† theedomthedomn.
Obsolete.
a. Thriving; prosperity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun]
selthc888
healc950
wealOE
goder-heala1225
prosperity?c1225
wealtha1300
statec1300
healtha1325
welfare1357
theedom1362
wealfulnessc1374
bonchiefa1387
felicity1393
boota1400
wella1400
wealsc1400
well-doingc1440
prosperancea1460
happiness?1473
quartfulness1483
brightnessa1500
goodnessa1500
sonsea1500
thriftiness?1529
prosperation1543
well-being1561
prosperousness1600
fair world1641
thrivingness1818
goldenness1829
palminess1875
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. x. 105 Þruft or þeodam with hem selden is I-seye.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. viii. 53 And ȝede a-bowte in my ȝouthe and ȝaf me to no þedom.
c1450 How Good Wijf (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 47 Now þrift and þeedom mote þou haue.
1522 Worlde & Chylde (de Worde) (1909) sig. B.ivv My thedome is nere past.
b. evil theedom, ill success, bad luck: used as a maledictory phrase.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations
woeOE
dahetc1290
confoundc1330
foul (also shame) fall ——c1330
sorrow on——c1330
in the wanianda1352
wildfirea1375
evil theedomc1386
a pestilence on (also upon)c1390
woe betide you (also him, her, etc.)c1390
maldathaita1400
murrainc1400
out ona1415
in the wild waning worldc1485
vengeance?a1500
in a wanion1549
with a wanion1549
woe worth1553
a plague on——a1566
with a wanion to?c1570
with a wanyand1570
bot1584
maugre1590
poxa1592
death1593
rot1594
rot on1595
cancro1597
pax1604
pize on (also upon)1605
vild1605
peascod1606
cargo1607
confusion1608
perditiona1616
(a) pest upon1632
deuce1651
stap my vitals1697
strike me blind, dumb, lucky (if, but—)1697
stop my vitals1699
split me (or my windpipe)1700
rabbit1701
consume1756
capot me!1760
nick me!1760
weary set1788
rats1816
bad cess to1859
curse1885
hanged1887
buggeration1964
c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 405 What! yuel thedam [v.r. thedom] on his Monkes snowte.
c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) xiv. 139 Evyl Thedom com to thi snowte!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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