atweelphr.

Forms:

α. 1700s at well, 1700s– atweel.

β. 1700s–1800s 'tweel.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English wat weel.

Etymology: Probably contracted from Scots wat weel (more fully I wat weel ) ‘I know well’ < wat wot v. + weel well adv.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈtweel.

Scottish.

? Contracted from wat weel = ‘wot well’; sometimes aphetized to 'tweel.

ΚΠ

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 21 (Jam.) Atweel I danc'd wi' you on your birth day.

1794 R. Burns Wks. IV 'Tweel thou know'st na' every pang Wad wring my bosom.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 214 Atweel I wad fain tell him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	atweel
释义	atweelphr. Forms: α. 1700s at well, 1700s– atweel. β. 1700s–1800s 'tweel. Origin: Probably formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: English wat weel. Etymology: Probably contracted from Scots wat weel (more fully I wat weel ) ‘I know well’ < wat wot v. + weel well adv.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈtweel. Scottish. ? Contracted from wat weel = ‘wot well’; sometimes aphetized to 'tweel. ΚΠ 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 21 (Jam.) Atweel I danc'd wi' you on your birth day. 1794 R. Burns Wks. IV 'Tweel thou know'st na' every pang Wad wring my bosom. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 214 Atweel I wad fain tell him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < phr.1768
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