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† overˈfare, v. Obs.
[OE. oferfaran = OHG. ubarfaran, MG. übervarn, Ger. überfahren, MDu., Du. overvaren: see over- 9, 10.]
1. intr. To pass over, across, or through.
c1000Ags. Ps. (Spelm.) x. 1 Oferfare on munt swa swa spearwa. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2487 To flum iurdon..he ben cumen, And ouer pharan til ebron. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 1241 Anoþer ȝer þow miȝt ouer fare.
2. trans. To pass over, to cross, traverse.
a1000Cædmon's Gen. 1801 (Gr.) Hi..forð oferforan folcmæro land. a1023Wulfstan Hom. (Napier) 210 Moyses oferfor þa readan sæ. a1250Owl & Night. 387 An over-vareth fele theode. a1300E.E. Psalter cxxiii[i]. 5 Over-faren had our saule swift-lik Watre þat was un-tholand-lik. |