† over-ˈterve, v. Sc. Obs.
Also -tarve, -tirwe, -tyrve, -tyrfe, -tyrwe.
[f. over- 6 + terve v., to turn round, roll.]
trans. To overturn, overthrow, upset.
(Often misread overterne, and mistaken for overturn.)
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4627 Þe mastes faste to-gidere burte, & somme ouer terued [pr. -terned], & lay on syde. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xvii. (Martha) 33 As fysche wald he dwel in þe flud & our tyrwit batis þat rowyt þare. c 1375 Barbour Troy-bk. ii. 908 The Cite..brent Ande oure-tyrvede of fundement. c 1425 Cursor M. 18266 (Laud) With the kyng of blisse hast þou werrid And so thy-self ovyr-tarvid. c 1440 Lydg. Nightingale (E.E.T.S.) 208 Elles all oder..In that gret flood were dreynt and ouer-terved. c 1470 Harding Chron. xx. ii, They durst no thing ouer terue Againe his lawe nor peace, but theim conserue. a 1500 Ratis Raving i. 1608 Our tyrfand kindly cours ilk day. |