to overtake (
an enemy) :-- Pharao tengde æfter mid eallum his here and offérde hí æt ðære Reádan Sǽ
Pharaoh pressed after with all his host, and overlook the Israelites at the Red Sea, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 16: Chr. 948; Erl. 118, 19. Se cyng férde him (
the Danes) æt hindan, and offérde hí innan Eást-Seaxan, and ðǽr tógædere heardlíce féngon, 1016; Erl. 158, 1. v.
of-faran.