| 单词 |
metheful |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † ˈmetheful, a.1 Obs. [OE. mǽþfull: see methe n. and -ful.] Moderate; gentle.
c1000ælfric Gram. xxxviii. (Z.) 236 Humanus mæðfull oððe mennisclic. a1225Ancr. R. 430 Inouh meðful ich am, þet bidde so lutel. a1240Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 257 Meaðful in alles cunnes estes. a1310in Wright Lyric P. 32 A mihti methful mai, that ous hath cast from cares colde. 13..Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. l. 557 Drink þat þou beo meþful, And lyue in hele good. c1425Eng. Conq. Irel. 112 He was a man methefull, suttell, & stalwarth. Hence † methefully a. and adv., moderate(ly); † methefulness, moderation.
a1225Ancr. R. 414 Non ancre ne ouh forto nimen bute gnedeliche [MS. C. meðfulliche] þet hire to neodeð. a1300E.E. Psalter xxxviii. 7 Loke, methfullike [mensurabiles] mi daies set þou. 1357Methefulnesse [see methe n. 2]. ▪ II. † ˈmetheful, a.2 Obs. In 3 methful. [f. OE. méðe weary + -ful.] Weary.
a1300E.E. Psalter iii. 5, I am methful, for i slepe. |
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