单词 | earlship |
释义 | earlshipn.ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [noun] earlshipOE prowessc1325 pruancec1330 valiantisec1330 wightshipc1330 valure?a1350 wightness1377 orpednessa1398 orpedshipc1400 valiantness1470 valiance1475 fierceness1490 priceheadc1540 valiancy1574 valor1586 valencea1604 valeur1646 valorousness1727 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] freedomeOE earlshipOE noblesse?c1225 anourc1330 freelya1350 nobleheada1382 nobletya1387 nobléc1395 nobilitya1400 generosity?a1475 apparage?1504 quality1579 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] > nobility of character or sentiments earlshipOE greatness1340 noblenessa1382 hautesse1399 grandeur1656 height1662 elevationa1680 OE Widsith 37 No hwæþre he ofer Offan eorlscype fremede. OE Beowulf (2008) 1727 Mihtig god manna cynne þurh sidne sefan snyttru bryttað, eard ond eorlscipe. OE Metrical Dialogue of Solomon & Saturn (Corpus Cambr. 41) i. 11 Ic sohte þa git hwylc wære modes oððe mægenþrymmes, elnes oððe æhte oððe eorlscipes se gepalmtwigoda Pater Noster. 2. The office, rank, or title of earl; the period in which an earl holds his title. Also used with possessive adjective as an honorific title (as your earlship, etc.). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [noun] > earl or count > rank of earl or count earldomOE earlship?1588 countship1658 ?1588 in Eng. Lit. Renaissance (1978) 8 153 His Earlshipe most joyfullye pressed forowardes to enter in. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Sussex 112 Yet is there no fear that the shortness of his Earlship will make his Name forgotten, having erected a Monument which will perpetuate his Memory to all Posterity. 1695 Drayton's England's Heroical Epist. (new ed.) 109 How should he with our Princes else be plac'd, To have his Earlship with a Dukedome grac'd. 1719 J. Jackman Presbyterian Ordination Presumptuous 69 The superiority of William and James to Commoners depended on their Earlship. 1792 Brooke's Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) V. 268 Allow me to repair my omission by presenting to your earlship [1770 your lordship] her little highness Abenaide . 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 295 I thank your noble earlship. 1883 H. M. Kennedy tr. B. ten Brink Early Eng. Lit. 115 The formation of the new great earlships. 1918 W. A. Fraser Three Sapphires xx. 291 My dear boy, you're in training for the future earlship. 2004 E. Layton Return of Earl x. 155 I'd have dressed proper if I'd the time, your earlship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。