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▪ I. † overˈhip, v. Obs. [f. over- 5 + hip v.1 Cf. MHG. überhüpfen.] trans. To hop over; always fig. to pass over, pass by, omit, miss, ‘skip’.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 64 For Mayster Wace þe Latyn alle rymes, Þat Pers ouerhippis many tymes. c1440Promp. Parv. 372/2 Ovyr hyppyn, or ouer skyppyn,..omitto. 1513Douglas æneis i. Prol. 154 The thre first bukis he hes ourhippit quyte. 1600Holland Livy v. xiv. 189 Excellent men..whom to passe by and ouerhip, they thought the people would have bene ashamed. 1608T. Hutton 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers' Reas. Ref. Subscr. 65 When they come to the genealogies in S. Matthew & S. Luke, over⁓hipp the places, pretending they are a ranck of hard words. b. absol. or intr.
c1300in Langtoft's Chron. in Pol. Songs (Camden) 303 For he haves overhippede, hise tipet is typpede, hise tabard es tome. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 379 Wher-fore I am afered of folke of holikirke, Lest þei ouerhuppen as other don in offices & in houres. 1483Caxton Quatuor Serm. (Roxb.) 21 They must also in the quere red and synge wyth..deuocion of soule, not ouerhippyng ne momblyng. ▪ II. overhip, adv. see over- 31. |