▪ I. † ˈovergart, n. Obs.
[app. f. over- + the radical part seen also in angard, -gart, ogart, ongart, app. from ONorse, but the ultimate derivation is uncertain.]
Arrogance, presumption, pride.
| c 1200 Ormin 8163 Acc þær wass mikell oferrgarrt & modiȝnesse shæwedd. Ibid. 15770 Fra werelldshipess oferrgarrt. a 1225 St. Marher. 16 Hwen a meiden ure muchele ouer⁓gart þus afalleð. Ibid. 10 His muchele ouergat. [Cf. Cursor M. 478, where ouengart in Cott. may be error for ouergart or for ongart; F. has awgart, G. & Tr. pride. In l. 7318 Cott. has ougard (? ongard), F. awgarde, G. & Tr. enuy.] |
▪ II. † ˈovergart, a. and adv. Obs.
[Cf. prec.]
A. adj. Immoderate, excessive, presumptuous.
| c 1325 Poem Times Edw. II 391 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 341 For tho God seih that the world was so over gart, He sente a derthe on earthe, and made hit ful smart. |
B. adv. Immoderately, excessively.
| c 1320 Cast. Love 993 Þat al he bi-comeþ ouergart proud, And mis-doþ his neiȝebors boþe stille and loud. c 1350 Will. Palerne 1069 Þe douȝti duk of saxoyne drow to þat londe Wiþ ouer gart gret ost godmen of armes. 13.. in Rel. Ant. II. 226 Ich am overgard agast, and quake al in my speche. |