to cover or ornament with gold :-- Ic ofergylde auro, Ælfc. Gr. 36 ; Som. 38, 39. Ealle ða græftas gé ofergyldaþ mid cræfte. Homl. Skt. i. 8, 61. On ofergildum hrægle in vestitu deaurato, Ps. Lamb. 44, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 586, 16. ii. sylure candelsticcan and ii. ouer-gylde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 101, 26. Ða ofergyldan saglas sceolden stician on ðǽm gyldnum hringum. Past. 22; Swt. 171, 22. ofer-gyldan