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O'er, or oer...as in: "O'er the ramparts we marched..." a line from The Star Spangled Banner, the U.S. National Anthem. Just as "neath" is an abbreviated, antiquated--still used in poetry, songs, etc.--version of "beneath," "o'er is its opposite, to replace "over." Neath/Beneath/Under vs. O'er/Over/Above. Got it? I don't have time to do the etymology right now; but it is probably available in the Encarta World English Dictionary,--my recommendation as one of the best references available today--either online version or hardback (what I use mostly) which is found at a greatly reduced price at bookstores, probably online sellers as well due to the advent of online research. I wouldn't be without it. BTW, I'm a former teacher of English, published writer; degreed in field. My offhand choice for origins of "neath/o'er" would be the United Kingdom. ----

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