单词 | swithe |
释义 | swithev. Obsolete exc. dialect. 1. transitive. To burn, scorch, singe. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)] > damage or injure by heat or fire > burn or scorch swithec1220 forscalda1225 scalda1300 broilc1375 toast1398 bysweltc1420 squarken1530 sear1590 torrefy1601 plot1606 reese1618 ustulate1623 c1220 Bestiary 70 Ðe sunne swiðeð [MS. swideð] al his [sc. the eagle's] fliȝt. a1300 E.E. Psalter cv[i]. 18 Þe lowe it swath sinful dounright. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 478 Þe warme wynde of þe weste wertes he swyþez. c1440 Alphabet of Tales 497 A dynt of þe throndre smate þaim bathe down, so at þe clerk lay vnder-nethe þe preste,..and all þe preste membrys war all to-swythyn.] 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi v. iii, in Terence in Eng. 322 I will make her as swithen and blacke as a coale. 2. intransitive. To smart. northern dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > suffer or cause type of pain [verb (intransitive)] > smart or sting > suffer smarting or stinging smarta1200 sting1847 swithe1876 swither1876 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Swid, Swidge, or Swither..‘My hand swidded’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.c1220 |
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