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单词 offear
释义

offearv.

Forms: early Middle English ofere, early Middle English offeare, early Middle English offre (transmission error), Middle English offere.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: afear v.
Etymology: Alteration of afear v. by reanalysis of the first element as a reduced form of of- prefix (compare a- prefix4). Compare earlier offeared adj.
Obsolete.
transitive. To frighten, terrify; = afear v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > terrify [verb (transitive)]
afearOE
affrightOE
breec1000
offrightlOE
agastc1225
offearc1225
dreadc1250
agrisec1275
begallowc1320
ashunchc1325
adreadc1330
affrayc1330
fleya1400
grise1513
terrify1536
fray-bug1551
thunderbolta1586
fear-blast1593
gaster1593
hazen1593
terrorc1595
affrighten1615
ter-terrifya1618
flaite1642
pavefy1656
repall1687
hobgoblin1707
scarify1794
to scare the daylights out of1951
c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Bodl.) l. 113 Ne lef þu nawt, leoue feader, þet tu offeare me swa.
c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) 978 Hi miȝte oferen here brost.
c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 125 (MED) Most here no fend offere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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