单词 | anredness |
释义 | † anrednessn. Obsolete. 1. Constancy, steadfastness, resoluteness. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun] steadfastnessa1000 anrednessOE stead-stathelfastness?c1225 stability13.. steadfastshipc1320 traistnessa1340 constance1340 sadnessc1384 unmovablenessc1384 hardnessa1400 steadfastheadc1400 unmobletya1425 firmitya1450 constancy1526 constantness1530 firmitude?1541 firmness1553 stoutness1561 settledness1571 cleaving1580 solidity1607 immovableness1617 staunchness1623 fixedness1626 fixationa1631 unswayednessa1656 steadiness1663 sturdiness1675 unbendingness1824 indomitability1851 indomitableness1860 thick and thin1884 fixity1885 unshakability1907 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 20 Þæt feorðe mægen is Fortitudo, þæt is strængð oððe anrednyss [c1175 Bodl. 343 anrednesse], þurh þa sceal seo sawul forbæran earfoðnysse mid anrædum mode. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 298 Seo syxte miht is instantia boni operis, þæt is anrædnyss goodes weorces [a1225 Lamb. 487 anrednesse godes werkes]. OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. vii. 36 Se dema..tealde & wende þæt he mid swinglan sceolde þa beldu & þa anrednesse [L. constantiam] his heortan anescian, ða he mid wordum ne mihte. 2. Unity, unanimity; harmony, spiritual community.For the sense in Middle English see discussion in the etymology. ΚΠ eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) v. iii. 117 Ða sæde he him þæt hie wæren [hearde], þa hwile þe hie hira anrædnesse geheoldon him betweonum & anfealdnesse. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 184 Hu god is anrednesse of luue & annesse of heorte. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 130 Ȝe beoð þe ancren of englond..þet meast grið is among Meast annesse & anrednesse & sometreadnesse of anred lif efter a riwle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < |
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