overhelen

Middle English

Verb

overhelen (third-person singular simple present overheleth, present participle overhelende, overhelynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle overheled)

  1. To cover; to cover up, conceal.
    • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xix”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book X, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
      And whan Sir Palomydes behylde his felowys swerde overheled with his blood, hit greved hym sore.
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