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wintered, a.|ˈwɪntəd|
Forms: (1 ᵹewintred), 3 wintred, (Orm.) winntredd, 6–9 wintred, 6– wintered.
[OE. ᵹewintred, f. ᵹe- y- + winter winter n.1 + -ed, -ed.]
†1. Having lived through or experienced many winters or years (cf. winter n.1 2); aged; veteran. In OE. also = ‘of age’, grown up. Obs.
The meaning in the last quot. is doubtful.
688–95Laws of Ine xxxviii. (Liebermann), Healden þa mægas þone frumstol, Oð ðæt hit [sc. the child] ᵹewintred sie. c893ælfred Oros. vi. xxxi. §1 Hi hiene nieddon to leornunga, þeh he ᵹewintred wære. c1200Ormin 746 Sannt Johan wass streonedd ta Þurrh faderr & þurrh moderr, Þatt time þatt teȝȝ wærenn ba Winntrede menn & alde. 1594Kyd Cornelia iv. i, Backt With wintered souldiers vs'd to conquering [Garnier vne armee, De fieres legions à vaincre accoustumee]. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 66 The action is entred, the complaint of her [sc. a turbot's] wintered browes presented.
2. Exposed to the influence of winter; subjected to wintry conditions; chilled or blasted by winter.
c1205Lay. 101 Þa scipen foren wide ȝeon þare wintrede sæ. 1556J. Heywood Spider & F. i. 4 In field so florishing That wintered withered stalks stand in couart. 1596Lodge Marg. Amer. 21 First shall the sunne be seene without his flame, The wintred mountaines without frost or ice. 1804A. Seward Mem. Darwin 293 The late and wintered period of Autumn. 1879G. Macdonald Sir Gibbie III. xv. 241 Something like a flash of cold moonlight on wintred water gleamed over..his poor focusless eyes. 1889Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Thro' Long Night ii. xx, He would welcome her as the wintered earth welcomes the fresh young spring.
†3. Adapted for or used in winter. Obs. rare—1.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. ii. 111 Wintred garments must be linde. |