aheightadv.

Brit.

/əˈhʌɪt/, U.S.

/əˈhaɪt/

Forms: late Middle English a heyght, 1500s–1600s a height, 1600s a hight, 1700s ahight, 1800s a-hight (Scottish); English regional (northern) 1800s– aheight, 1800s– a-height (Yorkshire), 1900s– ahight (north-eastern).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: on height at height n. 18.

Etymology: < on height at height n. 18, with reduction of the first element (compare a prep.¹).

Now English regional (north-eastern)

At or to a height; above, aloft.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb]

upc888

highOE

highlyOE

thereupc1000

anovenOE

overOE

boveOE

on, upon (the) lofta1100

aloftc1175

bibufennc1175

on higha1200

abovec1225

anovenonc1300

in heighta1340

on or upon height1340

ahighc1350

outh1389

over loftc1430

aheight1477

supernally1596

lofty-like1604

sublimely1625

way up1843

thereabove1891

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 30 He lefte vp his swerd a heyght.

1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 113 This breedes contempt..And makes the Lord, racke vp his rents a height.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 58 From the dread sommons of, this chalkie borne, Looke vp a hight.

1622 Rawleigh's Ghost 109 The brasen serpent being hanged a height.

1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. I Ahight, aloft, on high.

1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. xii. 170 Lord Darcie's sword he forced a-hight.

1969 S. Dobson Larn Yersel Geordie 25 He up wi' 'is deppity's stick hoyin' it reet up ahight.

2010 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 20 Apr. a48 The pitch was as awful as I have seen and as a result the ball spent far too much time up aheight for my liking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aheight
释义	aheightadv. Brit. /əˈhʌɪt/, U.S. /əˈhaɪt/ Forms: late Middle English a heyght, 1500s–1600s a height, 1600s a hight, 1700s ahight, 1800s a-hight (Scottish); English regional (northern) 1800s– aheight, 1800s– a-height (Yorkshire), 1900s– ahight (north-eastern). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: on height at height n. 18. Etymology: < on height at height n. 18, with reduction of the first element (compare a prep.¹). Now English regional (north-eastern) At or to a height; above, aloft. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb] upc888 highOE highlyOE thereupc1000 anovenOE overOE boveOE on, upon (the) lofta1100 aloftc1175 bibufennc1175 on higha1200 abovec1225 anovenonc1300 in heighta1340 on or upon height1340 ahighc1350 outh1389 over loftc1430 aheight1477 supernally1596 lofty-like1604 sublimely1625 way up1843 thereabove1891 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 30 He lefte vp his swerd a heyght. 1593 T. Churchyard Challenge 113 This breedes contempt..And makes the Lord, racke vp his rents a height. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 58 From the dread sommons of, this chalkie borne, Looke vp a hight. 1622 Rawleigh's Ghost 109 The brasen serpent being hanged a height. 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. I Ahight, aloft, on high. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. xii. 170 Lord Darcie's sword he forced a-hight. 1969 S. Dobson Larn Yersel Geordie 25 He up wi' 'is deppity's stick hoyin' it reet up ahight. 2010 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 20 Apr. a48 The pitch was as awful as I have seen and as a result the ball spent far too much time up aheight for my liking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1477
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