† overˈleave, v. Obs.
In 4 -leeue, pa. tense -lafte.
[ONorthumb. oferlǽfa = OE. *oferlǽfan, f. ofer- over- 19 + leave v.1 12.]
a. trans. To leave over. b. intr. To be left over, remain.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xi. 41 Þætte ofer-hlæfeð vel þætte wona is seallað ælmissa. c 975 Rushw. Gosp. Luke ix. 17 ᵹinimen wæs ðætte ofer-læfed wæs him. 1382 Wyclif Exod. viii. 31 There overlafte not oon forsothe. ― Lev. xxv. 46 Thurȝ riȝt of erytage ȝe shulen ouerleeuen hem to the after comers. |