helderadv.

Forms: Also Middle English– elder, (1500s hether, holdur).

Etymology: Middle English = Old Norse comparative heldr (Swedish heller, Danish heller).

Obsolete exc. dialect.

More; rather.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > in or to a greater degree or extent

moeOE

moreOE

furtherc1050

greaterc1230

furthermorea1300

heldera1400

largerlya1425

any more1533

farthera1535

furtherfortha1542

preferentially1864

worse1883

much more1912

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > in preference to something else

ratherc1300

heldera1400

tittera1400

ererc1425

soon1457

rathest1556

would rather1557

first1580

preferablya1645

choosingly1651

preferable1683

ruther1809

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a considerable degree

welleOE

not a little1485

prettily1533

sensibly1563

pretty1565

considerably1673

considerablea1706

significantly1747

respectably1770

purty1797

appreciably1815

pooty1825

right smart1859

helder1883

sumfin1918

sumptin1924

sumthin1925

a1400–50 Alexander 1016 My couatyng is elder [v.r. helder] Þe sadnes of slike men þan swyftnes of childir.

a1400–50 Alexander 4657 Þat gome is gods gud frend & god neuire þe hildire.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 430 & nawþer faltered ne fel þe freke neuer þe helder.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2919 Holdur þen holynes happont so then.

c1550 H. Latimer Serm. (1562) 245 b I will hether spend the time in exhorting you..then curiously to recite [etc.].

1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 25 Heldar, rather, before.

1857 E. Waugh Lancs. Sk. 26 in J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. (1882) One could elther manage we't at th' for-end o' their days.

1874 Manch. Critic 21 Feb. in J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. (1882) I'd elder see 'em wortchin for th' next to nought nor see 'em doin nought.

1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield (at cited word) [One of ‘some masons setting a flag’] It's elder slack yet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	helder
释义	helderadv. Forms: Also Middle English– elder, (1500s hether, holdur). Etymology: Middle English = Old Norse comparative heldr (Swedish heller, Danish heller). Obsolete exc. dialect. More; rather. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > in or to a greater degree or extent moeOE moreOE furtherc1050 greaterc1230 furthermorea1300 heldera1400 largerlya1425 any more1533 farthera1535 furtherfortha1542 preferentially1864 worse1883 much more1912 the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adverb] > in preference to something else ratherc1300 heldera1400 tittera1400 ererc1425 soon1457 rathest1556 would rather1557 first1580 preferablya1645 choosingly1651 preferable1683 ruther1809 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a considerable degree welleOE not a little1485 prettily1533 sensibly1563 pretty1565 considerably1673 considerablea1706 significantly1747 respectably1770 purty1797 appreciably1815 pooty1825 right smart1859 helder1883 sumfin1918 sumptin1924 sumthin1925 a1400–50 Alexander 1016 My couatyng is elder [v.r. helder] Þe sadnes of slike men þan swyftnes of childir. a1400–50 Alexander 4657 Þat gome is gods gud frend & god neuire þe hildire. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 430 & nawþer faltered ne fel þe freke neuer þe helder. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2919 Holdur þen holynes happont so then. c1550 H. Latimer Serm. (1562) 245 b I will hether spend the time in exhorting you..then curiously to recite [etc.]. 1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 25 Heldar, rather, before. 1857 E. Waugh Lancs. Sk. 26 in J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. (1882) One could elther manage we't at th' for-end o' their days. 1874 Manch. Critic 21 Feb. in J. H. Nodal & G. Milnar Gloss. Lancashire Dial. (1882) I'd elder see 'em wortchin for th' next to nought nor see 'em doin nought. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield (at cited word) [One of ‘some masons setting a flag’] It's elder slack yet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1400
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