α. Middle English anaunter, Middle English anauntre, 1800s ananter.
β. Middle English anauenture.
单词 | anaunter |
释义 | † anaunteradv.conj.α. Middle English anaunter, Middle English anauntre, 1800s ananter. β. Middle English anauenture. Obsolete (rare after Middle English). A. adv. In danger; at risk. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adverb] > in danger anaunterc1325 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 6364 Þi loue ich abbe wel dere aboȝt, & mi lif an auntre [c1425 Harl. anaunter] ydo. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 1003 Roland..potte an auenture ys owe lif. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 12282 Oure childryn & oure wyues..An aunter were, we schal se hem effte. B. conj. In case, for fear that, lest; = anaunters conj. Cf. enaunter conj., in aunter. In later use English regional (northern).Quot. 1892 provides the only evidence for later use. The illustrative example provided by Heslop in fact shows ananters (i.e. anaunters conj.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > lest [conjunction] in case1357 anauntera1387 in (also for, on, upon) adventurea1393 in hap (of)a1400 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 295 Anaunter leste þe olde man schulde be holde a lecchour. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. l. 71 I wil nouȝt write it here On englisch, an auenture it sholde be reherced to ofte. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iii. l. 72 An auenture ȝe han ȝowre hire here and ȝoure heuene als. 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Ananter, peradventure, in case, in the event that. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.conj.c1325 |
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