overschadwen

• overschadewe

Inherited from Old English ofersċeadwian; by surface analysis, over- (“over-”) +‎ schadwen (“to shadow, hide”).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̞ːvərˈʃadwən/, /ɔ̞ːvərˈʃadiu̯ən/, /ɔ̞ːvərˈʃadɔu̯ən/

overschadwen (third-person singular simple present overschadweth, present participle overschadwende, overschadwynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle overschadwed) (uncommon)

1. To overshadow (obscure with a shadow)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Luke 9:34, page 32v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     but while he ſpak þeſe þĩgis .· a cloude was maad / ⁊ ouerſchadewide hẽ / and þeı dꝛedden .· whãne þeı entriden ın to þe cloude

     But while he said these things, a cloud formed and overshadowed them, and they became afraid as they walked into the cloud.

2. To descend upon with divine protective power.
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[2], published c. 1410, Luke 1:35, page 27r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     and þe aũgel anſweride / ⁊ ſeide to hir / þe hoolı gooſt ſchal come fro aboue in to þee .· ⁊ þe v̇tu of þe hiȝeste ſchal ouerſchadewe [translating obumbrabit] þee / ⁊ þ̇foꝛ þat hoolı þıng þat ſchal be boren of þee .· ſchal be clepid þe ſone of god […]

     And the angel responded, saying to her, "The Holy Spirit will come from above onto you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the holy one that you'll give birth to will be called 'the Son of God'. […] "

3. To hide, conceal, or block.

• English: overshadow
• Middle Scots: overschaddow

• “overshad(e)wen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “overshadow, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.