A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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Overhead, _sb._ == blow on the head. Alys. 7396
Overheave, _v. a._ part. 'overhoven.' Ps. lxxi. 16
Overhele, _v. a._ == conceal. Ps. xliii. 16
Overhohe, _v. a._ == despise. O. and N. 1404. AS. ofer-hogian
Overhope, _v. n._ == hope constantly. Ps. cxviii. 43
Overmirth, _v. n._ == insult. Ps. x.x.xiv. 19
Overmost, _adj._ == highest. Ps. ciii. 13
Overnoon, _sb._ == midday. Ps. x.x.xvi. 6
Overquatie, _v. a._ == overfill. O. and N. 353. Halliwell gives 'Quatted'
== full, satiated. Probably from the ON. kvett, meat; another form of kjot
Oversee, _v. a._ == look over (lit.). O. and N. 30
Overshun, _v. a._ == swallow up? Ps. cxxiii. 4
Oversid. O. and N. 1436; either == oversees, looks after, from AS.
ofer-seon; or == regards, takes charge of, from AS. ofer-sittan
Oversore, _adj._ RG. 280
Overspread, _v. a._ RG. 380
Overstie, _v. a._ == go over, surpa.s.s. Rel. S. iii. 1
Overswallow, _v. a._ [oure-swelyhe]. Ps. lxxviii. 16
Overtake, _v. a._ HD. 1816. Ps. vi. 2
Overthwart, _adv._ HD. 2822
Overward, _adv._ RG. 531
Overwerp, _v. n._ == lit. to throw over; hence neut. to overflow, boil over. Wright's L. P. p. 83
Overwin, _v. a._ Ps. cviii. 3
Owe, _v. a._ == own or have. pres. 'owe.' RG. 432. pret. 'ow.' Pol. S. 204
---- _v. a._ == owe a person a thing, pres. 'on.' (_s. q._ if not 'ou.') RG. 311
---- _v. n._ == be obliged; have to do a thing. pres. 'oh.' Wright's L. P.
p. 70. pl. 'ohen.' Rel. S. v. 2; pret. 'aute.' RG. 452; 'a?te.' RG. 202
Own, _adj._ [owe]. RG. 372, 437; [o?e]. O. and N. 1648; [onne]. Wright's L. P. p. 104
Ox, _sb._ 133
O?er, _adj._ == great, dreadful. O. and N. 118. AS. oga
O?yrt, == other. RG. 192
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Pace, _sb._ == step. RG. 387, 513
Pack, _sb._ == bundle, burden. Ritson's AS. viii. 248
Paddock, _sb._ == toad. Alys. 6126. ON. padda
Pae, _sb._ == peac.o.c.k. Ritson's AS. viii. 20. AS. pawa
Page, _sb._ == a lackey. Pol. S. 237. Fr. page. Vid. Roq. _s. v._
Pain, _sb._ == penalty. 481 B. RG. 377
---- == anguish, [pyne]. Alys. 5059; [peyne]. Ibid. 5060
Paint, _v. a._ part. 'ypeynt.' RG. 174
Pair, _sb._ RG. 390
Palace, _sb._ RG. 190
Palfreiour, _sb._ == palfrey-keeper. Pol. S. 237
Palfrey, _sb._ RG. 490. Fr. palefroi. Lat. paraveredus
Pall, _sb._ == coverlet. Alys. 7733. Body and Soul, 15. Lat. palla
Pall, _v. n._ == grow pale. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Pallion, _sb._ == pall. 248 B.
Palmer, _sb._ Alys. 4981
Palter, == bough. Ps. lxxix. 12; _s. q._ if 'paltres' be not == 'palm-trees.' Lat. palmites. See the V. L.
Pan, _sb._ == dish. Alys. 4939. AS. panne
