单词 | arue |
释义 | † aruev. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To be sorry, to feel regret, compassion, or pity. Const. in Old English with genitive, represented in later times by of. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [verb (intransitive)] sorroweOE aruec1000 ruea1400 overthinka1450 regretc1450 to rue the day (also hour)c1461 fret1551 to cry over spilt milk (or water)1738 c1000 Ælfric Homilies in H. Sweet Anglo-Saxon Reader 102 Se mæssepréost ðǽs mannes ofhréow. c1302 Pol. Songs 188 The commun of Bruges ful sore con arewe. a1400 Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 3 Of thy ruthe I wold a-ruwe. 2. transitive (i.e. with simple object representing originally genitive). To be sorry for, regret, rue; to have compassion on, pity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] bireusyc1000 ruea1200 aruec1220 meanc1225 birewea1300 pity?a1475 compassionate1598 passionate1638 c1220 Legend St. Katherine 1379 Þe deore Drihtin areaw us. c1300 Harrow. Hell 29 Jhesu Christ arew hem sore. c1430 Freemasonry 338 That poynt thou schal never arewe. 3. impersonal. It grieves, vexes, troubles (one). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed [verb (intransitive)] gramea1225 aruea1230 irkc1330 teena1400 it irks (me)1483 heavec1540 vex1592 chagrin1728 a1230 Juliana 35 Me areoweð þi sar. c1320 Pol. Songs 240 Ȝet hym shulde arewen Of the arrerage. c1430 Freemasonry 90 Hyt shal hym never thenne arewe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.c1000 |
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