abyev.

Brit.

/əˈbʌɪ/, U.S.

/əˈbaɪ/

Forms: 1. Present stem. a. Infinitive late Old English abicgan, late Old English abycgan, early Middle English abiggenn ( Ormulum), early Middle English abuh (south-west midlands, subjunctive), Middle English abe, Middle English abege (south-eastern), Middle English abegge, Middle English abeie, Middle English abeye, Middle English abi, Middle English abigg, Middle English abigge, Middle English abuge (south-west midlands), Middle English abuȝe (south-west midlands), Middle English abugge (west midlands), Middle English abuye (south-west midlands), Middle English abyche (northern), Middle English abyge, Middle English abyȝe, Middle English haby (chiefly northern), Middle English–1500s abygge, Middle English–1600s (1800s English regional (northern)) abie, Middle English–1600s 1800s– aby, Middle English– abye, 1500s–1600s abedge (archaic), 1600s 1800s– abuy; also Scottish pre-1700 1800s aby, 1800s abye. b. 3rd singular indicative early Middle English abuið, Middle English abeith, Middle English abieth, Middle English abyth. 2. Past tense Old English–early Middle English abohte, Middle English aboghte, Middle English aboȝte, Middle English abought, Middle English aboughte, Middle English abouȝt, Middle English abouȝte, Middle English abouht, Middle English abouhte, Middle English aboute, Middle English abowte. 3. Past participle.

α. early Middle English aboht, early Middle English aboust, Middle English aboght, Middle English aboȝt, Middle English abouȝht, Middle English abouȝt, Middle English abouȝte, Middle English abouht, Middle English about, Middle English abouth (East Anglian), Middle English abowt, Middle English–1500s abought; also Scottish pre-1700 aboucht.

β. 1800s abyed.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix¹, buy v.

Etymology: < a- prefix¹ + buy v. Compare Gothic usbugjan to redeem ( < us- or- prefix + bugjan buy v.).Compare also Old English unabōht (adjective) unbought, not bribed (compare unbought adj.):lOE Quadripartitus (Macro) in F. Liebermann Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903) I. 399 Unabeden & unaboht to [lOE Rochester ungeboht to] (id est non rogatus uel ad hoc conductus). In the uses at sense 5 apparently arising as a result of formal and semantic association with abide v. Compare abide v. 17 and discussion at that entry. In later use probably a revival from the literary record.

Now archaic and rare.

Frequently with sore, dearly, bitterly, etc.

†1. transitive. To buy, purchase (something); to pay a price for (something); to obtain (something) at the cost of labour or suffering. Also (and in earliest use) Theology: to redeem, to ransom (humankind, a person's soul, etc.). Obsolete.In quot. c1380: to pay back, to take revenge for (a wrong).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > save, redeem [verb (transitive)]

aleseOE

abyeOE

buyc1175

washc1175

winc1220

salvea1225

savec1225

forbuyc1315

ransomc1350

signc1350

again-buya1382

forechoosea1400

gain-buy1435

redeemc1438

pre-elect1561

sa'1604

electa1617

unsina1631

society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > bear or defray the cost of

quitc1275

maintaina1425

pay1446

fray1450

abye1503

price?a1513

be1520

to stand to ——1540

disburse1548

defray1581

discharge1587

reimburse1591

discount1647

to be at the charge(s of1655

to pay off1711

stand1808

pop1947

OE Blickling Homilies 91 He us mid his blode abohte of helle hæftnede.

a1200 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Trin. Cambr.) l. 146 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 224 Swines brade is wel swete..Ac al to diere he hit abuið [Lamb. abuh] þe ȝiefð þar-fore his swiere.

a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 185 (MED) Nis nan blisse soþes inan þing þet is utewið þet ne beo to bitter aboht.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6136 He wes in anne wude..æfter ane bare; he hine a-bohte ful sære.

c1275 Doomsday (Calig.) in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 45 (MED) Heo schul iseon þene king þat..uppon þe rode Mid stronge pine abohte Adam & his ofspring.

c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) 629 (MED) Mi loue schal be ful dere abouȝt.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3072 (MED) Gy of Borgoygne þanne a droȝ þat swerd..Many a Sarsyn þarwith a sloȝ & is takyngge þanne aboȝte.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2236 And god..Sende hym his loue that hath it deere aboght.

?c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus (Pepys) (1880) l. 26 Now certes love it is ryght covenable That men ful deere abye the [read thy] noble thyng.

1503 Stat. 19 Hen. VII vi. §1 Theves..bryng such stolen vessell unto theym..to sell..and abought they bryng it to pryve places..and ther sell much part of hit to straungers.

2. transitive. To pay the penalty for (an offence); to atone for, suffer for, make amends for, expiate (a crime, one's sins, another's guilt, etc.). to abye the bargain: to pay the price.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)]

beetc897

i-bye10..

abyelOE

answer?a1300

buya1300

amendc1300

mendc1330

forbuy1340

redressa1387

answera1400

byea1400

filla1400

peasea1400

ransoma1400

to pay for——c1400

recompense?a1439

abidea1450

satisfyc1460

redeema1464

repaira1513

syth1513

reconcile1535

acquit1567

dispense1590

assoil1596

propitiate1610

expiatea1626

atone1661

retrievea1679

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1125 Hi hafden fordon eall þet land mid here micele fals þet hi ealle abohton.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 228 Bute ȝef he abugge þe sunne þet he wrachte.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 97 Dohter, hurte þes þe..loke..hu he hit schal abuggen.

a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 48 (MED) Nou þou salt, wrecche, liggen ful stille, ac ig sal þine gultis abugen ful ille.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 12587 Heo hit scullen abugge mid heore bare liue.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4068 Þu me smite bi þon rugge, ah sare þu hit slat [read salt] a-buggen.

c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 110 (MED) We scholden alle deie & þi fader deþ abeie.

a1350 ( in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 16 (MED) Duere he shal abugge þat he bigon batayle.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2848 Abigge þow schalt þis wronge þat þov ous hast y-don.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3404 Þilke companye þo ful dere aboȝte þat þay come þare.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 7522 He wolde don his Sacrilegge, That many a man it scholde abegge.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 3454 Þat vilany ȝe salle abie.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. ix. 142 (MED) Here abouȝt þe barne þe belsyres gultes.

c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) 816 (MED) He schal it abegge þat broughte þertoo.

a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 1610 (MED) Al was treson and trechery: And þat he sal ful dere haby.

c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 99 Now lete my flesche my synnis abie!

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 125 (MED) He might aby the bargan if it were told.

?1562 Thersytes sig. B.ii They shall abye bytterlye the comminge of suche a gest.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. D4^v Deare shall you both abie [sic] this riotous deede.

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 114 It [sc. scholars parroting their teachers] shewes a token of a good memorie, but the vnderstanding shall abie the bargaine.

1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iii. sig. G1 Foole-hardy Knight, full soone thou shalt aby This fond reproach, thy body will I bang.

1651 R. Worsley Let. 11 Feb. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) 105 Duckenfeild..replyed that they cowardly rouges should deere abuy it.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xxvii. 209 By Heaven they lead the page to die..They shall abye it!

1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. ix. 163 Dearly did the Cherokees aby their rising.

1902 A. G. Latham tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust 129 How wouldst abye thine impious intrusion?

1908 E. Rickert Early Eng. Romances 113 If God grant us grace to speed, he shall abuy it dear that brought things to this pass!

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress v. 91 Which if in any jot or tittle you shall offend against..no more, but you shall bitterly aby it.

1951 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Holy Sinner 232 I go and offer myself for repentance... So shall I find my place..and shall aby it.

†3. intransitive. To pay or incur a penalty; to make restitution; to atone, to suffer. Obsolete.In quot. lOE with the penalty incurred in the dative; cf. quot. 1548.Quot. lOE is a late copy of a 7th-cent. legal code.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone [verb (intransitive)]

abyelOE

amendc1330

to make or do asseth1340

to make a seth(e1387

make amends and sethec1420

satisfyc1425

byec1440

to do or make greec1492

syth1513

reconcile1539

respond1789

repair1886

lOE Laws of Æðelberht (Rochester) xxxi. 5 Gif friman wið fries mannes wif geligeþ, his wergelde abicge.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6907 Forr ȝiff he lete waxenn þær. Awihht off wiþerr strenncþe..Itt birrde himm wel abiggenn.

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 103 Ne mai þe helpen non angel, ðat tu ne scalt in to pine and ðar abeggan.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13795 Boccus nu þu hafst aboht; Beduer þu sloȝe, and þi saule scal to-ȝere, beon þas wurse iuere.

?a1300 Fox & Wolf 208 in G. H. McKnight Middle Eng. Humorous Tales (1913) 34 (MED) Al þou most sugge, Oþer elles-wer þou most abugge.

c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. l. 236 (MED) Heo þat gripeþ heore ȝiftus..Þei schullen a-Bugge [a1425 Univ. Oxf. abye, a1475 Harl. 875 abigge] bitterly.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 400 (MED) For þi lesynge, lucifer, þat þow lowe til Eue, Thow shalt abye it bittre.

c1450 Chance of Dice 346 in Englische Studien 59 15 Allas allas why abyggen ye so dere That menen nought but trouthe and gentilnesse.

a1500 (?a1400) Tale King Edward & Shepherd (Cambr.) (1930) l. 239 (MED) Whoso dose here sich maistrye, Be þou wel sicur he shall abye.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xii. f. 47 He shall abye with many a sore strype.

1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 101 For warlike power, and peoples store, In Britannie was none to match with mee, That manie often did abie full sore.

4. transitive. To pay (a penalty); to suffer, endure (cruelty, torment, etc.); to incur (punishment, wrath, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)]

thave835

i-dreeeOE

tholec897

abeareOE

underbearc950

adreeOE

dreeOE

driveOE

i-tholeOE

throwOE

underfoc1000

bearOE

bidec1200

suffera1250

abidec1275

drinka1340

endure1340

underfong1382

receivec1384

abyea1393

sustain1398

finda1400

undergoa1400

get?c1430

underganga1470

ponder?a1525

a dog's lifea1528

tolerate1531

to stand to ——1540

to feel the weight of?1553

enjoy1577

carry1583

abrook1594

to stand under ——a1616

to fall a victim to1764

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 3022 (MED) Thi false bodi schal abye And soffre that it hath deserved.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Ellesmere) (1868) l. 2303 Keepe me fro thy vengeaunce and thyn Ire That Attheon aboughte cruelly.

?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1886) ii. pr. iv. 27 Thow..abyest thus the tormentus of thi false opynion.

a1475 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 153 (MED) For many a man withyn a while Shal aby his [sc. the captain's] gult ful sore.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff5 Who dyes the vtmost dolor doth abye, But who that liues, is lefte to waile his losse.

1739 G. West Canto Fairy Queen 9 It [sc. a mirror] by magick framed was of yore, So that no falshood mote it well abye, But it was plainly seen.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 339 Certes thou wouldst abye A heavy fate if thou shouldst lie herein.

1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. xi. 34 They who thy fair head mischieved Of such a deed the cost shall well aby.

1903 J. Payne Vigil & Vision 55 This is he who did hell-fire and purging pains aby.

1934 W. Marris tr. Homer Iliad iv. 76 Though the Olympian lord may not fulfil His judgment all at once, he will fulfil it In his own time, and dear shall they abye it With their own heads.

1949 D. L. Sayers tr. Dante Comedy I. v. 14 Each comes in turn to abye the fell arraign.

†a. intransitive. = abide v. II. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue

bidec893

lastOE

through-wonOE

ylasta1000

standOE

runOE

lastlOE

beleavec1200

abidec1275

cleavec1275

durec1275

dwell13..

endurec1386

perseverec1390

continuec1400

contunec1400

tarrya1450

remainc1455

perdure?a1475

rest1474

permanec1485

succeed1486

perpetuate1530

persist1531

demur1547

perduratea1558

weara1568

to hold it out1585

to hold out1585

abye1590

contain1592

live1592

perennate1623

to draw overa1700

exist1754

linger1764

to hang it out1939

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii But nought that wanteth rest, can long aby.

1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. 8 Death keepeth his abode and court & sleepe doth here abie.

1621 R. Aylett Song of Songs i. ii. 51 Now homeward to thy selfe thy thoughts intend, And view the subiect where shee doth aby.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. iv. xxxix Of her self afraid, she'll not aby, Nor keep the field.

1872 A. Webster Auspicious Day iv. iv. 174 The time being short, that ere to-day be done You do resolve your choice and answer me If you'll annul your contract or abye.

b. transitive. = abide v. III.

ΚΠ

1884 J. Payne tr. Tales from Arabic III. 89 My secret is disclosed, the which I strove to hide; Of thee and of thy love enough have I abyed.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xi. 123 I never could abye the reek of them since I could stotter on two feet.

1927 H. Waddell Wandering Scholars iv. 90 For seven days he painfully Endured a grassy diet, The eighth, his famine drove him home, He can no more abye it.

c. transitive. = abide v. I.

ΚΠ

1908 J. Payne Carol & Cadence 290 Would I might see it, I! Would Heaven I might its coming but aby.

Derivatives

† abying n. Obsolete the action or an act of paying the price or penalty of something.In c1443: penance, atonement.

ΚΠ

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 192 (MED) No man may abie or be punyschid for an oþer mannys synne..such abiyng for synne or punysching and vengyng for synne muste falle vpon þe doer.

1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 278 Knowlage of myche more thyng than he myth haue..be-cause of schort abyng.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	abye
释义	abyev. Brit. /əˈbʌɪ/, U.S. /əˈbaɪ/ Forms: 1. Present stem. a. Infinitive late Old English abicgan, late Old English abycgan, early Middle English abiggenn ( Ormulum), early Middle English abuh (south-west midlands, subjunctive), Middle English abe, Middle English abege (south-eastern), Middle English abegge, Middle English abeie, Middle English abeye, Middle English abi, Middle English abigg, Middle English abigge, Middle English abuge (south-west midlands), Middle English abuȝe (south-west midlands), Middle English abugge (west midlands), Middle English abuye (south-west midlands), Middle English abyche (northern), Middle English abyge, Middle English abyȝe, Middle English haby (chiefly northern), Middle English–1500s abygge, Middle English–1600s (1800s English regional (northern)) abie, Middle English–1600s 1800s– aby, Middle English– abye, 1500s–1600s abedge (archaic), 1600s 1800s– abuy; also Scottish pre-1700 1800s aby, 1800s abye. b. 3rd singular indicative early Middle English abuið, Middle English abeith, Middle English abieth, Middle English abyth. 2. Past tense Old English–early Middle English abohte, Middle English aboghte, Middle English aboȝte, Middle English abought, Middle English aboughte, Middle English abouȝt, Middle English abouȝte, Middle English abouht, Middle English abouhte, Middle English aboute, Middle English abowte. 3. Past participle. α. early Middle English aboht, early Middle English aboust, Middle English aboght, Middle English aboȝt, Middle English abouȝht, Middle English abouȝt, Middle English abouȝte, Middle English abouht, Middle English about, Middle English abouth (East Anglian), Middle English abowt, Middle English–1500s abought; also Scottish pre-1700 aboucht. β. 1800s abyed. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix¹, buy v. Etymology: < a- prefix¹ + buy v. Compare Gothic usbugjan to redeem ( < us- or- prefix + bugjan buy v.).Compare also Old English unabōht (adjective) unbought, not bribed (compare unbought adj.):lOE Quadripartitus (Macro) in F. Liebermann Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1903) I. 399 Unabeden & unaboht to [lOE Rochester ungeboht to] (id est non rogatus uel ad hoc conductus). In the uses at sense 5 apparently arising as a result of formal and semantic association with abide v. Compare abide v. 17 and discussion at that entry. In later use probably a revival from the literary record. Now archaic and rare. Frequently with sore, dearly, bitterly, etc. †1. transitive. To buy, purchase (something); to pay a price for (something); to obtain (something) at the cost of labour or suffering. Also (and in earliest use) Theology: to redeem, to ransom (humankind, a person's soul, etc.). Obsolete.In quot. c1380: to pay back, to take revenge for (a wrong). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > save, redeem [verb (transitive)] aleseOE abyeOE buyc1175 washc1175 winc1220 salvea1225 savec1225 forbuyc1315 ransomc1350 signc1350 again-buya1382 forechoosea1400 gain-buy1435 redeemc1438 pre-elect1561 sa'1604 electa1617 unsina1631 society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > bear or defray the cost of quitc1275 maintaina1425 pay1446 fray1450 abye1503 price?a1513 be1520 to stand to ——1540 disburse1548 defray1581 discharge1587 reimburse1591 discount1647 to be at the charge(s of1655 to pay off1711 stand1808 pop1947 OE Blickling Homilies 91 He us mid his blode abohte of helle hæftnede. a1200 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Trin. Cambr.) l. 146 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 224 Swines brade is wel swete..Ac al to diere he hit abuið [Lamb. abuh] þe ȝiefð þar-fore his swiere. a1250 Ureisun ure Louerde (Lamb.) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 185 (MED) Nis nan blisse soþes inan þing þet is utewið þet ne beo to bitter aboht. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6136 He wes in anne wude..æfter ane bare; he hine a-bohte ful sære. c1275 Doomsday (Calig.) in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 45 (MED) Heo schul iseon þene king þat..uppon þe rode Mid stronge pine abohte Adam & his ofspring. c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) 629 (MED) Mi loue schal be ful dere abouȝt. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3072 (MED) Gy of Borgoygne þanne a droȝ þat swerd..Many a Sarsyn þarwith a sloȝ & is takyngge þanne aboȝte. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2236 And god..Sende hym his loue that hath it deere aboght. ?c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus (Pepys) (1880) l. 26 Now certes love it is ryght covenable That men ful deere abye the [read thy] noble thyng. 1503 Stat. 19 Hen. VII vi. §1 Theves..bryng such stolen vessell unto theym..to sell..and abought they bryng it to pryve places..and ther sell much part of hit to straungers. 2. transitive. To pay the penalty for (an offence); to atone for, suffer for, make amends for, expiate (a crime, one's sins, another's guilt, etc.). to abye the bargain: to pay the price. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)] beetc897 i-bye10.. abyelOE answer?a1300 buya1300 amendc1300 mendc1330 forbuy1340 redressa1387 answera1400 byea1400 filla1400 peasea1400 ransoma1400 to pay for——c1400 recompense?a1439 abidea1450 satisfyc1460 redeema1464 repaira1513 syth1513 reconcile1535 acquit1567 dispense1590 assoil1596 propitiate1610 expiatea1626 atone1661 retrievea1679 lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1125 Hi hafden fordon eall þet land mid here micele fals þet hi ealle abohton. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 228 Bute ȝef he abugge þe sunne þet he wrachte. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 97 Dohter, hurte þes þe..loke..hu he hit schal abuggen. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 48 (MED) Nou þou salt, wrecche, liggen ful stille, ac ig sal þine gultis abugen ful ille. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 12587 Heo hit scullen abugge mid heore bare liue. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4068 Þu me smite bi þon rugge, ah sare þu hit slat [read salt] a-buggen. c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 110 (MED) We scholden alle deie & þi fader deþ abeie. a1350 ( in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 16 (MED) Duere he shal abugge þat he bigon batayle. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2848 Abigge þow schalt þis wronge þat þov ous hast y-don. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3404 Þilke companye þo ful dere aboȝte þat þay come þare. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 7522 He wolde don his Sacrilegge, That many a man it scholde abegge. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 3454 Þat vilany ȝe salle abie. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. ix. 142 (MED) Here abouȝt þe barne þe belsyres gultes. c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) 816 (MED) He schal it abegge þat broughte þertoo. a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 1610 (MED) Al was treson and trechery: And þat he sal ful dere haby. c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 99 Now lete my flesche my synnis abie! a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 125 (MED) He might aby the bargan if it were told. ?1562 Thersytes sig. B.ii They shall abye bytterlye the comminge of suche a gest. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. D4^v Deare shall you both abie [sic] this riotous deede. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 114 It [sc. scholars parroting their teachers] shewes a token of a good memorie, but the vnderstanding shall abie the bargaine. 1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iii. sig. G1 Foole-hardy Knight, full soone thou shalt aby This fond reproach, thy body will I bang. 1651 R. Worsley Let. 11 Feb. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) 105 Duckenfeild..replyed that they cowardly rouges should deere abuy it. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xxvii. 209 By Heaven they lead the page to die..They shall abye it! 1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. ix. 163 Dearly did the Cherokees aby their rising. 1902 A. G. Latham tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust 129 How wouldst abye thine impious intrusion? 1908 E. Rickert Early Eng. Romances 113 If God grant us grace to speed, he shall abuy it dear that brought things to this pass! 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress v. 91 Which if in any jot or tittle you shall offend against..no more, but you shall bitterly aby it. 1951 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Holy Sinner 232 I go and offer myself for repentance... So shall I find my place..and shall aby it. †3. intransitive. To pay or incur a penalty; to make restitution; to atone, to suffer. Obsolete.In quot. lOE with the penalty incurred in the dative; cf. quot. 1548.Quot. lOE is a late copy of a 7th-cent. legal code. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone [verb (intransitive)] abyelOE amendc1330 to make or do asseth1340 to make a seth(e1387 make amends and sethec1420 satisfyc1425 byec1440 to do or make greec1492 syth1513 reconcile1539 respond1789 repair1886 lOE Laws of Æðelberht (Rochester) xxxi. 5 Gif friman wið fries mannes wif geligeþ, his wergelde abicge. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6907 Forr ȝiff he lete waxenn þær. Awihht off wiþerr strenncþe..Itt birrde himm wel abiggenn. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 103 Ne mai þe helpen non angel, ðat tu ne scalt in to pine and ðar abeggan. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13795 Boccus nu þu hafst aboht; Beduer þu sloȝe, and þi saule scal to-ȝere, beon þas wurse iuere. ?a1300 Fox & Wolf 208 in G. H. McKnight Middle Eng. Humorous Tales (1913) 34 (MED) Al þou most sugge, Oþer elles-wer þou most abugge. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. l. 236 (MED) Heo þat gripeþ heore ȝiftus..Þei schullen a-Bugge [a1425 Univ. Oxf. abye, a1475 Harl. 875 abigge] bitterly. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 400 (MED) For þi lesynge, lucifer, þat þow lowe til Eue, Thow shalt abye it bittre. c1450 Chance of Dice 346 in Englische Studien 59 15 Allas allas why abyggen ye so dere That menen nought but trouthe and gentilnesse. a1500 (?a1400) Tale King Edward & Shepherd (Cambr.) (1930) l. 239 (MED) Whoso dose here sich maistrye, Be þou wel sicur he shall abye. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xii. f. 47 He shall abye with many a sore strype. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 101 For warlike power, and peoples store, In Britannie was none to match with mee, That manie often did abie full sore. 4. transitive. To pay (a penalty); to suffer, endure (cruelty, torment, etc.); to incur (punishment, wrath, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] thave835 i-dreeeOE tholec897 abeareOE underbearc950 adreeOE dreeOE driveOE i-tholeOE throwOE underfoc1000 bearOE bidec1200 suffera1250 abidec1275 drinka1340 endure1340 underfong1382 receivec1384 abyea1393 sustain1398 finda1400 undergoa1400 get?c1430 underganga1470 ponder?a1525 a dog's lifea1528 tolerate1531 to stand to ——1540 to feel the weight of?1553 enjoy1577 carry1583 abrook1594 to stand under ——a1616 to fall a victim to1764 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 3022 (MED) Thi false bodi schal abye And soffre that it hath deserved. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Ellesmere) (1868) l. 2303 Keepe me fro thy vengeaunce and thyn Ire That Attheon aboughte cruelly. ?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1886) ii. pr. iv. 27 Thow..abyest thus the tormentus of thi false opynion. a1475 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 153 (MED) For many a man withyn a while Shal aby his [sc. the captain's] gult ful sore. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. iv. sig. Ff5 Who dyes the vtmost dolor doth abye, But who that liues, is lefte to waile his losse. 1739 G. West Canto Fairy Queen 9 It [sc. a mirror] by magick framed was of yore, So that no falshood mote it well abye, But it was plainly seen. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 339 Certes thou wouldst abye A heavy fate if thou shouldst lie herein. 1883 R. W. Dixon Mano i. xi. 34 They who thy fair head mischieved Of such a deed the cost shall well aby. 1903 J. Payne Vigil & Vision 55 This is he who did hell-fire and purging pains aby. 1934 W. Marris tr. Homer Iliad iv. 76 Though the Olympian lord may not fulfil His judgment all at once, he will fulfil it In his own time, and dear shall they abye it With their own heads. 1949 D. L. Sayers tr. Dante Comedy I. v. 14 Each comes in turn to abye the fell arraign. 5. †a. intransitive. = abide v. II. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue bidec893 lastOE through-wonOE ylasta1000 standOE runOE lastlOE beleavec1200 abidec1275 cleavec1275 durec1275 dwell13.. endurec1386 perseverec1390 continuec1400 contunec1400 tarrya1450 remainc1455 perdure?a1475 rest1474 permanec1485 succeed1486 perpetuate1530 persist1531 demur1547 perduratea1558 weara1568 to hold it out1585 to hold out1585 abye1590 contain1592 live1592 perennate1623 to draw overa1700 exist1754 linger1764 to hang it out1939 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii But nought that wanteth rest, can long aby. 1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. 8 Death keepeth his abode and court & sleepe doth here abie. 1621 R. Aylett Song of Songs i. ii. 51 Now homeward to thy selfe thy thoughts intend, And view the subiect where shee doth aby. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. iv. xxxix Of her self afraid, she'll not aby, Nor keep the field. 1872 A. Webster Auspicious Day iv. iv. 174 The time being short, that ere to-day be done You do resolve your choice and answer me If you'll annul your contract or abye. b. transitive. = abide v. III. ΚΠ 1884 J. Payne tr. Tales from Arabic III. 89 My secret is disclosed, the which I strove to hide; Of thee and of thy love enough have I abyed. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xi. 123 I never could abye the reek of them since I could stotter on two feet. 1927 H. Waddell Wandering Scholars iv. 90 For seven days he painfully Endured a grassy diet, The eighth, his famine drove him home, He can no more abye it. c. transitive. = abide v. I. ΚΠ 1908 J. Payne Carol & Cadence 290 Would I might see it, I! Would Heaven I might its coming but aby. Derivatives † abying n. Obsolete the action or an act of paying the price or penalty of something.In c1443: penance, atonement. ΚΠ c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 192 (MED) No man may abie or be punyschid for an oþer mannys synne..such abiyng for synne or punysching and vengyng for synne muste falle vpon þe doer. 1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 278 Knowlage of myche more thyng than he myth haue..be-cause of schort abyng. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.OE
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