obtain; to reach, extend to; to touch; to arrive at.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)]
to come toOE
reachOE
hita1075
ofreachlOE
catchc1330
latchc1330
recovera1375
getc1390
henta1393
win?1473
fetch1589
to fetch up1589
obtain1589
attainc1592
make1610
gaina1616
arrive1647
advene1684
strike1798
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)]
areach1014
reachOE
ofreachlOE
overtakec1225
catchc1330
acomec1350
touchc1384
getc1390
to come at ——a1393
henta1393
overreacha1400
win?1473
aspire1581
obtain1589
attainc1592
make1610
gaina1616
acquire1665
advene1684
lOE Laws: Instituta Cnuti (Rochester) ii. xxx. §3a. 333 Ita autem adquiratur illud triplex iudicium (quod Angli dicunt ‘ofræce þæt ordel’).
c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) 552 Hwet se hit of rahte [v.r. hit rahte].
c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 1283 (MED) Þat lond ischal ofreche, & do mi fader wreche.
c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 867 (MED) And sum kniȝt Beues so ofrauȝte, Þe heued of at þe ferste drauȝte.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 3874 (MED) No rink þei miȝt of-reche recuuered neuer after.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 6 Of crystes passioun and penaunce þe peple þat of-rauȝte.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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