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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1513, 1581-1623

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Over-, Owerflow, v. Also: -flou. [e.m.E. and ME. overflow(e, OE. oferflówan: cf. Ourflow v.] intr. and tr. To overflow, in various senses. —intr. 1513 Doug. xiii. viii. 32 (Ruddim.). 1588 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 523.
The transe of Bellis wynd heid owerflowis with filth
a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xli. 9.
The feildis ouerflouis With gouans that grouis
tr. 1585 James VI Ess. 16.
How the seas owerflowed this massiue round
1581-1623 Id. Poems I. 86/18.
So, as the very tops of mountains hie Be fluidis were onis ouerflowed

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