† ofservev.

Forms: see of- prefix and serve v.¹

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: of- prefix, serve v.¹

Etymology: Probably < of- prefix + serve v.¹, after Old French deservir deserve v. Compare serve v.², asserve v.

Obsolete.

transitive. To deserve, merit; to earn.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill)

earnOE

of-earna1200

ofservec1225

serve?a1300

servec1300

asservec1325

ofgo1340

deservea1400

demerit1539

promerit1581

be-earn1596

supererogate?1624

emerit1648

rate1906

c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) 317 Þu hauest mi freondschipe inoh..ofseruet.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 173 Swa wið richte of serueden kempene crune.

c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 216 (MED) Se xpistenman, yef has deþ, of seruet þo blisce of heuene.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2699 As he it adde of serued, ynou he adde of wo.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 32 Thou hest of-serued dygnelyche Þe pyne of helle vere.

a1450 MS Bodl. 779 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 374 (MED) Me rueþ ȝif ic habbe of-seruid so to þe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ofserve
释义	† ofservev. Forms: see of- prefix and serve v.¹ Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: of- prefix, serve v.¹ Etymology: Probably < of- prefix + serve v.¹, after Old French deservir deserve v. Compare serve v.², asserve v. Obsolete. transitive. To deserve, merit; to earn. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill) earnOE of-earna1200 ofservec1225 serve?a1300 servec1300 asservec1325 ofgo1340 deservea1400 demerit1539 promerit1581 be-earn1596 supererogate?1624 emerit1648 rate1906 c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) 317 Þu hauest mi freondschipe inoh..ofseruet. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 173 Swa wið richte of serueden kempene crune. c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall Select. Early Middle Eng. (1920) I. 216 (MED) Se xpistenman, yef has deþ, of seruet þo blisce of heuene. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2699 As he it adde of serued, ynou he adde of wo. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 32 Thou hest of-serued dygnelyche Þe pyne of helle vere. a1450 MS Bodl. 779 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 374 (MED) Me rueþ ȝif ic habbe of-seruid so to þe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.c1225
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