† sursaultn.

Forms: Also Middle English sursaute, Middle English soursaut.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sursaut, Old French soursaut, -sault, < sur- = super- prefix 1b + saut leap ( < Latin saltus).

Obsolete. rare.

a. a sursaut: of a sudden.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > suddenly

in a widden-dreamOE

a sursaut1338

at a wapa1400

in a swing1487

on or upon a (or the) sudden1558

at a (orthe) sudden1562

in a sudden1562

of a sudden1570

short1579

overshort1587

on the starta1616

slap1672

swap1672

bob1673

souse1680

sharply1828

sharp1836

a-sudden1871

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 337 Sursante [? read A sursaute; Langtoft A sursaut] he þam mette, als þei fro kirke cam.

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. lxii. 205 Whan..j..hadde leyn þere a while, sodeynliche and a soursaut j sigh an old oon þat was clumben anhy vp on my bed.

b. A start.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > involuntary, caused by emotion

startc1330

startling1572

sursault1598

jump1879

startle response1933

1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 71 With a sudden sursault she awaked.

Derivatives

† surˈsault v. Obsolete (transitive) to attack suddenly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > suddenness > come upon suddenly [verb (transitive)]

to step on ——OE

takea1382

skey1539

sursault1598

bolt1779

to pounce on (or upon)1812

to burst upon1867

1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 81 An enamoured hart may be as well sursaulted with a sudden ioy, as with an vnexpected sorrow.

1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana i. v. 137 My hart, sursaulted with the fill Of thousand great vnrests, and thousand feares.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sursault
释义	† sursaultn. Forms: Also Middle English sursaute, Middle English soursaut. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman sursaut, Old French soursaut, -sault, < sur- = super- prefix 1b + saut leap ( < Latin saltus). Obsolete. rare. a. a sursaut: of a sudden. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adverb] > suddenly in a widden-dreamOE a sursaut1338 at a wapa1400 in a swing1487 on or upon a (or the) sudden1558 at a (orthe) sudden1562 in a sudden1562 of a sudden1570 short1579 overshort1587 on the starta1616 slap1672 swap1672 bob1673 souse1680 sharply1828 sharp1836 a-sudden1871 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 337 Sursante [? read A sursaute; Langtoft A sursaut] he þam mette, als þei fro kirke cam. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. lxii. 205 Whan..j..hadde leyn þere a while, sodeynliche and a soursaut j sigh an old oon þat was clumben anhy vp on my bed. b. A start. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > involuntary, caused by emotion startc1330 startling1572 sursault1598 jump1879 startle response1933 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 71 With a sudden sursault she awaked. Derivatives † surˈsault v. Obsolete (transitive) to attack suddenly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > suddenness > come upon suddenly [verb (transitive)] to step on ——OE takea1382 skey1539 sursault1598 bolt1779 to pounce on (or upon)1812 to burst upon1867 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 81 An enamoured hart may be as well sursaulted with a sudden ioy, as with an vnexpected sorrow. 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana i. v. 137 My hart, sursaulted with the fill Of thousand great vnrests, and thousand feares. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1338
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