| 释义 |
† wildern, a. and n. Obs.
Forms: 1 wilddeoren, 3–5 wilderne, (3 wulderne), 4 wildern, 5 wylderne; 3–4 wildren, 4 wildrin, wyldren.
[OE. wilddéoren, f. wilddéor wild deer + -en4.]
A. adj. Wild, savage, desert.
a1050Liber Scintill. xxv. (1889) 99 Cum feralibus dentibus, mid wilddeorenum toþum. a1300Cursor M. 3081 [Ysmael] wond als a wildren man. Ibid. 4080 His breþer in þe wildrin land. Ibid. 5734, 10293. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 297 Ande euer walteres þis whal bi wyldren depe.
B. n. = wilderness.
The genitive of this word is indistinguishable in form from next.
c1200Vices & Virtues 137 Þo þe he faste fowerti daiȝes on ða wilderne. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 127 He makede his wunienge in þe wilderne. a1225Ancr. R. 160 He..wende into onliche stude iðe wildernesse [MS. C. wilderne]. 13..Cursor M. 5852 (Gött.) To worschip god in wildrenes land. c1375Ibid. 5734 (Fairf.) His flok he fedde a-pon a tide Bi a wildernes side. a1400Sir Orfeo 212 (MS. Ashm. 61, lf. 153) To wylderne I wyll gone..And lyve þer in holtys hore. |
