† aloathev.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To be or become hateful or loathsome.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > become loathsome [verb (intransitive)]
aloatheOE
stink?c1225
repugn1831
OE Aldhelm Glosses (Royal 6 B.vii) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 146/2 [Qui fumigabundis fetentis fimi fetoribus] horrebat : alaþode.
OE Proverb (Faust. A.x) in E. V. K. Dobbie Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems (1942) 109 Hat acolað, hwit asolað, leof alaðaþ, leoht aðystrað.
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 1277 Nis nout so hot þat hit na coleþ..Ne noȝt so leof þat hit ne aloþeþ [a1300 Jesus Oxf. naloþeþ].
2. transitive. To be hateful or loathsome to (a person).In early Middle English with dative of person.
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a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 132 (MED) Þuru hoker & lesing þe aloþed alle men þat hen ycnowed.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14966 Al hit him aloðede þat he on lokede.
3. intransitive. To feel aversion or dislike for something.
ΚΠ
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke Prol. 142 To schewe God as wel to men willinge, as to profite to men aloothinge [a1400 N.Y. Public Libr. lothende].
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds Prol. 508 He wolde rathir schewe in schort word, than to haue schewid ony thing lengir to men aloothinge [a1425 L.V. to hem that wlaten longe thingis].
Derivatives
aloathed adj. hateful, loathsome.In early Middle English with dative.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [adjective]
loatha700
eileOE
andsetec1000
wlatfulc1230
aloathedc1275
wlatsomea1300
unhonest13..
wlata1325
hideousc1330
abominable1340
hatefula1382
hatesomea1382
abominablec1384
odiousa1387
fulsomec1390
accursedc1400
hatousc1400
rankc1400
hateablec1425
odiblec1425
ugsomec1425
wretchedc1430
loathsomec1440
loathfula1450
noisomea1450
abhominal1477
detestable1477
loathy1481
loathing?a1513
oppugnanta1513
irksome1513
hateworthy1548
abhorful1565
ugged1570
detestine1575
ulcerous1577
opposite1578
scandalous1592
offensive1594
obscene1597
ulcered1602
dirtya1616
abhorrent1628
toady1628
envious1630
repugnant1633
nauseating1645
nauseous1646
obnoxious1646
detestful1654
reluctant1663
horrid1666
abnoxious1682
devilish1692
invidious1710
repellent1776
repellant1780
sickening1789
toadish1822
carrion1826
ugging1839
cussed1853
repugnant1879
jerky1944
vomitous1952
barfy1957
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12941 Mi lif me is a-laðed [c1300 Otho loþ].
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) 1129 His leofe doþter was Locrin a-loþed [c1275 Calig. at-laðed].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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