† overˈwade, v. Obs.
[OE. oferwadan: see over- 10, and cf. OHG. uberwaten (Notker).]
trans. To wade across.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. ii. iv. §6 Ða ᵹebeotode Cirus..þæt hie mehte wifmon be hiere cneowe oferwadan, þær heo ær wæs niᵹon mila brad. 1382 Wyclif Ezek. xlvii. 5 Deep waters of the streme of reyn wexiden grete, whiche may not be ouer wad [Vulg. transvadari]. 1456 Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 37 He suld mak that ryver sa lytill that a wyf..suld nocht wete hir kneis till ourwade it. |