LekhoriLekhoriFrom side to side.
For when a Gyant’s slain in fight, And mow’d orethwart, or cleft downright, It is a heavy case, no doubt, A man should have his Brains beat out, Because he’s tall, and has large Bones;
Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.
Crossing in kind or disposition.
So prowde of hart, So overthwart, So out of frame, So voyde of shame, […]
That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.
A hart wel stayd, in ouerthwartes depe, Hopeth amendes: in swete, doth feare the sowre.
From Middle English overthwart, overthwert, overtwert, overquert, overwhart, equivalent to over- + thwart. Compare Dutch overdwaars (“across”), Danish overtvært (“across”).
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