A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1666
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0]
Overgo(e, Owergo(ne, v. P.p. -gone, -goon. [e.m.E. overgo(e (see Overga v.): cf. Ourgo.] a. To lat ourgo, to let pass. = Ourgo b. b. tr. To overcome; to overrun, infest. = Ourga 2, Overga 1. —a. 15.. Clariodus 1395.
Bot I no thing rehearse will … Of hir luif taikin, quhilk I let owergone 15.. Ib. iv. 2449. b.
I let owergo all sik prolixitie 1588 Calderwood IV. 656.
Punishment of vices which overgoe the whole land 1632 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 371.
He wald mak his entrie at Heydelberghe quhilk wes all overgone with the plasure 1666 Lauder Jrnl. 98.
Philip of Spaine who died August 1665 was owergoon with it [French pox], they say
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Overgo v.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 6 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/overgoe>
