to cover with a shadow, overshadow :--Ic ofersceadewige obumbro, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 59. Ðæs Heáhstan miht ðé ofersceadaþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 35. Genip ofersceadude hig, 9, 34. Seó lyft hí ofersceadewude, Mk. Skt. 9, 7. Ðu oferscadudest (-sceaduwedest, Ps. Lamb.) obumbrasti, Ps. Spl. 139, 8. Ofersceadwa obumbra, Ps. Surt. 139, 8. [Goth. ufar-skadwjan.] ofer-sceadwian