overleve

verbverb

to survive · to outlive

etter lavtysk after Low German

leve lenger enn to outlive, to live longer than
- hun overlevde mannen sin she outlived her husband
leve igjennom, slippe fra (det) med livet;
jamfør overlevendesurviving to live through, to escape with one's life;
compare overlevendesurviving
- de overlevde ulykken they survived the accident
- han vil nok overleve he'll pull through, no doubt

overleve seg selv bli avleggs eller foreldet to become outmoded or obsolete Eng. phraseto outlive one's usefulness