OE tr. Defensor (1969) xliii. 278 Uestis..non ad pulchritudinem sed propter necessarium tegumentum : reaf..na to fægernysse ac for nedbehefe oferhelincge.
c1450 What Church Betokeneth (BL Add. 35298) in R. Hamer & V. Russell (2000) 122 With my teeris I shal make moyste or wete the ouerhelyng of my bed.