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ˈover-king, ˈoverking Hist.
[over- 2 b.]
A superior king; a king who is the superior of other rulers having the title of king.
c1200Ormin 6906 Onnȝæn hiss aȝhenn oferrking Itt birrde himm wel abiggenn. a1300Cursor M. 11194 To mak knaulage wit sum-thing Til sir august, þair ouer-king. 1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 516 His brother Gorm quarrelled with their King or ‘Over-king’. 1874Green Short Hist. vii. §8. 433 The King of Connaught, who was recognized as overking of the island by the rest of the tribes. 1885Freeman ælfred in Dict. Nat. Biog. I. 160/2 The over⁓king at Winchester [ælfred] understood the position of the over-king at Mykênê [Agamemnôn] so much better [etc.]. |