单词 | overwelt |
释义 | overweltn. English regional (northern). rare. Of a sheep: an instance of having fallen on the back so as to be unable to get up. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by habits or actions > situation when sheep is on back unable to rise overwelt1788 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 345 A sheep which gets laid upon its back in a hollow is said to be in an owerwelt. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 91/1 Overwelt, owerwelt, a fall upside down, the state of being ‘cast’ on the back... ‘Ah fun yan o' t'beeas hed getten an owerwelt an' wez kest i' t'stell.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overweltv.ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > topple over welt13.. tiltc1390 overfalla1400 waltc1400 tirvec1425 top over tervea1450 overtumble1487 overwelta1522 to fall over1541 top1545 topple1600 tramble1609 tope1796 tottle1830 overtopple1855 whemmel1895 pitch-pole1896 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) viii. xii. 37 Ourweltit wyth the bensell of the ayris, Fast fra the forstammis the flude swouchis and raris. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. vii. 105 Ourweltis Retheus in ded thrawis atanis, And with hys helys smayt the Rutilian planis. 2. transitive. English regional (northern). To overturn, upset; (also in passive, of a sheep) to have fallen on the back so as to be unable to get up. Cf. awalt adv., far-welted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset overcastc1230 overturnc1300 overthrowc1330 to-turna1382 overwhelm?a1400 tilta1400 tipa1400 welt?a1400 overtiltc1400 tirvec1420 reverse?a1439 devolvec1470 subvert1479 welter?a1505 renverse1521 tumble1534 verse1556 upturn1567 overwhirl1577 rewalt1587 subverse1590 overset1599 overtumble1600 walt1611 to fetch up1615 ramvert1632 treveer1636 transvolve1644 capsize1788 upset1806 keel1828 overwelt1828 pitch-pole1851 purl1856 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Ower-welted, overturned. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. (at cited word) A cart is welted, or upturned, in order to discharge its load; but it is overwelted when entirely overturned for repairs, or by an act of mischief. 1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-Talk Gloss. 350 Yan o' t'yows is owerwelted yondher. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 91/1 Overwelt, owerwelt, to fall or get turned on to the back, or upside down... ‘We losst anither yow 'at gat owerwelted iv a hooal on t'mower.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788v.a1522 |
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