单词 | umquhile |
释义 | umquhileumwhileadv.adj. Now only archaic. A. adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally whiloma900 whilea1000 stoundmealc1000 stundumOE otherwhileOE umquhile1154 with and withc1175 by stoundsa1225 otherwhilesc1225 umbestound?c1225 umbewhilec1230 then and thenc1275 sometime…sometime1297 umstounda1300 by while13.. over while13.. sometime1340 umbe throwea1350 at timesa1382 now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393 umbwhile1393 eftsoona1398 sometimea1400 by sithesc1400 umbestoundsc1400 from time to (formerly unto) time1423 now and (also or) then1445 ever now and nowa1470 when and whenc1470 occasionallya1475 in timesa1500 whiles?a1500 whilomsa1500 sometimes1526 somewhiles1528 at whiles1540 ever now and then1542 a-whiles1546 somewhiles…, somewhiles1547 at sometimes1548 now and thenc1550 ever and anon1558 by occasions1562 on (also upon) occasion1562 as soon…as soon1581 every now and then (also again)1642 by a time1721 once and a while1765 ever and again1788 periodically1825 in spots1851 α. β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10323 Þof godd vmquil be funden still.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4319 Sua þou mai þe driue to ded, To ded vmquil, and to langur.c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vi. 20 Ay when him list, he gase to visit þam, and vmqwhyle ledes þam aboute with him.1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 262 To stand agayne thar fayis mycht, Wmquhile with strenth, & quhile with slycht.a1500 Ratis Raving i. 1448 And eild..Wmquhill is twrnyt with inwy, And wmquhill led with lichory.1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 525 That all this warld hes bene full of variance; Vmquhill in plesure and prosperitie, Vmquhill in pane and greit penuritie.a1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) IV. 633 Vmquhile I syche and vmquhile I sing... Vmquhill I lawche and quhill I weip and wring.1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1137 Hi læiden gæildes on the tunes æure um wile & clepeden it tenserie. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 2780 Fallace ys, as who seye, ‘gyle’, As many one sweryn vmwhyle. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1415 Vmwhile west, vmwhile est, þer schipes driuen in many tempest. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxli. 6 I fled noght fra tribulacioun in saule, thof i fled vmwhile in body. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 345 Þere was laughyng and louryng..And seten so til euensonge and songen vmwhile. a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 118 Ye countyr vmwhyle to capcyously, and ar ye be dysiryd. 2. At one time; at some previous time; formerly. Obsolete exc. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 a1400–50 Alexander 23 Oute in þe erth of Egipt enhabet vmquile Þe wysest wees of the werd. a1400–50 Alexander (Dublin) 3079 Nowe am I kest vnder, Þat had of the Orient all ouer homage vmwhile. c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 863 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 88 Ane bischope vmquhile, I herd say..sancte Andrew in affecione had ay. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 2 Chaumerlayn vmquhile to..king Charles of ffraunce. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) ii. l. 207 O der Wallace, wmquhill was stark and stur, Thow most on neide in presoune till endur. 1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 177 (title) Lord, Barnard Stewart,..conquereur of Naplis and vmquhile constable general of the same. a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Siv I am Dauid, that cairfull Cardinall,..That vmquhyle had, so gret preeminens. 1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iv. 1 I, Henrie Stewart, vmquhile of Scotland King. 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) I. vii. 93 A drawing..representing Hebe and the bird, umquhile sacred to Jupiter. 1890 J. Service Thir Notandums 88 Her white cheek, umquhile red.] ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > at some future time or one day yeteOE hereafter1154 hereafterwardc1386 sometimec1386 oncea1393 whiloma1400 rather or latera1450 one of these daysa1470 one day1477 umquhile1489 in timea1500 with time?1531 sooner or later1577 odd shortly1681 some summer's day1697 first or last1700 some of these (‥) days1831 someday1898 down the road (also track)1924 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 256 For nane wate, in how litill space That God wmquhile will send his grace. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. x. 209 And I wmquhill quhilk sal be clepit thi spous, Quham to sall we be left in this waist hous? B. adj. Former, late: a. Of persons; esp. = now deceased. In the first quot. perhaps still adverbial. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > recently dead latea1422 new-dead?a1425 umquhile1431 deceased1490 that wasa1500 feu1813 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > former (of persons) umquhile1431 old1435 quondam1547 ancient1681 ci-devant1790 ex1823 former1905 past1915 1431 Munim. de Melros (Bannatyne Club) 521 Patrike off Dunbarr,..brothir vmquhile of a hee & mychti lorde Sir George of Dunbarr. 1477 King James III in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1885) VIII. 403 (note) Landis..the quhilkis umquhile Cuthbert Colvile had of ws of before. 1490–1 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 197 A compositioun maid with vmquhile the Master of Craufurd. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 519 James Stewart, Sone and Air..to vmquhill King Robert Stewart. 1583 in Montgomerie's Poems (1910) 300 The testament..pertening to vmquhile ane richt honorabill Ladie Margaret Fraser.., relict of vmquhile Iohne Montgummerie. 1633 Sc. Acts, Chas. I (1870) V. 26/1 The fruites of benefice givin by his Majestie his said vmquhyle dearest father. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 22 Lauchlen M‘Intoshe..brother to the vmquhill laird of M‘Intoshe; Williame M‘Intoshe..sone to vmquhill Lauchlen Angoussone. 1714 A. Ramsay Elegy John Cowper xiii Of umquhile John to lie or bann, Shaws but ill will. 1784 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 72 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 The goods and gear which pertained and belonged to umqle miss Brabazone Nairne. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. x. 135 The estate which devolved on this unhappy woman by a settlement of her umwhile husband. View more context for this quotation 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 58 His uncle, as well as his umquhile father, is a round-head, I presume. 1874 A. Hislop Bk. Sc. Anecd. 725/1 The ‘leader of the psalmody’, as umquhile ‘precentors’ are now termed. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 408 Her father visited his umquwhile clientage at the coal-wharves. 1934 J. Buchan Free Fishers ii. 40 What do you think of your umquhile pupil, Professor? 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 606/3 The reference to the ci-devant Lord Stansgate is notoriously getting shorter and shorter;..with further reduction en by en the umquhile peer will disappear completely. b. Of things. rare. ΚΠ c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) i. 16 Quhat sal be said of athenes, the vmquhile fontane of sapiens. 1842 F. Trollope Visit to Italy i. x. 161 I went to see Europe's umwhile wonder and delight. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 356 When I last passed along the Coal-hill, I saw my umquhile house existing as a bit of dingy wall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1154 |
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