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单词 wothe
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wothen.adj.

Forms: α. Middle English waþe ( quaþe), Middle English wathe (Middle English waghe, ? wauhte, Scottish vathe); Middle English wath ( quat, Middle English Scottish vath); Middle English wayth, Middle English Scottish waith. β. Middle English wothe, Middle English woth.
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse *wāðe.
Etymology: < Old Norse *wāðe (Old Norwegian and Icelandic váðe, váði, Norwegian vaade, vaae; Middle Swedish vaþe, vadhe, Swedish våde, Danish vaade), perhaps < *wā (Old Norwegian and Icelandic ), harm, disaster.
Obsolete.
A. n.
The condition of being exposed to or liable to injury or harm; danger, peril; hurt or harm; a cause of harm or injury. Also const. of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [noun]
plighteOE
hauhtc1200
peril?c1225
wothea1300
werea1325
jeopardyc1374
menacea1400
thronga1400
jeopardc1400
unplighta1425
dangering1488
danger1490
periclitation1527
trance1588
apperila1616
periclitancy1650
imperilment1843
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harm or injury > [noun] > cause of
foea1200
wothea1300
grievancec1386
resentment1683
wound1715
α.
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxiv. 3 Sorwes ofe dede vmgafe me ai, And wathes ofe helle me fand þai.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 1846 Þe stormes starked wit þe wind, Wath vas bifor and sua bihind.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 29362 Quen man es in wath o ded.
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 293 If him com any scaþe, tinselle of seignorie, Tille ȝow it wille be waþe.
c1440 York Myst. v. 65 Nay, certis it is no wathe, Ete it safely ye maye.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 1043 Fast south thai went; to bid it was gret waith.
β. 13.. S. Erkenwolde 233 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 271 Bot for wothe ne wele, ne wrathe ne drede..I remewit neuer fro þe riȝt.c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 375 Bot much þe bygger ȝet was my mon, Fro þou was wroken fro vch a woþe.c1400 26 Pol. Poems xx. 143 She seyþ, þey go to helle woþes.a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 42 Ye shuld not be so spitus, Standyng in sich a woth.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6050 For to wacche and to wake for wothis of harme.
B. adj.
Dangerous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective]
plightlyOE
wothea1300
perilousc1300
wickeda1375
plightfula1400
dreadfulc1400
parlous?a1425
shrewd1482
danger1488
dangerous1490
periculous1533
dangerful1548
dangersome1567
craggy1582
perilsome1593
endangering1601
unsafe1621
imperilous1645
ugly1654
warm1726
neck-break1756
wanchancy1768
uncanny1785
unchancy1786
nasty1828
unhealthy1915
windy1919
a1300 Cursor Mundi 28687 To fall in syn hu gret foly,—hu quat [Cotton Galba wathe] it es þar-in to ly.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4213 Allas! þat i him [sc. Joseph] ouþer oute-sent, þat wai þat was so wath to wend.

Derivatives

wothely adv. [ < Icelandic váðaliga, Middle Swedish vadhelika, vadelige] Obsolete dangerously, perilously.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adverb]
perilously1340
wothely?a1400
parlouslyc1425
jeopardouslya1513
dangerously?1544
dangerfully1548
dangerousa1616
badly1673
poisonously1746
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2090 This gentille..wondes alle wathely, that in the waye stondez!
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2186 I am wathely woundide, waresche mone I neuer!
c1420 Anturs of Arth. (Thornton) 303 Arthure..Salle be wondede, I wysse, fulle wathely [Douce woþely; Irel. wothelik], I wene.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8827 Achilles woundit full wothely in were of his lyffe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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