A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Overwery,) Oververie, v. P.p. -wereed. [e.m.E. overwearied p.p. (1576), overwerying ppl. a. (1591), over-wearie v. (1612).] tr. To weary to excess, to exhaust with weariness. —1622-6 Bisset I. 259/4.
Overwereed withlang attending Ib. /13.
To frustrate and oververie there creditour
