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Overking
Overking O"ver*king`, n. A king who has sovereignty over inferior kings or ruling princes. --J. R. Green.
Overknowing
Overknowing O"ver*know"ing, a. Too knowing or too cunning.

Meaning of Overk from wikipedia

- through the ruiri (a rí who was overking of several petty kingdoms) to a rí ruirech (a rí who was a provincial overking). (See Rí.) Each king ruled directly...
- Sanskrit raja, and German Reich. There were three grades of rí: a ruiri or 'overking' was a major, regional king and superior to a rí túath 'king of tribes'...
- Ímair were overkings of the Kingdom of Scotland itself, distinct from the Kingdom of Strathclyde, of which they may also have been overkings, and later...
- ruled as "overking" of his brothers, who also held status as kings and had control over certain regions. Harald Greycloak also ruled as "overking" of his...
- Ireland. Six Irish kings were killed in the battle, including Niall Glúndub, overking of the Northern Uí Néill and High King of Ireland. In 920 Sitric left Dublin...
- 191 (2): 399–405. doi:10.1677/joe.1.06919. PMC 1635969. PMID 17088409. Overk CR, Guo J, Chadwick LR, Lantvit DD, Min****i A, Appendino G, Chen SN, Lankin...
- (Suppl): S73 – S77. doi:10.1139/y92-246. PMID 1338300. Terry N, Masliah A, Overk C, Masliah E (2019-08-03). "Remembering Robert D. Terry at a Time of Change...
- thought to represent overkings of the Picts, at least from the time of Bridei son of Maelchon onwards. In addition to these overkings, many less powerful...
- Rí ruireach, and Ard Rí – King, local king, regional overking, (provincial) king of overkings, and High King in Gaelic Ireland, also Scotland Tsar/Tsarina...
- using the term rex in Chóicid (king of the fifth/province) for certain overkings. The origins of the provinces of Ireland can be traced to the medieval...