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† overˈsty, v. Obs.
[OE. oferstíᵹan, f. ofer- over- 1 (b) + stíᵹan to mount, ascend: = OHG. ubarstîgan, Goth. ufarsteigan.]
trans. To rise or mount over or above (lit. and fig.); to surmount; to transcend, surpass, excel. Hence † overˈstying vbl. n. (in quot. = passing over or across).
c893K. ælfred Oros. iv. vi. §4 He..on anre dieᵹelre stowe þone munt oferstaᵹ. a900tr. Bæda's Eccl. Hist. ii. ix. [xii.] (1890) 130 Ealle þine yldran..þu in meahte and in rice feor oferstiᵹest. a1175Cott. Hom. 225 Þat flod wex þa and..hit ofer-stah ælle duna. c1250Will & Wit 1 in O.E. Misc. 192 Hwenne so wil wit ofer-stieð, Þenne is wil and wit for-lore. 1382Wyclif Isa. xvi. 2 In the ouersteȝyng [1388 passyng ouer] of Arnon. |