A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Overschaddow, Overshaddow, v. [ME. ouerschadewe (Wyclif), e.m.E. ouershadowe, OE. ofersceadwian. Cf. Ourschadow v.] tr. a. To cast shadow over, obscure. b. To overspread, shelter or protect, as if by placing in shadow. fig. —a. 1608 Wedderb. Compt Bk. 32.
[In an eclipse,] darkness overschaddowit the face of the haill earthb. 1597 James VI Dæmonol. 54.
In the time of papistrie … that mist of errours ouershaddowed the Deuill a1599 Rollock I. 398.
Thou … is maid ane schyning licht … over schaddowing sillie dark bodies
