| 释义 |
† ˈtheodisc, a. Obs. rare.
[OE. þéodisc = OS. thiudisc, OHG. diutisc:—OTeut. *þeudisko-z, f. OE. þéod, thede. Cf. Dutch. If the word had survived in later ME., its form would have been *theedish.]
Of or belonging to a nation or people; native, national, popular; in biblical use, Gentile; in quot. 1715 used for Old German.
c1000Aldhelm Gl. viii. 350 in Napier O.E. Gloss., Gentiles, þeodisce. c1205Lay. 5838 Wende þa þeodisce men [c 1275 þe Romanisse] Þat Belin wolde þenne. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 197 Who turn'd the Gospels into Theodisck or old Francick Rhyme. |