widden-dreamn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪd(ə)ndriːm/, U.S.

/ˈwɪd(ə)nˌdrim/, Scottish English

/ˈwɪd(ə)ndrim/

Forms: Old English woden-dream, late Middle English woden-drem, 1700s 1900s wooden-dream, 1700s– widden-dream, 1800s 2000s– widden-dreme, 1800s– wudden-dream Brit.

/ˈwʌd(ə)ndriːm/, U.S.

/ˈwəd(ə)nˌdrim/, Scottish English

/ˈwʌd(ə)ndrim/.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English *wēden-drēam.

Etymology: Probably an alteration of an unattested Old English compound *wēden-drēam ( < wēden raving, frenzied, mad ( < the Germanic base of wood adj. + the Germanic base of -en suffix⁴) + dream n.¹ (compare sense 3 at that entry)), after Old English wōd-drēam and wōd drēam (see note). Old English wēden is attested in several compounds, e.g. wēden-heort mad, insane (compare heart n.), wēden-sēoc mad, possessed by an evil spirit (compare sick adj.), and wedenonfa' n. Compare later widdrim n.Compare Old English wōd-drēam delusion, illusion, phantom ( < wood adj. + dream n.¹) and also the parallel syntactic combination of adjective and noun wōd drēam frenzy, delirium, demonic possession (see wood dream at dream n.¹ 3):eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iii. vi. 60 Sume Romana wif on swelcum scinlace wurdon, & on swelcum wodan dreame, þæt hie woldon ælcne mon, ge wif ge wæpned, þara þe hie mehton, mid atre acwellan.eOE Royal Psalter xcv. 5 Quoniam omnes dii gentium demonia : godas þeoda woddreamas.OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxv. 479 Ealswa Egeas þe Andream ahencg, þærrihte on wodan dreame geendode.OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) viii. 68 Seo dohtor, þe on wodum dreame læg dweligende.

Scottish in later use (now literary).

A state of mental disturbance or confusion; madness, frenzy; a wild fit. Also: a nightmare (literal and figurative). Frequently in in a widden-dream: all of a sudden; (also) in a state of great urgency or mental excitement.

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

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] > fit of

widden-dreamOE

taking?1552

spell1856

wobbler1942

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] > insanity or madness > fit of madness

widden-dreamOE

resea1300

ragec1330

lunacy1541

raving1549

fit1594

moon1607

ravening1607

lunesa1616

rapturea1616

widdrim1644

raptus1740

brain storm1890

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > in haste or in a hurry > in a furious hurry

in a widden-dreamOE

OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 204 Furor enim animi cito finitur, uel grauius est quam ira.., reþnes, wodendream.

?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 38 O vanite among alle vanites & no more vanite þan as miche woden drem [L. non vanior quam insanior], þe chirche schynneþ in wowis & sche nediþ in þe pore.

1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 31 At last we, like fierdy follows, flew to't flaught-bred, thinkin to raise it in a widden-dream.

1773 Edinb. Amusement 28 Oct. 146 Ae morning in a woodendream I raise.

1820 Scots Mag. May 423 In a widdendreme, the thunder-leem Shot ower me blae as lead.

1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxix. 271 [He] should, in a sort of reckless ‘wudden dream’, determine that [etc.].

1905 W. Skene East Neuk Chron. 45 In a wooden dream the young man, not knowing what he was about, clambered out by the skylight.

1991 E. McDonald Gangan Fuit 27 Whan the sheilin's duin The mool maun haud sic wudden dreams As mak us raither bide sair hudden doun.

2005 S. Blackhall Win & Rain 21 The western pleisur sikkin fowk lived throw thon widdendreme.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	widden-dream
释义	widden-dreamn. Brit. /ˈwɪd(ə)ndriːm/, U.S. /ˈwɪd(ə)nˌdrim/, Scottish English /ˈwɪd(ə)ndrim/ Forms: Old English woden-dream, late Middle English woden-drem, 1700s 1900s wooden-dream, 1700s– widden-dream, 1800s 2000s– widden-dreme, 1800s– wudden-dream Brit. /ˈwʌd(ə)ndriːm/, U.S. /ˈwəd(ə)nˌdrim/, Scottish English /ˈwʌd(ə)ndrim/. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English wēden-drēam. Etymology: Probably an alteration of an unattested Old English compound wēden-drēam ( < wēden raving, frenzied, mad ( < the Germanic base of wood adj. + the Germanic base of -en suffix⁴) + dream n.¹ (compare sense 3 at that entry)), after Old English wōd-drēam and wōd drēam (see note). Old English wēden is attested in several compounds, e.g. wēden-heort mad, insane (compare heart n.), wēden-sēoc mad, possessed by an evil spirit (compare sick adj.), and wedenonfa' n. Compare later widdrim n.Compare Old English wōd-drēam delusion, illusion, phantom ( < wood adj. + dream n.¹) and also the parallel syntactic combination of adjective and noun wōd drēam frenzy, delirium, demonic possession (see wood dream at dream n.¹ 3):eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iii. vi. 60 Sume Romana wif on swelcum scinlace wurdon, & on swelcum wodan dreame, þæt hie woldon ælcne mon, ge wif ge wæpned, þara þe hie mehton, mid atre acwellan.eOE Royal Psalter xcv. 5 Quoniam omnes dii gentium demonia : godas þeoda woddreamas.OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxv. 479 Ealswa Egeas þe Andream ahencg, þærrihte on wodan dreame geendode.OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) viii. 68 Seo dohtor, þe on wodum dreame læg dweligende. Scottish in later use (now literary). A state of mental disturbance or confusion; madness, frenzy; a wild fit. Also: a nightmare (literal and figurative). Frequently in in a widden-dream: all of a sudden; (also) in a state of great urgency or mental excitement. 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 the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] > fit of widden-dreamOE taking?1552 spell1856 wobbler1942 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [noun] > insanity or madness > fit of madness widden-dreamOE resea1300 ragec1330 lunacy1541 raving1549 fit1594 moon1607 ravening1607 lunesa1616 rapturea1616 widdrim1644 raptus1740 brain storm1890 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > with rapid action [phrase] > in haste or in a hurry > in a furious hurry in a widden-dreamOE OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 204 Furor enim animi cito finitur, uel grauius est quam ira.., reþnes, wodendream. ?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 38 O vanite among alle vanites & no more vanite þan as miche woden drem [L. non vanior quam insanior], þe chirche schynneþ in wowis & sche nediþ in þe pore. 1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 31 At last we, like fierdy follows, flew to't flaught-bred, thinkin to raise it in a widden-dream. 1773 Edinb. Amusement 28 Oct. 146 Ae morning in a woodendream I raise. 1820 Scots Mag. May 423 In a widdendreme, the thunder-leem Shot ower me blae as lead. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xxxix. 271 [He] should, in a sort of reckless ‘wudden dream’, determine that [etc.]. 1905 W. Skene East Neuk Chron. 45 In a wooden dream the young man, not knowing what he was about, clambered out by the skylight. 1991 E. McDonald Gangan Fuit 27 Whan the sheilin's duin The mool maun haud sic wudden dreams As mak us raither bide sair hudden doun. 2005 S. Blackhall Win & Rain 21 The western pleisur sikkin fowk lived throw thon widdendreme. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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