† overmayv.

Forms: see over- prefix and may v.¹; also 1500s ouermayde (past participle).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overmogen (Dutch †overmogen ), Middle Low German ȫvermȫgen , Middle High German übermügen < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of may v.¹ Compare I may over at may v.¹ 1a.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To be more powerful or effective, to prevail.In quot. ?a1160 repetition of the verb ræveden must be understood: ‘every man who had greater power (robbed) the other’.

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OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) xxiv. 191 Ne per eum qui implere rem non ualet illi qui preualet obsistas : þæt na þurh hyne se þe gefyllan þincg na mæg þam þe ofermæg wiðstande.

?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Hi..ræueden munekes & clerekes, & æuric man other þe ouer myhte.

2. transitive. To prevail over, overcome, or overpower (a person).

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a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 13 (MED) Unþolemodnesse..benemð ðe manne ðe hie ouermai, ðat he ne mai wealden him seluen ne a þouhtes, ne on wordes, ne on weorkes.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	overmay
释义	† overmayv. Forms: see over- prefix and may v.¹; also 1500s ouermayde (past participle). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch overmogen (Dutch †overmogen ), Middle Low German ȫvermȫgen , Middle High German übermügen < the Germanic base of over- prefix + the Germanic base of may v.¹ Compare I may over at may v.¹ 1a. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To be more powerful or effective, to prevail.In quot. ?a1160 repetition of the verb ræveden must be understood: ‘every man who had greater power (robbed) the other’. ΚΠ OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) xxiv. 191 Ne per eum qui implere rem non ualet illi qui preualet obsistas : þæt na þurh hyne se þe gefyllan þincg na mæg þam þe ofermæg wiðstande. ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Hi..ræueden munekes & clerekes, & æuric man other þe ouer myhte. 2. transitive. To prevail over, overcome, or overpower (a person). ΚΠ a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 13 (MED) Unþolemodnesse..benemð ðe manne ðe hie ouermai, ðat he ne mai wealden him seluen ne a þouhtes, ne on wordes, ne on weorkes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.OE
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