† overhovev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To hover over, float above. Also intransitive.
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overhovec1390
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c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. 201 (MED) Þat is þe Riccheste reame þat Reyn ouer houeþ!
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 169 What þis liȝte bymeneth, þat ouer-houeth helle þus.
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. 974 Whenne other seen derke cloudis ouerhowue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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