† ˈovermod, n. Obs.
[OE. ofermód = OHG. ubarmuot (MHG. übermuot, Ger. übermuth), MDu. overmôd (Du. overmoed): cf. OS. oƀarmôdi; f. ofer over + mód mood.]
‘High-mindedness’, pride, haughtiness.
| 993 Battle of Maldon 89 Ða se eorl ongann for his ofer⁓mode alyfan landes to fela laðere þeode. a 1000 Cædmon's Gen. 272 (Gr.) Feala worda ᵹespræc se engel ofermodes. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 9 For his ouer-mod, oðer for his prude. |
So † ˈovermod a. [OE. ofermód], proud, haughty; † overˈmodi a. [OE. ofermódiᵹ]= prec.; † overˈmodiness [OE. ofermódiᵹness].
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 61 Þa oformodan men. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Mark vii. 22 Sceamleast, yfel ᵹesihð, dysinessa, ofermodiᵹnessa. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 191 Mæden tacn on neccan hæfð oððe on þeo, ofermodiᵹ, þancfull, þriste on lichaman mid maneᵹum werum. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 5 Ne beo þu þereuore prud ne..ouer modi. Ibid. 19 Prude and ouer⁓modinesse. c 1275 Sinners Beware 269 in O.E. Misc. 81 And wo is þenne þe ouermode Þat er þar-of ne rouhte. c 1300 Regret Maximian 57 (MS. Digby 86 lf. 135/1) Ich wes to overmod [rime blod]. |