单词 | overwalt |
释义 | † overwaltv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To overturn, push over, overthrow; = overwelt v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > overthrow or overturn to-warpc888 overwarpeOE fallOE cumber1303 overthrowc1375 overturna1382 subverta1382 overwalta1400 sinka1400 to wend downa1400 tuyrec1400 reverse1402 tirvec1420 pervert?a1425 to put downa1425 cumrayc1425 downthringc1430 overthwart?a1439 thringc1480 subvertise1484 succumb1490 renverse1521 precipitate?1528 everta1538 wrake1570 ruinate1590 profligate1643 wreck1749 a1400 Siege Jerusalem (Laud) (1932) 1207 (MED) Tytus on þe same side setteþ an engyne, A sowe wroȝt for þe werr, & to þe wal dryueþ, Þat alle ouerwalte [v.rr. ouer-welterde; ouur-drewe] þer he went. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) 314 (MED) Now is þe reuel & þe renoun of þe Rounde Table Ouer-walt wyth a worde of on wyȝes speche. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 8155 Tyll the toun be ouerturnyt..And the wallis ouerwalt into þe wete dyches. 2. transitive. To flood or flow over; to overflow (something). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (transitive)] > over overflowOE overwaltc1400 overwash?1440 overflood?1784 overspill1888 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 370 (MED) Þe flod ryses, Overwaltez uche a wod and þe wyde feldez. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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