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Middle English
Etymology
From over- + helen; see hilen.
Verb
overhelen (third-person singular simple present overheleth, present participle overhelende, overhelynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle overheled)
- To cover; to cover up, conceal.
1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum xix”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book X, by
William Caxton], published
31 July 1485,
→OCLC; republished as H
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.- And when Sir Palomides beheld his fellow's sword over-hylled with his blood, it grieved him sore.