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overwhelve
† overˈwhelve, v. Obs. [f. over- 6 + whelve v. to roll.] 1. trans. To overturn; to cause to roll or tumble, as waves. (Cf. overwhelm v. 1.)c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. metr. iii. 39 (Add. MS.) Þe horrible wynde aquilon moeueþ boylyng tempestes and ouer whelweþ [v.rr. whelueth, welueeth, -welueth] þe se... Oxford English Dictionary
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whelve
whelve, v. Obs. exc. dial. (hwɛlv) Forms: 1 hwylfan, 3 hwelfen, 5– whelve, (9 whilve). [Late OE. hwylfan = *hwielfan, Anglian *hwelfan (also in compounds á-, be-, ofhwylfan) = OS. bihwelƀian to cover over, (M)Du., (M)LG. welven, OHG., MHG. welben, welwen (G. wölben) to vault, arch, ON. hvelfa to arc... Oxford English Dictionary
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