A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1535
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Overhele, v. Also: ovir- and -heil(l. [ME. ouerhelen (c 1200), OE. oferhelian. Cf. Ourhele v. (and Overheld(e v.).] (Common only in the Ruddiman ed. of Douglas.) tr. To cover over. lit. and fig. — 1535 Stewart 11406.
Quhen Aprile wes passit … And all the hicht ouirheild with hailsum air 1513 Doug. xi. xvi. 41 (Ruddim.).
Ane bing of erth … Ouer helde with akin treis and bewis rank 1513 Ib. iii. vi. 98, viii. xi. 47, etc. a1500 Henr. Fab. 587 (H).
Ouerheillit
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