单词 | lewth |
释义 | lewthn. Now dialect. a. Warmth. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > warmth or moderate heat lewthc1000 warmnessc1000 warmthc1175 warma1250 lew1605 c1000 Hexam. St. Basil xx. (1849) 28 Ðonne him cælð he cepð him hlywðe. a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 336/31 Apricitas, hleowð. 1825 J. Britton Beauties Wilts. III. 375 Lewth, warmth. b. Shelter (cf. house-lewth n.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter leeOE lewthc1000 shadowc1200 coverturec1450 hele?1527 burrow1577 shelter1595 lown1603 umbrage1607 shield1615 lew1908 c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 144 To neste bæron, heora briddum to hleowþe. 1554 Surv. Malling Church in Sussex Archaeol. Coll. (1869) 21 180 Cattell & swyne come daylye in to the churche, in the somer for hette, and now for lothe. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders III. xv. 311 With the sun or against the sun, uphill or downhill, in wind or in lewth. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 204 In the lewth of a codlin-tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1000 |
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