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单词 a-eastell
释义

a-eastellprep.

Forms:

α. pre-1700 anestal, pre-1700 aneistill, pre-1700 ane estald.

β. pre-1700 a eistell.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English an- , on prep., east adv., an element of uncertain origin.
Etymology: Apparently < an-, variant of on prep. (compare an- prefix1) + east adv. + an element of uncertain origin (perhaps compare later eastlings adv.). The β. forms show remodelling of the first element after a prep.1 Compare awestell prep. Compare later eassel adv.
Scottish. Obsolete.
At, in, or to the east of. Cf. awestell prep.
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1462 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 148 His yard lyand nest anestal [printed auestal] the land of Georgis Robysoun.
1505 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 14th Rep.: App. Pt. III: MSS Duke of Roxburghe (1894) 20 in Parl. Papers (C. 7570) XLVI. 471 The third pese lyis ane estald the maddyr yard.
1602 Monkland Baron Court Rec. 17 Aug. f. 5 in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Eistell That no peittis be cassin..a eistell the wostell end of the lang steill.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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