welteringn.

/ˈwɛltərɪŋ/

Etymology: < welter v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of turning or twisting the body about (on the ground), rolling (in the mire), wallowing (in sin), etc. Now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > rolling or tumbling about > wallowing

wallowing?c1225

weltering1448

volutation1655

1448–9 J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes 1631 This lyoun..Wypt on the gres hys blody mowth; and in hys welteryng Made alle blody Cleopes kerchyff in hys wypyng.

c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1905) III. 2 Pet. ii. 22 The hound turnit agane to his spewing, and a sow [that] is weschin in weltring [Wyclif walwyng] in fenn.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 218 All kind of superfluitie, riot, and weltring in pleasures.

†2. The action of rolling or turning round; unstable condition; political agitation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > rotation as a wheel

turna1325

weltering1423

wheeling1483

circumduction1578

revolution1592

circumgyration1603

circumrotation1656

wheelerya1845

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun]

stirringa1154

motiona1387

troublec1435

misrule1442

commotion1471

stir1487

misgovernment1565

welteringa1586

confusions1599

distemper1605

distemperature?1606

convulsion1643

unsettlement1649

upturning1846

upturn1864

the natives are restless1950

1423 Kingis Quair clxiii To se the sudayn weltering Of that Ilk quhele [of Fortune].

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella Sonn. xxx If in the Scottish Court be weltering yet.

1588 in Rep. Commiss. Univ. Scot. (1837) III. 193 In this confused tyme (quhen all folkis ar loukand to the weltering of the warld).

3. The rolling and tossing (of waves); the surging (of water, the sea). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > surging, rolling, or heaving

walteringc1400

washing?1473

rolling1485

walterc1540

surging1585

boil1805

welteringa1807

seethe1816

ride1822

whelm1842

welter1849

washing in1877

wash1883

a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) vi. 182 Surpassing Life, which out of space and time, Nor touch'd by welterings of passion.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 228 And oft in dreams, the..sinner..heard the weltering of the waves of wrath.

1851 R. C. Trench Poems 73 'Mid the long weltering of the dreariest surge.

1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason iv. 88 A figure standing, with wide wings of gold, Upright, amid the weltering of the sea.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

welteringadj.

Etymology: < welter v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈweltering.

a. Of the sea: That tumbles and tosses; raging, surging.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adjective] > rough

woodc900

drofc1000

bremea1300

scaldinga1300

sharp1377

wrothc1400

welteringc1420

rude?a1439

wawishc1450

wallya1522

robustuousa1544

troublesome1560

turbulent1573

boisterous?1594

lofty1600

enridged1608

hollow1705

ugly1744

testy1833

topping1857

seething1871

troughy1877

c1420 Wyntoun Cron. iv. 203 Qwhil þe weltrande wawis keyn Sulde a part asswagit beyn.

1423 Kingis Quair c In the huge weltering wawis..Off lufis rage.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 719 The se wald rys on sic maner, That off the wawys the weltrand hycht Wald refe thaim oft off thar sycht.

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 170 No..wrath of weltring waues could stay, those martiall mates at home.

1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xii, in Poems 7 While the Creator Great..bid the weltring waves their oozy channel keep.

1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st lvi. 29 The deep roar Of the wide-weltering waves.

1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 20 The straining and groaning of bulk heads, as the ship laboured in the weltering sea, were frightful.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xiv. 20 As when the face Of the great deep grows dark with weltering waves.

1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 306 I trembled for his life in such a weltering whirl of rock-torn sea.

b. That is in a state of agitation, turmoil, or confusion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [adjective]

troublousc1449

unquiet?1520

troublesome1548

tumultuous1548

disturbed1593

hurly-burly1598

wild1600

unsettled1605

routing1634

tumultuary1650

dissettled1673

embroiled1709

weltering1831

1831 T. Carlyle Niebelungenlied in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) III. 71 A firm sunny island amid the weltering chaos of antique tradition.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. vii. 103 The weltering mass of bullocks, pigs, and human beings.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 329 That vast weltering mass of idolatry and corruption.

1890 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 195 You restless, heaving, weltering kingdoms of Time, mock us not.

†2. Scottish.

a. Moving clumsily or unsteadily. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > awkward or clumsy

shailing1398

weltering1570

scambling1633

shambling1690

walloping1837

festoony1843

1570 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fabillis (Charteris) sig. E The wyld Once, the Buk, the Velterand [?a1500 balterand] Brok.

b. Rolling. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > rolling or tumbling about > wallowing

wallowing?c1225

weltering?1553

weltered1590

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1643 in Shorter Poems (1967) 104 Thair mycht I se..The weltrand [1579 Edinb. welterand] stone wirk Sisipho mych cair.

3. That is tossed about on or by the waves.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > [adjective] > tossed about on

weltering?1609

?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World iii. ii. 129 They..hold it fondnesse to hazard their liues either on a stumbling iade, or in a weltring barge.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake vi. 274 Another flash!—the spearman floats A weltering corse beside the boats.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xliii. 377 They had drifted fourteen days, tossed up and down on the heaving waves of Adria, a weltering plaything for the gale.

4. Lying prostrate in blood; saturated with blood.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > of blood > bleeding

bloodyOE

bleedinga1250

railinga1470

sanguinolent1598

sanguifluous1684

haemorrhagious1753

weltering1816

1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III li. 28 And Slaughter heap'd on high his weltering ranks.

1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xvii. 27 It is humbling to tread O'er the weltering field of the tombless dead.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	weltering
释义	welteringn. /ˈwɛltərɪŋ/ Etymology: < welter v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of turning or twisting the body about (on the ground), rolling (in the mire), wallowing (in sin), etc. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > rolling or tumbling about > wallowing wallowing?c1225 weltering1448 volutation1655 1448–9 J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes 1631 This lyoun..Wypt on the gres hys blody mowth; and in hys welteryng Made alle blody Cleopes kerchyff in hys wypyng. c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1905) III. 2 Pet. ii. 22 The hound turnit agane to his spewing, and a sow [that] is weschin in weltring [Wyclif walwyng] in fenn. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 218 All kind of superfluitie, riot, and weltring in pleasures. †2. The action of rolling or turning round; unstable condition; political agitation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [noun] > rotation as a wheel turna1325 weltering1423 wheeling1483 circumduction1578 revolution1592 circumgyration1603 circumrotation1656 wheelerya1845 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun] stirringa1154 motiona1387 troublec1435 misrule1442 commotion1471 stir1487 misgovernment1565 welteringa1586 confusions1599 distemper1605 distemperature?1606 convulsion1643 unsettlement1649 upturning1846 upturn1864 the natives are restless1950 1423 Kingis Quair clxiii To se the sudayn weltering Of that Ilk quhele [of Fortune]. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella Sonn. xxx If in the Scottish Court be weltering yet. 1588 in Rep. Commiss. Univ. Scot. (1837) III. 193 In this confused tyme (quhen all folkis ar loukand to the weltering of the warld). 3. The rolling and tossing (of waves); the surging (of water, the sea). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [noun] > surging, rolling, or heaving walteringc1400 washing?1473 rolling1485 walterc1540 surging1585 boil1805 welteringa1807 seethe1816 ride1822 whelm1842 welter1849 washing in1877 wash1883 a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) vi. 182 Surpassing Life, which out of space and time, Nor touch'd by welterings of passion. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 228 And oft in dreams, the..sinner..heard the weltering of the waves of wrath. 1851 R. C. Trench Poems 73 'Mid the long weltering of the dreariest surge. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason iv. 88 A figure standing, with wide wings of gold, Upright, amid the weltering of the sea. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2019). welteringadj. Etymology: < welter v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈweltering. 1. a. Of the sea: That tumbles and tosses; raging, surging. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adjective] > rough woodc900 drofc1000 bremea1300 scaldinga1300 sharp1377 wrothc1400 welteringc1420 rude?a1439 wawishc1450 wallya1522 robustuousa1544 troublesome1560 turbulent1573 boisterous?1594 lofty1600 enridged1608 hollow1705 ugly1744 testy1833 topping1857 seething1871 troughy1877 c1420 Wyntoun Cron. iv. 203 Qwhil þe weltrande wawis keyn Sulde a part asswagit beyn. 1423 Kingis Quair c In the huge weltering wawis..Off lufis rage. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 719 The se wald rys on sic maner, That off the wawys the weltrand hycht Wald refe thaim oft off thar sycht. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 170 No..wrath of weltring waues could stay, those martiall mates at home. 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xii, in Poems 7 While the Creator Great..bid the weltring waves their oozy channel keep. 1771 J. Beattie Minstrel: Bk. 1st lvi. 29 The deep roar Of the wide-weltering waves. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 20 The straining and groaning of bulk heads, as the ship laboured in the weltering sea, were frightful. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xiv. 20 As when the face Of the great deep grows dark with weltering waves. 1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 306 I trembled for his life in such a weltering whirl of rock-torn sea. b. That is in a state of agitation, turmoil, or confusion. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [adjective] troublousc1449 unquiet?1520 troublesome1548 tumultuous1548 disturbed1593 hurly-burly1598 wild1600 unsettled1605 routing1634 tumultuary1650 dissettled1673 embroiled1709 weltering1831 1831 T. Carlyle Niebelungenlied in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) III. 71 A firm sunny island amid the weltering chaos of antique tradition. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. vii. 103 The weltering mass of bullocks, pigs, and human beings. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 329 That vast weltering mass of idolatry and corruption. 1890 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ I. 195 You restless, heaving, weltering kingdoms of Time, mock us not. †2. Scottish. a. Moving clumsily or unsteadily. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > awkward or clumsy shailing1398 weltering1570 scambling1633 shambling1690 walloping1837 festoony1843 1570 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Morall Fabillis (Charteris) sig. E The wyld Once, the Buk, the Velterand [?a1500 balterand] Brok. b. Rolling. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [adjective] > rolling or tumbling about > wallowing wallowing?c1225 weltering?1553 weltered1590 ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1643 in Shorter Poems (1967) 104 Thair mycht I se..The weltrand [1579 Edinb. welterand] stone wirk Sisipho mych cair. 3. That is tossed about on or by the waves. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > [adjective] > tossed about on weltering?1609 ?1609 J. Healey tr. Bp. J. Hall Discouery New World iii. ii. 129 They..hold it fondnesse to hazard their liues either on a stumbling iade, or in a weltring barge. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake vi. 274 Another flash!—the spearman floats A weltering corse beside the boats. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xliii. 377 They had drifted fourteen days, tossed up and down on the heaving waves of Adria, a weltering plaything for the gale. 4. Lying prostrate in blood; saturated with blood. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > discharge or flux > [adjective] > of blood > bleeding bloodyOE bleedinga1250 railinga1470 sanguinolent1598 sanguifluous1684 haemorrhagious1753 weltering1816 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III li. 28 And Slaughter heap'd on high his weltering ranks. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xvii. 27 It is humbling to tread O'er the weltering field of the tombless dead. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2020). > as lemmas ˈweltering ˈweltering adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > having lost freshness > losing freshness welkinga1400 withering1599 weltering1657 1657 F. Cockin Divine Blossomes 18 Your fading honour I esteem as dung, Earth's weltering glory as the dirt in street. extracted from welterv.² < n.1423adj.c1420 as lemmas
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