† eyesfuladj.

Forms: Old English egesful, Old English egesfull, Old English egysfull (rare), early Middle English æiȝesful, early Middle English egesful, early Middle English eisful.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Old English egesa , -ful suffix.

Etymology: < Old English egesa fear, horror, awe (see note) + -ful suffix. Compare eyeful adj.¹ and later awful adj.Old English egesa is cognate with Old Saxon egiso , Old High German egiso , egisa (Middle High German eise ), both in the sense ‘fear, horror’ < an extended form of the Germanic base of eye n.² (compare discussion at that entry). Compare eislich adj. and eisie v.

Obsolete.

Arousing or inspiring awe, fear, or dread; terrible, dreadful; = eyeful adj.¹ Cf. awful adj. I.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective]

eislichc888

eyesfulOE

awfulc1175

smarta1200

ferlya1225

sternc1275

grisea1300

uglya1300

dreadfula1325

fell?c1335

stout1338

perilousc1380

terriblec1400

ghastfulc1449

timorous1455

epouventable1477

bedreadc1485

dreadablec1490

dreadc1540

buggisha1555

dreaded1556

monster-like1561

dire1567

scareful1567

terrifying1577

scary1582

direful1583

affrighting1592

dismal1594

affrightful1603

diral1606

tirable1607

frighting1619

scaring1641

affrighteninga1651

formidolous1656

terrific1667

terrifical1677

atrocious1733

terrorful1789

orful1845

lurid1850

terrorsome1890

turble1893

timorsome1894

like the wrath of God1936

OE Judith 21 Hie þæt fæge þegon, rofe rondwiggende, þeah ðæs se rica ne wende, egesful eorla dryhten [sc. Holofernes].

a1225 ( Ælfric's Homily De Duodecim Abusivis (Lamb. 487) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 111 Ðe lauerd scal beon liðe þan godan and eisful [OE Corpus Cambr. 178 egefull] þan dusian.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 22 Aȝein þis eisfule whit..help me.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8968 Þat is an æiȝes-ful [c1300 Otho witfol] sune þat of þine licame scal cume.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	eyesful
释义	† eyesfuladj. Forms: Old English egesful, Old English egesfull, Old English egysfull (rare), early Middle English æiȝesful, early Middle English egesful, early Middle English eisful. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Old English egesa , -ful suffix. Etymology: < Old English egesa fear, horror, awe (see note) + -ful suffix. Compare eyeful adj.¹ and later awful adj.Old English egesa is cognate with Old Saxon egiso , Old High German egiso , egisa (Middle High German eise ), both in the sense ‘fear, horror’ < an extended form of the Germanic base of eye n.² (compare discussion at that entry). Compare eislich adj. and eisie v. Obsolete. Arousing or inspiring awe, fear, or dread; terrible, dreadful; = eyeful adj.¹ Cf. awful adj. I. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective] eislichc888 eyesfulOE awfulc1175 smarta1200 ferlya1225 sternc1275 grisea1300 uglya1300 dreadfula1325 fell?c1335 stout1338 perilousc1380 terriblec1400 ghastfulc1449 timorous1455 epouventable1477 bedreadc1485 dreadablec1490 dreadc1540 buggisha1555 dreaded1556 monster-like1561 dire1567 scareful1567 terrifying1577 scary1582 direful1583 affrighting1592 dismal1594 affrightful1603 diral1606 tirable1607 frighting1619 scaring1641 affrighteninga1651 formidolous1656 terrific1667 terrifical1677 atrocious1733 terrorful1789 orful1845 lurid1850 terrorsome1890 turble1893 timorsome1894 like the wrath of God1936 OE Judith 21 Hie þæt fæge þegon, rofe rondwiggende, þeah ðæs se rica ne wende, egesful eorla dryhten [sc. Holofernes]. a1225 ( Ælfric's Homily De Duodecim Abusivis (Lamb. 487) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 111 Ðe lauerd scal beon liðe þan godan and eisful [OE Corpus Cambr. 178 egefull] þan dusian. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 22 Aȝein þis eisfule whit..help me. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8968 Þat is an æiȝes-ful [c1300 Otho witfol] sune þat of þine licame scal cume. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.OE
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