单词 | gastness |
释义 | † gastnessn. Obsolete. Terrified condition or appearance; terror, dread. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > [noun] > terror grurec900 awec1175 dreadc1200 fearlaca1225 ferdc1330 ferdlac1340 gastnessc1374 tremorc1374 dreadnessa1400 ferdshipa1400 scarea1400 dreadfulnessc1440 raddourc1440 terrorc1480 cremeur1485 fearing1546 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) iii. pr. v. 59 A tyraunt..shewede by symylytude the dredes of Reaumes by gastnesse of a swerd þat heng ouer the heued of hys famyler. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Josh. ii. 9 Ȝoure gastnes is fallyn in to vs. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xxxi. 4 His squyer wolde not, forsoþe he was agast wiþ to myche gastnesse [a1425 Corpus Oxf. gaistnes; a1425 L.V. drede, L. terrore]. ?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 1 Of the brotilnesse of hir nature My tremlyng hert so grete gastnesse hadde, That my spirites were of my lyfe sadde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) v. i. 108 Looke you pale, Mistris? Do you perceiue the gastnesse of her eye? 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Gasteness, terror, dread. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.c1374 |
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