bestedbesteadadj.

/bɪˈstɛd/

Forms: Middle English bistaðed, bistaðet, Middle English bistad, Middle English bisted, Middle English bestedd(e, Middle English–1500s bestadd(e, Middle English–1600s bestad, Middle English bistadde, bystedde, bystade, 1500s bestade, 1500s– bestead, 1700s– bested.

Etymology: Middle English bistad , < bi-, be- prefix 2 + stad, later sted, ‘placed.’ < Old Norse staddr past participle of steðja to stop, place: see stead v. (Middle English had also bistaðed , ultimately < Old Norse staðr ‘place,’ which might itself have become stad : compare history of clad .) The later spelling bestead is merely due to analogy, compare bestead v.¹ and stead n. Hence Spenser's bestad v.

†1. Placed, located, situated. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > position or situation > [adjective] > having a (specified) position

besteda1300

set13..

situatec1425

bestowed1484

situatedc1487

collocate1529

resident1571

sited1578

posited1666

stowed1674

couched1675

enlodged1678

parked1807

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1045 Now adam is in erþe bi stad.

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 40 Of al þis world namore y bad þen beo wiþ hire myn one bistad.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5254 Qua-so had ben be-stadd þat day, And hadd þat suete meting sene.

a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 1461 In worlde where euyr he be bestedd.

†2. Settled, constituted, arranged. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > arranged

besteda1350

tailyedc1485

prefixc1500

limited1517

pointed1523

prefixed?c1525

directed1727

pre-arranged1830

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 42 So hit wes bistad þat no mon hem ne bad huere lomes to fonde.

a1400 Cov. Myst. 77 We xal make us so mery, now this is bestad.

†3. Set about, set with (ornaments), etc. Obsolete. Cf. beset v., belay n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated

depaint?c1225

ornedc1384

trappeda1400

attiredc1400

bolled1400

picked?c1425

bedighta1440

garnishedc1440

well-apparelledc1450

decorate1460

adorned?1473

ornate?a1475

anorneda1500

decked?a1500

exornate1509

redimite?a1513

well-decked1530

adornate1539

prankedc1550

entrapped?1553

bested1558

distinct1596

embellished1598

well-tricked1599

enamelled1604

gaudeda1616

broidered1616

farded1637

phalerated1656

adorn1667

bedecked1671

gayed1671

fancied1688

phalerate1702

decorated1727

ornamented1730

orné1763

got-up1793

gotten-up1796

apparelled1821

engrailed1848

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. M.iv^v A harneys coat..with heauy hookes of gold bestad.

4. Beset by (formerly with, enemies), with (dangers, fears, troubles).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adjective]

slatc1300

bested1303

forswonga1400

vexed1440

plagued1563

molested1580

bustled1602

grieved1627

travailed1644

over-troubled1646

harassed1693

baited1720

badgered1794

gêné1806

bedevilled1827

besieged1866

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3365 Wyþ hys enmys he was bestedde.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 77 For he with love was bestad.

1493 Festivall (1515) 6 Bestad with dethe on euery syde.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria iii. v, in Terence in Eng. 64 See you not how I (poor soule) am bestead by your devices.

1616 Manifest. Abp. Spalato's Motives App. iii. 2 Bestead with feare of a more mortall blow.

1839 G. R. Gleig Only Daughter (1859) 103 Bested by the dangers of a Highland sheeptrack.

a. Placed in some situation, situated, circumstanced; generally with ill, and the like. to be hard bested: to be hard put to it, hard pressed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits

to be hard bested?c1225

to be hard set1387

to be hard (straitly, stiffly, etc.) steada1400

to have mistera1400

charge1487

to be hard (also sorely, etc.) put to ita1616

straiten1647

to be ill set1673

press1813

to be up a gum tree1829

push1863

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 194 Hwen we beoð swa bi staðed swa stronge.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 190 Þe þrid eschele fulle hard was bisted.

c1400 Epiph. in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 145 On the all wemen wyl call When thei with chylde ben by stedde.

a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 704 There rekkethe none how harde I be bystade.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxcviii. 690 They that were lefte behynde were hardly bestadde.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. i. sig. Z4 On his way, Vppon an hard aduenture sore bestad .

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. iii. 56 I neuer saw a fellow worse bestead .

a1618 J. Davies in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) I. 247 Since by ill we are so well bestad, We cannot greeue for ill.

1727 T. Boston Let. 24 Nov. in Memoirs (1776) App. 49 Luther, found himself hardly bestead in the several conflicts within his own breast.

a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 157 Poor barque, so ill bested!

1881 J. C. Shairp Aspects Poetry vi. 166 Men of his kind..are often sore bestead.

†b. In an evil sense, without an adverb expressing it: to be in trouble, to be hard pressed; to be ‘in hard plight set’ ( Promp. Parv.). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 194 Whan they ben glad I shall be glad, And sory whan they ben bestad.

c1400 Rom. Rose 1227 Were a man for hir bistadde, She wolde ben right sore adradde.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. xi. 17 All efferd of thy fatal dreidfull wordis I am bestad.

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 53 Shee was bestead, when that at last she sawe Gentile there.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	bested
释义	bestedbesteadadj. /bɪˈstɛd/ Forms: Middle English bistaðed, bistaðet, Middle English bistad, Middle English bisted, Middle English bestedd(e, Middle English–1500s bestadd(e, Middle English–1600s bestad, Middle English bistadde, bystedde, bystade, 1500s bestade, 1500s– bestead, 1700s– bested. Etymology: Middle English bistad , < bi-, be- prefix 2 + stad, later sted, ‘placed.’ < Old Norse staddr past participle of steðja to stop, place: see stead v. (Middle English had also bistaðed , ultimately < Old Norse staðr ‘place,’ which might itself have become stad : compare history of clad .) The later spelling bestead is merely due to analogy, compare bestead v.¹ and stead n. Hence Spenser's bestad v. †1. Placed, located, situated. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [adjective] > having a (specified) position besteda1300 set13.. situatec1425 bestowed1484 situatedc1487 collocate1529 resident1571 sited1578 posited1666 stowed1674 couched1675 enlodged1678 parked1807 a1300 Cursor Mundi 1045 Now adam is in erþe bi stad. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 40 Of al þis world namore y bad þen beo wiþ hire myn one bistad. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5254 Qua-so had ben be-stadd þat day, And hadd þat suete meting sene. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 1461 In worlde where euyr he be bestedd. †2. Settled, constituted, arranged. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > arranged besteda1350 tailyedc1485 prefixc1500 limited1517 pointed1523 prefixed?c1525 directed1727 pre-arranged1830 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 42 So hit wes bistad þat no mon hem ne bad huere lomes to fonde. a1400 Cov. Myst. 77 We xal make us so mery, now this is bestad. †3. Set about, set with (ornaments), etc. Obsolete. Cf. beset v., belay n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > [adjective] > ornamented or decorated depaint?c1225 ornedc1384 trappeda1400 attiredc1400 bolled1400 picked?c1425 bedighta1440 garnishedc1440 well-apparelledc1450 decorate1460 adorned?1473 ornate?a1475 anorneda1500 decked?a1500 exornate1509 redimite?a1513 well-decked1530 adornate1539 prankedc1550 entrapped?1553 bested1558 distinct1596 embellished1598 well-tricked1599 enamelled1604 gaudeda1616 broidered1616 farded1637 phalerated1656 adorn1667 bedecked1671 gayed1671 fancied1688 phalerate1702 decorated1727 ornamented1730 orné1763 got-up1793 gotten-up1796 apparelled1821 engrailed1848 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. M.iv^v A harneys coat..with heauy hookes of gold bestad. 4. Beset by (formerly with, enemies), with (dangers, fears, troubles). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adjective] slatc1300 bested1303 forswonga1400 vexed1440 plagued1563 molested1580 bustled1602 grieved1627 travailed1644 over-troubled1646 harassed1693 baited1720 badgered1794 gêné1806 bedevilled1827 besieged1866 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3365 Wyþ hys enmys he was bestedde. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 77 For he with love was bestad. 1493 Festivall (1515) 6 Bestad with dethe on euery syde. 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria iii. v, in Terence in Eng. 64 See you not how I (poor soule) am bestead by your devices. 1616 Manifest. Abp. Spalato's Motives App. iii. 2 Bestead with feare of a more mortall blow. 1839 G. R. Gleig Only Daughter (1859) 103 Bested by the dangers of a Highland sheeptrack. 5. a. Placed in some situation, situated, circumstanced; generally with ill, and the like. to be hard bested: to be hard put to it, hard pressed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits to be hard bested?c1225 to be hard set1387 to be hard (straitly, stiffly, etc.) steada1400 to have mistera1400 charge1487 to be hard (also sorely, etc.) put to ita1616 straiten1647 to be ill set1673 press1813 to be up a gum tree1829 push1863 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 194 Hwen we beoð swa bi staðed swa stronge. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 190 Þe þrid eschele fulle hard was bisted. c1400 Epiph. in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 145 On the all wemen wyl call When thei with chylde ben by stedde. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 704 There rekkethe none how harde I be bystade. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxcviii. 690 They that were lefte behynde were hardly bestadde. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. i. sig. Z4 On his way, Vppon an hard aduenture sore bestad . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. iii. 56 I neuer saw a fellow worse bestead . View more context for this quotation a1618 J. Davies in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) I. 247 Since by ill we are so well bestad, We cannot greeue for ill. 1727 T. Boston Let. 24 Nov. in Memoirs (1776) App. 49 Luther, found himself hardly bestead in the several conflicts within his own breast. a1850 D. G. Rossetti Dante & Circle (1874) i. 157 Poor barque, so ill bested! 1881 J. C. Shairp Aspects Poetry vi. 166 Men of his kind..are often sore bestead. †b. In an evil sense, without an adverb expressing it: to be in trouble, to be hard pressed; to be ‘in hard plight set’ ( Promp. Parv.). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 194 Whan they ben glad I shall be glad, And sory whan they ben bestad. c1400 Rom. Rose 1227 Were a man for hir bistadde, She wolde ben right sore adradde. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. xi. 17 All efferd of thy fatal dreidfull wordis I am bestad. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 53 Shee was bestead, when that at last she sawe Gentile there. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.?c1225
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