† belivev.¹

Forms: 1. Present stem.

α. Old English belifan, Old English beliuan (rare), Old English belyfan, early Middle English belife, early Middle English biliue.

β. late Middle English bleue.

2. Past tense. a. (originally 1st and 3rd person singular indicative)

α. Old English belaf, late Old English bilaf, early Middle English bilof.

β. late Old English belæf, late Old English beleaf, early Middle English bilæf, early Middle English bileaf, early Middle English bilef, early Middle English bleph.

γ. late Middle English bleef.

b. (plural indicative) Old English belifan, Old English belifen (rare), Old English belifon, Old English belyfon, early Middle English belyfæn. 3. Past participle.

α. Old English belifen, Old English beliuen (rare), Old English belyfen, late Old English belyfon, late Old English bylifen, early Middle English bileuen.

β. late Middle English blyuen.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian bilīva , blīva (West Frisian bliuwe ), Old Dutch bilīvan (Middle Dutch blīven , Dutch blijven ), Old Saxon bilīban (Middle Low German belīven , blīven ( > Old Icelandic blífa (Icelandic bliva ), Old Swedish bliva (Swedish bliva , †blifva , (now usually shortened) bli ), Old Danish bliffue (Danish blive ))), Old High German bilīban (Middle High German belīben , blīben , German bleiben ), Gothic *bileiban (inferred from apparent 3rd singular past tense form bilaif in Gothic Calendar 1:7, which could however alternatively be interpreted as showing a noun), all in sense ‘to remain’ < the Germanic base of be- prefix + the Germanic base of an unattested simplex verb meaning ‘to remain, be left’ < an ablaut variant (e -grade) of the Germanic base of leave v.¹ and live v.¹ Sense 2 arose by confusion with beleave v. (see further discussion below).In all recorded Germanic languages the original simplex verb had been superseded by the prefixed verb from earliest times. In most of them the unstressed vowel of the prefix was also gradually elided. While German bleiben and Dutch blijven belong to the core vocabulary of their respective languages and are common words, the English prefixed verb was at an early period confused with, and by the end of the early Middle English period superseded by, its originally transitive derivative beleave v., which eventually also became obsolete, so that the only English verb of the family now in use is leave v.¹ Old English belīfan is a strong verb of Class I (its derivative belǣfan beleave v. is a weak Class I verb). From late Old English onwards, strong past tense 3rd singular forms such as belæf , beleaf (see Forms 2γ) are attested beside the expected strong past tense 1st and 3rd singular belāf , early Middle English bilof (see Forms 2α). Early Middle English examples of these irregular strong past tense forms bilæf , bileaf (compare quots. c1175, a1325 at sense 1) apparently show a long stem vowel and are perhaps after forms of beleave v. (in fact, the textual co-occurrence of such past tense forms with present tense forms of beleave v. may suggest the development of a merged (suppletive) paradigm); it is unclear whether the same is true of the late Old English examples (compare quot. lOE at sense 1), which may alternatively show a short stem vowel, perhaps reflecting assimilation with the vocalism (short æ) of the past tense 1st and 3rd singular of strong Class V verbs (with the form beleaf showing an inverted spelling of ea for æ). In late Middle English strong past tense forms and past participle forms occur only in Caxton and show elision of the unstressed vowel of the prefix, probably after Middle Dutch or Middle Low German forms. Caxton's present tense form bleue, however, probably shows the influence of Middle English bleve, variant of beleave v. (see discussion at that entry).

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To remain; to be left over. Cf. beleave v. 5, beleave v. 6.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > remain as opposed to go

bidec893

yleaveOE

leaveOE

wonc1000

abideOE

worthOE

beliveOE

atstutte-nc1220

stuttea1225

atstuntc1230

astinta1250

beleavea1325

lasta1325

stounda1325

stinta1340

joukc1374

restaya1382

to leave over1394

liec1400

byec1425

onbidec1430

keep1560

stay1575

delay1655

to wait on1773

stop1801

to sit on1815

to hang around1830

to stick around1878

to sit tight1897

remain1912

stay-down1948

OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xxiii. 18 Ne rysle ne belifð oð merigen [L. nec remanebit adeps sollemnitatis meae usque mane].

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1076 Rawulf..wæs fægen þæt he to scypum ætfleah, & his wif belaf æfter in þam castele.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1131 On þa tun þa wæs tenn ploges oðer twelfe gangende, ne belæf þær noht an, & se man þa heafde twa hundred oðþe ðre hundred swin, ne beleaf him noht an.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2391 Ȝho bilæf wiþþ hire frend.

?c1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 12 (MED) Ne hope non to his liue, her ne mai he biliue.

c1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 84 Al so þe [read he] was of þe boren,..hol bilof þi maidenhod.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2776 Ðe grene leaf..ðog grene and hol bi-leaf.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 23 Ther bleef no moo but tweyn.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 67/2 Ther shold not haue blyuen unto nabal..one pyssyng ayenst a walle.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 383/2 There bleueth no more but I.

2. transitive. To leave remaining or over. rare.

ΚΠ

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3066 And ðat ail ða bileaf sal al ben numen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† belivev.²

Forms: see be- prefix and live v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: be- prefix, live v.¹

Etymology: < be- prefix + live v.¹In Old English originally a weak verb of Class III (belibban ); in late West Saxon forms assimilated to weak Class II are attested (belifian ); compare discussion at live v.¹

Obsolete.

transitive. To deprive of life.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)]

swevec725

quelmeOE

slayc893

quelleOE

of-falleOE

ofslayeOE

aquellc950

ayeteeOE

spillc950

beliveOE

to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE

fordoa1000

forfarea1000

asweveOE

drepeOE

forleseOE

martyrOE

to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE

bringc1175

off-quellc1175

quenchc1175

forswelta1225

adeadc1225

to bring of daysc1225

to do to deathc1225

to draw (a person) to deathc1225

murder?c1225

aslayc1275

forferec1275

to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275

martyrc1300

strangle1303

destroya1325

misdoa1325

killc1330

tailc1330

to take the life of (also fro)c1330

enda1340

to kill to (into, unto) death1362

brittena1375

deadc1374

to ding to deathc1380

mortifya1382

perisha1387

to dight to death1393

colea1400

fella1400

kill out (away, down, up)a1400

to slay up or downa1400

swelta1400

voida1400

deliverc1400

starvec1425

jugylc1440

morta1450

to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480

to put offc1485

to-slaya1500

to make away with1502

to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503

rida1513

to put downa1525

to hang out of the way1528

dispatch?1529

strikea1535

occidea1538

to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540

to fling to deathc1540

extinct1548

to make out of the way1551

to fet offa1556

to cut offc1565

to make away?1566

occise1575

spoil1578

senda1586

to put away1588

exanimate1593

unmortalize1593

speed1594

unlive1594

execute1597

dislive1598

extinguish1598

to lay along1599

to make hence1605

conclude1606

kill off1607

disanimate1609

feeze1609

to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611

to kill dead1615

transporta1616

spatch1616

to take off1619

mactate1623

to make meat of1632

to turn up1642

inanimate1647

pop1649

enecate1657

cadaverate1658

expedite1678

to make dog's meat of1679

to make mincemeat of1709

sluice1749

finisha1753

royna1770

still1778

do1780

deaden1807

deathifyc1810

to lay out1829

cool1833

to use up1833

puckeroo1840

to rub out1840

cadaverize1841

to put under the sod1847

suicide1852

outkill1860

to fix1875

to put under1879

corpse1884

stiffen1888

tip1891

to do away with1899

to take out1900

stretch1902

red-light1906

huff1919

to knock rotten1919

skittle1919

liquidate1924

clip1927

to set over1931

creasea1935

ice1941

lose1942

to put to sleep1942

zap1942

to take down1967

wax1968

trash1973

ace1975

OE Guthlac B 1308 Ða wæs Guðlaces gæst gelæded eadig on upweg. Englas feredun to þam longan gefean, lic colode, belifd under lyfte.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xviii. 176 He wæs welhreaw cwellere cristenra manna and fela belifode, gelyfedra manna.

a1275 Body & Soul (Trin. Cambr. B.14.39) l. 20 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 117 Nu is þe time icomen me to; mi det is me bitid... Jc wende ever to libben, ac nu ic am bilipt.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

beliveadv.adj.

Brit.

/bᵻˈlʌɪv/, U.S.

/bəˈlaɪv/,

/biˈlaɪv/, Scottish English

/bᵻˈlaɪv/

Forms:

α. early Middle English bilife, Middle English bileue, Middle English biliif, Middle English bilive, Middle English bilyue, Middle English bilyve, Middle English bylyue, Middle English bylyve, Middle English 1600s belyve, Middle English 1600s bylive, Middle English–1500s belyue, Middle English–1500s biliue, Middle English–1500s byliue, Middle English–1600s beliue, late Middle English beleff, late Middle English belife, late Middle English belyf, late Middle English belyfe, late Middle English belyff, late Middle English belyffe, late Middle English bilyfe, 1500s beeliue, 1500s–1600s belive; English regional (chiefly northern) 1700s belife, 1700s– belive, 1800s– believe, 1800s– belyve; Scottish pre-1700 belif, pre-1700 belife, pre-1700 beliff, pre-1700 beliue, pre-1700 belyf, pre-1700 belyff, pre-1700 belyffe, pre-1700 belyiff, pre-1700 belyue, pre-1700 belywe, pre-1700 1700s belyfe, pre-1700 1700s– belyve, pre-1700 1800s belive, 1700s belaive, 1900s– balive.

β. Middle English bleue, Middle English bleyue, Middle English blijf, Middle English blyf, Middle English–1500s blyue, Middle English–1500s blyve, Middle English–1600s bliue, Middle English–1600s blive, late Middle English blif, late Middle English blife, late Middle English blyfe, late Middle English blyff.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: by prep., life n., blithe adj.

Etymology: < by prep. + life n.; hence lit. ‘with life, with liveliness’. The formation is not paralleled in other Germanic languages. With the semantic motivation compare earlier alive adj., later quick adv., and also Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French vivement (see lively adv.). In use as adjective perhaps by confusion with blithe adj.The β. forms show syncope of the first syllable; metrical evidence suggests that in Middle English syncopated forms are predominantly southern in distribution (see further M. Stokes in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (2009) 108 190–221).

Now Scottish and English regional.

A. adv.

I. With full semantic content.

1. With speed, with haste, quickly, eagerly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > quickly or promptly

ratheeOE

rathelyeOE

radlyOE

yareOE

timelyOE

belivec1175

belivesc1275

hastivelyc1300

prestc1300

smartc1300

smartlyc1300

prestly1340

spacklya1350

pertlya1375

redelya1375

redlya1375

yeplya1375

readilyc1390

yarelya1400–50

hasty?a1425

promptly1490

hastyfullyc1500

snackly1728

snack1739

snaply1768

in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1835

pronto1892

quick smart1955

snappily1981

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and urgently

belivec1175

hyinglya1225

hastilyc1275

rapelya1300

hastivelyc1300

hotfootc1300

foot-hotc1330

derflya1400

post1549

hastyc1550

post-haste1597

hastefully1813

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17943 He fullhtneþþ nu bilife.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2268 Brennes flæh bliue.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 1147 (MED) Þe romeins flowe bliue.

a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) l. 1484 He..wendiþ out of londe bliue.

a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 2506 Also blyue as he myȝt..go.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 238 Thai that war within the wayn Lap out belif [1489 Adv. belyff].

a1500 (?c1400) Song of Roland (1880) l. 52 (MED) When he had said, they herd hym blif.

c1530 Court of Love 420 Though thow seest a faut right at thyne y, Excuse it blyve, and glose it pretily.

?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Fi^v They al tooke hold belyue.

1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe i. sig. B8 This noice he heard, and bliue he to her ran.

1633 J. Fisher Fuimus Troes iii. ix. sig. Gi Bee bonny, buxome, iolly. Trip haydegues beliue, And gif night gars the welkin merk Tom piper doe you blive.

1634 W. Lathum Phyala Lachrymarum (front matter) Sees belive a thriftlesse husbandman Passe by the aged croppe.

1669 Hist. Sir Eger 57 A fair fire was burning bright, And then belyve they set up light.

1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) v. 33 He'll hird the kye belyve to me an' he had huggers on him.

1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iv. 82 His father gart them flee for fear, And skulk belyve.

1871 R. Allan Poems 123 I crackit like a gun, and tuik my sneish, Until, belyve, I didna mind a croon.

1928 J. Wilson Hamespun 52 Belyve the rain will downward pour The lift will tak a reg'lar scour.

†a. At once, immediately, directly. Obsolete.Passing into sense A. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]

soonc825

ratheeOE

rathelyeOE

rekeneOE

rekenlyOE

thereright971

anonOE

forth ona1000

coflyc1000

ferlyc1000

radlyOE

swiftlyc1000

unyoreOE

yareOE

at the forme (also first) wordOE

nowOE

shortlya1050

rightOE

here-rightlOE

right anonlOE

anonc1175

forthrightc1175

forthwithalc1175

skeetc1175

swithc1175

with and withc1175

anon-rightc1225

anon-rights?c1225

belivec1225

lightly?c1225

quickly?c1225

tidelyc1225

fastlyc1275

hastilyc1275

i-radlichec1275

as soon asc1290

aright1297

bedenea1300

in little wevea1300

withoute(n dwella1300

alrightc1300

as fast (as)c1300

at firstc1300

in placec1300

in the placec1300

mididonec1300

outrightc1300

prestc1300

streck13..

titec1300

without delayc1300

that stounds1303

rada1325

readya1325

apacec1325

albedenec1330

as (also also) titec1330

as blivec1330

as line rightc1330

as straight as linec1330

in anec1330

in presentc1330

newlyc1330

suddenlyc1330

titelyc1330

yernec1330

as soon1340

prestly1340

streckly1340

swithly?1370

evenlya1375

redelya1375

redlya1375

rifelya1375

yeplya1375

at one blastc1380

fresha1382

ripelyc1384

presentc1385

presently1385

without arrestc1385

readilyc1390

in the twinkling of a looka1393

derflya1400

forwhya1400

skeetlya1400

straighta1400

swifta1400

maintenantc1400

out of handc1400

wightc1400

at a startc1405

immediately1420

incontinent1425

there and then1428

onenec1429

forwithc1430

downright?a1439

agatec1440

at a tricec1440

right forth1440

withouten wonec1440

whipc1460

forthwith1461

undelayed1470

incessantly1472

at a momentc1475

right nowc1475

synec1475

incontinently1484

promptly1490

in the nonce?a1500

uncontinent1506

on (upon, in) the instant1509

in short1513

at a clap1519

by and by1526

straightway1526

at a twitch1528

at the first chop1528

maintenantly1528

on a tricea1529

with a tricec1530

at once1531

belively1532

straightwaysa1533

short days1533

undelayedly1534

fro hand1535

indelayedly1535

straight forth1536

betimesc1540

livelyc1540

upononc1540

suddenly1544

at one (or a) dash?1550

at (the) first dash?1550

instantly1552

forth of hand1564

upon the nines1568

on the nail1569

at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572

indilately1572

summarily1578

at one (a) chop1581

amain1587

straightwise1588

extempore1593

presto1598

upon the place1600

directly1604

instant1604

just now1606

with a siserary1607

promiscuously1609

at (in) one (an) instant1611

on (also upon) the momenta1616

at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617

hand to fist1634

fastisha1650

nextly1657

to rights1663

straightaway1663

slap1672

at first bolt1676

point-blank1679

in point1680

offhand1686

instanter1688

sonica1688

flush1701

like a thought1720

in a crack1725

momentary1725

bumbye1727

clacka1734

plumba1734

right away1734

momentarily1739

momentaneously1753

in a snap1768

right off1771

straight an end1778

abruptedly1784

in a whistle1784

slap-bang1785

bang?1795

right off the reel1798

in a whiff1800

in a flash1801

like a shot1809

momently1812

in a brace or couple of shakes1816

in a gird1825

(all) in a rush1829

in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830

straightly1830

toot sweetc1830

in two twos1838

rectly1843

quick-stick1844

short metre1848

right1849

at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854

off the hooks1860

quicksticks1860

straight off1873

bang off1886

away1887

in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890

ek dum1895

tout de suite1895

bung1899

one time1899

prompt1910

yesterday1911

in two ups1934

presto changeo1946

now-now1966

presto change1987

c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 8 Olibrius..het biliue bringin hire beforen him [c1225 Royal bed bringen hire biuoren him bliue].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5021 Fottes me ruben biliue.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 625 As sone as þay arn borne, bylyue In þe water of baptem þay dyssente.

a1500 (?c1400) Song of Roland (1880) l. 167 It is best I busk me blif.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Bi^v To bring the horse to Pallas temple bliue.

1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham ii Mark well my fall, which I shall show belive.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 94 Vndo the dure beliue! Dame, art thow in?

1690 Horrible & Woful Destr. Jerusalem in Warning or Lanthorn to London 1/5 Then Titus gave his sentence blive, Which Romans liked well.

b. Next in order or position.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [adverb] > immediately

belivea1375

nexta1375

immediately1466

immediate1532

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1843 Wiȝtli he hem folwes, Ful bliue hem bi-hinde.

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 250 Lond..acclyued blyue [c1450 Bodl. acclyned blyue] Vpon the sunne.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 36^v I am Eldist and heire aftur hym belyue.

1900 Banffshire Jrnl. 15 May 2 Twa afore ane, three afore five First twa an' than twa, an four come balive.

3. Before long, soon.

ΚΠ

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Belive, by and by, anon.

a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. ii. 19 in Wks. (1640) III Twentie swarme of Bees, Whilke (all the Summer) hum about the hive, And bring mee Waxe, and Honey in by live .

1677 E. Coles Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Belive, qu. by the Eve, anon.

1683 G. Meriton York-shire Dialogue in Pure Nat. Dial. 39 It is varra Snithe, And Ise flaid, Wife, it will be Frost Belive.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 146 Belyve, the elder bairns come drapping in.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 291 ‘Nearly a mile off.’.. ‘We'll be there belive.’

1868 J. Hamilton Poems & Ballads 85 Toddlin' wee things cam' belyve To see their lochside grannie.

1932 M. Major in J. F. Dobie Tone Bell Easy 168 A gold watch was gotten belyve, And Mae..consented To be ane o' a pairty o' five To gang to the manse and present it.

†II. With little semantic content.

4. Used for the sake of a rhyme. Cf. bedene adv. 5. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1525 W. Smith Wydow Edyth sig. b.v^v The Erle was contentyd hyt shuld be so And bad hys seruaunts for to go That is to say to the nomber of fyue And redy make them belyue.

1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace xii. i. 309 Or else of them there had been News belyve, Such as perhaps, befell the other Five.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 35 Well aunt ye please me now, well mat ye thrive, Gin ye can fix her, I'll be right belyve.

†B. adj.

Eager; glad. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] > eager

yevereOE

frecka1000

cofc1000

fousOE

sharpc1000

anguishous?c1225

eager?a1300

hardya1387

hetera1400

yeverousa1400

belivea1450

forthward1488

yapc1500

ertand1508

tite?a1540

high1649

fell1667

forwardeda1674

agog1683

enthusiastic1777

empressé1878

rearing1904

press-on1948

a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 3106 (MED) Oon told hir he was yet on liue, And she was therof ful bliue.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 12 Sche sendyth to pylat a-non ful ryff And prayth þat cryst he xuld not qwelle Þan pylat is besy and ryth blyff Cryst for to savyn he ȝevyth councelle.

a1577 T. Smith Certaigne Psalmes of David (1963) 21 Helped me from great distres, and mad me glad and blive.

1600 R. Kittowe Loues Load-starre sig. G2^v Be bliue and wanton (Girle) for seuen yeares longer liues a merrie minde, than a heauie heart.

a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) v. iv. 84 This Buss is a blive guerdon.

Phrases

†

as blive Obsolete as quickly as possible, immediately; cf. as soon at soon adv. 7b, as tite at tite adv. and adj. Phrases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]

soonc825

ratheeOE

rathelyeOE

rekeneOE

rekenlyOE

thereright971

anonOE

forth ona1000

coflyc1000

ferlyc1000

radlyOE

swiftlyc1000

unyoreOE

yareOE

at the forme (also first) wordOE

nowOE

shortlya1050

rightOE

here-rightlOE

right anonlOE

anonc1175

forthrightc1175

forthwithalc1175

skeetc1175

swithc1175

with and withc1175

anon-rightc1225

anon-rights?c1225

belivec1225

lightly?c1225

quickly?c1225

tidelyc1225

fastlyc1275

hastilyc1275

i-radlichec1275

as soon asc1290

aright1297

bedenea1300

in little wevea1300

withoute(n dwella1300

alrightc1300

as fast (as)c1300

at firstc1300

in placec1300

in the placec1300

mididonec1300

outrightc1300

prestc1300

streck13..

titec1300

without delayc1300

that stounds1303

rada1325

readya1325

apacec1325

albedenec1330

as (also also) titec1330

as blivec1330

as line rightc1330

as straight as linec1330

in anec1330

in presentc1330

newlyc1330

suddenlyc1330

titelyc1330

yernec1330

as soon1340

prestly1340

streckly1340

swithly?1370

evenlya1375

redelya1375

redlya1375

rifelya1375

yeplya1375

at one blastc1380

fresha1382

ripelyc1384

presentc1385

presently1385

without arrestc1385

readilyc1390

in the twinkling of a looka1393

derflya1400

forwhya1400

skeetlya1400

straighta1400

swifta1400

maintenantc1400

out of handc1400

wightc1400

at a startc1405

immediately1420

incontinent1425

there and then1428

onenec1429

forwithc1430

downright?a1439

agatec1440

at a tricec1440

right forth1440

withouten wonec1440

whipc1460

forthwith1461

undelayed1470

incessantly1472

at a momentc1475

right nowc1475

synec1475

incontinently1484

promptly1490

in the nonce?a1500

uncontinent1506

on (upon, in) the instant1509

in short1513

at a clap1519

by and by1526

straightway1526

at a twitch1528

at the first chop1528

maintenantly1528

on a tricea1529

with a tricec1530

at once1531

belively1532

straightwaysa1533

short days1533

undelayedly1534

fro hand1535

indelayedly1535

straight forth1536

betimesc1540

livelyc1540

upononc1540

suddenly1544

at one (or a) dash?1550

at (the) first dash?1550

instantly1552

forth of hand1564

upon the nines1568

on the nail1569

at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572

indilately1572

summarily1578

at one (a) chop1581

amain1587

straightwise1588

extempore1593

presto1598

upon the place1600

directly1604

instant1604

just now1606

with a siserary1607

promiscuously1609

at (in) one (an) instant1611

on (also upon) the momenta1616

at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617

hand to fist1634

fastisha1650

nextly1657

to rights1663

straightaway1663

slap1672

at first bolt1676

point-blank1679

in point1680

offhand1686

instanter1688

sonica1688

flush1701

like a thought1720

in a crack1725

momentary1725

bumbye1727

clacka1734

plumba1734

right away1734

momentarily1739

momentaneously1753

in a snap1768

right off1771

straight an end1778

abruptedly1784

in a whistle1784

slap-bang1785

bang?1795

right off the reel1798

in a whiff1800

in a flash1801

like a shot1809

momently1812

in a brace or couple of shakes1816

in a gird1825

(all) in a rush1829

in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830

straightly1830

toot sweetc1830

in two twos1838

rectly1843

quick-stick1844

short metre1848

right1849

at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854

off the hooks1860

quicksticks1860

straight off1873

bang off1886

away1887

in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890

ek dum1895

tout de suite1895

bung1899

one time1899

prompt1910

yesterday1911

in two ups1934

presto changeo1946

now-now1966

presto change1987

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 3240 (MED) Þai..went oȝain als biliif.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lvi. l. 332 On hym scholde I ben venged as blyve.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xx. f. lxvj Slee me here as blyue.

a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) l. 710 (MED) Alexander als belyfe [c1450 Ashm. as sone] was at hym.

1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe i. sig. B4 It is eke of such vertue and such kind, That thinke vpon what thing him liketh best, And he as bliue shall it haue and finde.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

v.¹OE

v.²OE

adv.adj.c1175

单词	belive
释义	† belivev.¹ Forms: 1. Present stem. α. Old English belifan, Old English beliuan (rare), Old English belyfan, early Middle English belife, early Middle English biliue. β. late Middle English bleue. 2. Past tense. a. (originally 1st and 3rd person singular indicative) α. Old English belaf, late Old English bilaf, early Middle English bilof. β. late Old English belæf, late Old English beleaf, early Middle English bilæf, early Middle English bileaf, early Middle English bilef, early Middle English bleph. γ. late Middle English bleef. b. (plural indicative) Old English belifan, Old English belifen (rare), Old English belifon, Old English belyfon, early Middle English belyfæn. 3. Past participle. α. Old English belifen, Old English beliuen (rare), Old English belyfen, late Old English belyfon, late Old English bylifen, early Middle English bileuen. β. late Middle English blyuen. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian bilīva , blīva (West Frisian bliuwe ), Old Dutch bilīvan (Middle Dutch blīven , Dutch blijven ), Old Saxon bilīban (Middle Low German belīven , blīven ( > Old Icelandic blífa (Icelandic bliva ), Old Swedish bliva (Swedish bliva , †blifva , (now usually shortened) bli ), Old Danish bliffue (Danish blive ))), Old High German bilīban (Middle High German belīben , blīben , German bleiben ), Gothic bileiban (inferred from apparent 3rd singular past tense form bilaif* in Gothic Calendar 1:7, which could however alternatively be interpreted as showing a noun), all in sense ‘to remain’ < the Germanic base of be- prefix + the Germanic base of an unattested simplex verb meaning ‘to remain, be left’ < an ablaut variant (e -grade) of the Germanic base of leave v.¹ and live v.¹ Sense 2 arose by confusion with beleave v. (see further discussion below).In all recorded Germanic languages the original simplex verb had been superseded by the prefixed verb from earliest times. In most of them the unstressed vowel of the prefix was also gradually elided. While German bleiben and Dutch blijven belong to the core vocabulary of their respective languages and are common words, the English prefixed verb was at an early period confused with, and by the end of the early Middle English period superseded by, its originally transitive derivative beleave v., which eventually also became obsolete, so that the only English verb of the family now in use is leave v.¹ Old English belīfan is a strong verb of Class I (its derivative belǣfan beleave v. is a weak Class I verb). From late Old English onwards, strong past tense 3rd singular forms such as belæf , beleaf (see Forms 2γ) are attested beside the expected strong past tense 1st and 3rd singular belāf , early Middle English bilof (see Forms 2α). Early Middle English examples of these irregular strong past tense forms bilæf , bileaf (compare quots. c1175, a1325 at sense 1) apparently show a long stem vowel and are perhaps after forms of beleave v. (in fact, the textual co-occurrence of such past tense forms with present tense forms of beleave v. may suggest the development of a merged (suppletive) paradigm); it is unclear whether the same is true of the late Old English examples (compare quot. lOE at sense 1), which may alternatively show a short stem vowel, perhaps reflecting assimilation with the vocalism (short æ) of the past tense 1st and 3rd singular of strong Class V verbs (with the form beleaf showing an inverted spelling of ea for æ). In late Middle English strong past tense forms and past participle forms occur only in Caxton and show elision of the unstressed vowel of the prefix, probably after Middle Dutch or Middle Low German forms. Caxton's present tense form bleue, however, probably shows the influence of Middle English bleve, variant of beleave v. (see discussion at that entry). Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To remain; to be left over. Cf. beleave v. 5, beleave v. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > remain as opposed to go bidec893 yleaveOE leaveOE wonc1000 abideOE worthOE beliveOE atstutte-nc1220 stuttea1225 atstuntc1230 astinta1250 beleavea1325 lasta1325 stounda1325 stinta1340 joukc1374 restaya1382 to leave over1394 liec1400 byec1425 onbidec1430 keep1560 stay1575 delay1655 to wait on1773 stop1801 to sit on1815 to hang around1830 to stick around1878 to sit tight1897 remain1912 stay-down1948 OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xxiii. 18 Ne rysle ne belifð oð merigen [L. nec remanebit adeps sollemnitatis meae usque mane]. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 1076 Rawulf..wæs fægen þæt he to scypum ætfleah, & his wif belaf æfter in þam castele. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1131 On þa tun þa wæs tenn ploges oðer twelfe gangende, ne belæf þær noht an, & se man þa heafde twa hundred oðþe ðre hundred swin, ne beleaf him noht an. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2391 Ȝho bilæf wiþþ hire frend. ?c1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 12 (MED) Ne hope non to his liue, her ne mai he biliue. c1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 84 Al so þe [read he] was of þe boren,..hol bilof þi maidenhod. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2776 Ðe grene leaf..ðog grene and hol bi-leaf. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 23 Ther bleef no moo but tweyn. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 67/2 Ther shold not haue blyuen unto nabal..one pyssyng ayenst a walle. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 383/2 There bleueth no more but I. 2. transitive. To leave remaining or over. rare. ΚΠ a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3066 And ðat ail ða bileaf sal al ben numen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † belivev.² Forms: see be- prefix and live v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: be- prefix, live v.¹ Etymology: < be- prefix + live v.¹In Old English originally a weak verb of Class III (belibban ); in late West Saxon forms assimilated to weak Class II are attested (belifian ); compare discussion at live v.¹ Obsolete. transitive. To deprive of life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 OE Guthlac B 1308 Ða wæs Guðlaces gæst gelæded eadig on upweg. Englas feredun to þam longan gefean, lic colode, belifd under lyfte. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xviii. 176 He wæs welhreaw cwellere cristenra manna and fela belifode, gelyfedra manna. a1275 Body & Soul (Trin. Cambr. B.14.39) l. 20 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 117 Nu is þe time icomen me to; mi det is me bitid... Jc wende ever to libben, ac nu ic am bilipt. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2019). beliveadv.adj. Brit. /bᵻˈlʌɪv/, U.S. /bəˈlaɪv/, /biˈlaɪv/, Scottish English /bᵻˈlaɪv/ Forms: α. early Middle English bilife, Middle English bileue, Middle English biliif, Middle English bilive, Middle English bilyue, Middle English bilyve, Middle English bylyue, Middle English bylyve, Middle English 1600s belyve, Middle English 1600s bylive, Middle English–1500s belyue, Middle English–1500s biliue, Middle English–1500s byliue, Middle English–1600s beliue, late Middle English beleff, late Middle English belife, late Middle English belyf, late Middle English belyfe, late Middle English belyff, late Middle English belyffe, late Middle English bilyfe, 1500s beeliue, 1500s–1600s belive; English regional (chiefly northern) 1700s belife, 1700s– belive, 1800s– believe, 1800s– belyve; Scottish pre-1700 belif, pre-1700 belife, pre-1700 beliff, pre-1700 beliue, pre-1700 belyf, pre-1700 belyff, pre-1700 belyffe, pre-1700 belyiff, pre-1700 belyue, pre-1700 belywe, pre-1700 1700s belyfe, pre-1700 1700s– belyve, pre-1700 1800s belive, 1700s belaive, 1900s– balive. β. Middle English bleue, Middle English bleyue, Middle English blijf, Middle English blyf, Middle English–1500s blyue, Middle English–1500s blyve, Middle English–1600s bliue, Middle English–1600s blive, late Middle English blif, late Middle English blife, late Middle English blyfe, late Middle English blyff. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: by prep., life n., blithe adj. Etymology: < by prep. + life n.; hence lit. ‘with life, with liveliness’. The formation is not paralleled in other Germanic languages. With the semantic motivation compare earlier alive adj., later quick adv., and also Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French, French vivement (see lively adv.). In use as adjective perhaps by confusion with blithe adj.The β. forms show syncope of the first syllable; metrical evidence suggests that in Middle English syncopated forms are predominantly southern in distribution (see further M. Stokes in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. (2009) 108 190–221). Now Scottish and English regional. A. adv. I. With full semantic content. 1. With speed, with haste, quickly, eagerly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > quickly or promptly ratheeOE rathelyeOE radlyOE yareOE timelyOE belivec1175 belivesc1275 hastivelyc1300 prestc1300 smartc1300 smartlyc1300 prestly1340 spacklya1350 pertlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 yeplya1375 readilyc1390 yarelya1400–50 hasty?a1425 promptly1490 hastyfullyc1500 snackly1728 snack1739 snaply1768 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1835 pronto1892 quick smart1955 snappily1981 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and urgently belivec1175 hyinglya1225 hastilyc1275 rapelya1300 hastivelyc1300 hotfootc1300 foot-hotc1330 derflya1400 post1549 hastyc1550 post-haste1597 hastefully1813 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17943 He fullhtneþþ nu bilife. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2268 Brennes flæh bliue. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 1147 (MED) Þe romeins flowe bliue. a1425 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Linc. Inn) (1952) l. 1484 He..wendiþ out of londe bliue. a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 2506 Also blyue as he myȝt..go. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 238 Thai that war within the wayn Lap out belif [1489 Adv. belyff]. a1500 (?c1400) Song of Roland (1880) l. 52 (MED) When he had said, they herd hym blif. c1530 Court of Love 420 Though thow seest a faut right at thyne y, Excuse it blyve, and glose it pretily. ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Fi^v They al tooke hold belyue. 1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe i. sig. B8 This noice he heard, and bliue he to her ran. 1633 J. Fisher Fuimus Troes iii. ix. sig. Gi Bee bonny, buxome, iolly. Trip haydegues beliue, And gif night gars the welkin merk Tom piper doe you blive. 1634 W. Lathum Phyala Lachrymarum (front matter) Sees belive a thriftlesse husbandman Passe by the aged croppe. 1669 Hist. Sir Eger 57 A fair fire was burning bright, And then belyve they set up light. 1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) v. 33 He'll hird the kye belyve to me an' he had huggers on him. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun (new ed.) iv. 82 His father gart them flee for fear, And skulk belyve. 1871 R. Allan Poems 123 I crackit like a gun, and tuik my sneish, Until, belyve, I didna mind a croon. 1928 J. Wilson Hamespun 52 Belyve the rain will downward pour The lift will tak a reg'lar scour. 2. †a. At once, immediately, directly. Obsolete.Passing into sense A. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 8 Olibrius..het biliue bringin hire beforen him [c1225 Royal bed bringen hire biuoren him bliue]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5021 Fottes me ruben biliue. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 625 As sone as þay arn borne, bylyue In þe water of baptem þay dyssente. a1500 (?c1400) Song of Roland (1880) l. 167 It is best I busk me blif. a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Bi^v To bring the horse to Pallas temple bliue. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Buckingham ii Mark well my fall, which I shall show belive. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 94 Vndo the dure beliue! Dame, art thow in? 1690 Horrible & Woful Destr. Jerusalem in Warning or Lanthorn to London 1/5 Then Titus gave his sentence blive, Which Romans liked well. b. Next in order or position. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [adverb] > immediately belivea1375 nexta1375 immediately1466 immediate1532 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1843 Wiȝtli he hem folwes, Ful bliue hem bi-hinde. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 250 Lond..acclyued blyue [c1450 Bodl. acclyned blyue] Vpon the sunne. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 36^v I am Eldist and heire aftur hym belyue. 1900 Banffshire Jrnl. 15 May 2 Twa afore ane, three afore five First twa an' than twa, an four come balive. 3. Before long, soon. ΚΠ 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Belive, by and by, anon. a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. ii. 19 in Wks. (1640) III Twentie swarme of Bees, Whilke (all the Summer) hum about the hive, And bring mee Waxe, and Honey in by live . View more context for this quotation 1677 E. Coles Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Belive, qu. by the Eve, anon. 1683 G. Meriton York-shire Dialogue in Pure Nat. Dial. 39 It is varra Snithe, And Ise flaid, Wife, it will be Frost Belive. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 146 Belyve, the elder bairns come drapping in. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 291 ‘Nearly a mile off.’.. ‘We'll be there belive.’ 1868 J. Hamilton Poems & Ballads 85 Toddlin' wee things cam' belyve To see their lochside grannie. 1932 M. Major in J. F. Dobie Tone Bell Easy 168 A gold watch was gotten belyve, And Mae..consented To be ane o' a pairty o' five To gang to the manse and present it. †II. With little semantic content. 4. Used for the sake of a rhyme. Cf. bedene adv. 5. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1525 W. Smith Wydow Edyth sig. b.v^v The Erle was contentyd hyt shuld be so And bad hys seruaunts for to go That is to say to the nomber of fyue And redy make them belyue. 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace xii. i. 309 Or else of them there had been News belyve, Such as perhaps, befell the other Five. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 35 Well aunt ye please me now, well mat ye thrive, Gin ye can fix her, I'll be right belyve. †B. adj. Eager; glad. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] > eager yevereOE frecka1000 cofc1000 fousOE sharpc1000 anguishous?c1225 eager?a1300 hardya1387 hetera1400 yeverousa1400 belivea1450 forthward1488 yapc1500 ertand1508 tite?a1540 high1649 fell1667 forwardeda1674 agog1683 enthusiastic1777 empressé1878 rearing1904 press-on1948 a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 3106 (MED) Oon told hir he was yet on liue, And she was therof ful bliue. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 12 Sche sendyth to pylat a-non ful ryff And prayth þat cryst he xuld not qwelle Þan pylat is besy and ryth blyff Cryst for to savyn he ȝevyth councelle. a1577 T. Smith Certaigne Psalmes of David (1963) 21 Helped me from great distres, and mad me glad and blive. 1600 R. Kittowe Loues Load-starre sig. G2^v Be bliue and wanton (Girle) for seuen yeares longer liues a merrie minde, than a heauie heart. a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) v. iv. 84 This Buss is a blive guerdon. Phrases † as blive Obsolete as quickly as possible, immediately; cf. as soon at soon adv. 7b, as tite at tite adv. and adj. Phrases. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 3240 (MED) Þai..went oȝain als biliif. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lvi. l. 332 On hym scholde I ben venged as blyve. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xx. f. lxvj Slee me here as blyue. a1500 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Trin. Dublin) l. 710 (MED) Alexander als belyfe [c1450 Ashm. as sone] was at hym. 1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe i. sig. B4 It is eke of such vertue and such kind, That thinke vpon what thing him liketh best, And he as bliue shall it haue and finde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.¹OEv.²OEadv.adj.c1175
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