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afield, adv., prop. phr.|əˈfiːld|
Forms: 1 on felda, 3 o felde, 4–5 a-felde, 6 afeld, 6– afield.
[a prep.1 in, on + field.]
1. On or in the field, esp. of labour or battle.
a1000Psalms (Spl.) lxvii. 48 He sette foretácn his on felda Taneos. c1400Sir Percev. 1311 In felde for to fyght. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, v. iv. 40 When thou didst keepe my Lambes a-field. 1606― Tr. & Cr. v. iii. 67 æneas is afield. 1789Burns Wks. III. 376 My chief, amaist my only pleasure, At hame, a-fiel, at wark or leisure. 1873Dixon Two Queens I. i. i. 1 Fernando was afield against the Moors in what he called a holy war. 1877M. Arnold Poems I. 96 As afield the reapers cut a swath.
2. To or into the field; hence, to battle.
c1230Bestiary 398 [Ðe fox] goð o felde to a furg, And falled ðar-inne. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. vi. 144 Helpe make morter Or bere mukke a-felde. 1566Udall Royster Doyster i. iv. (1847) 22 Oh your coustrelyng Bore the lanterne a field before the gozeling. 1676Hobbes Odyssey x. 81 Then they a-field Their cattle drive. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 138 ⁋11 In harvest she rides afield in the waggon. 1870Morris Earthly Parad. I. ii. 532 And in meantime afield he never went, Either to hunting or the frontier war.
3. Away from home, abroad; to or at a distance; esp. in phr. far afield. Also fig.
1413Lydg. Pylgr. Sowle v. x. (1483) 101 Pacyence come pryckyng with a sobre chere and hitte Ire in the helme that it flewe a feld. 1536Bellendene Cron. Scotl. (1821) I. 84 This Metellane..governit all materis, baith at hame and afeld, with gret felicite. 1850Kingsley Alt. Locke xi. (1876) 124, I had..never been further afield than Fulham or Battersea Rise. 1880Spalding Eliz. Demonol. 9 It will prevent the student from straying too far afield in his reading. |