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- The earliest known use of the verb whelm is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).
The earliest known use of the verb whelm is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for whelm is from before 1300, in Cursor Mundi: a Northumbrian poem of the 14th century.
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Nov 5, 2014 · The OED’s first citation is from the Coverdale Bible, a 1535 translation of the Bible in modern English: “An horrible drede hath ouerwhelmed me.” The newcomer here, as you point out, is “underwhelm,” which showed up in the mid-20th century, according to citations in the dictionary.
Whelm is labeled as "archaic" in NOAD, as it has fallen out of use. Left in its wake are the would-be superlative overwhelm (which, rather than actually meaning "more than whelmed", has simply taken over its parent's definition) and its opposite underwhelm.
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The earliest known use of the noun whelm is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for whelm is from around 1576. It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500).
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