| 释义 |
† ˈwitherful, a. Obs.
[f. wither n.1 + -ful.]
a. Hostile; wicked, evil.
b. Bold, valiant. Hence † ˈwitherfulness, wickedness.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 51 Hise wiðerfulle hine, þo ben deules on helle. Ibid. 63 Dissoluere colligaciones impietatis..þat unbindeð þe bendes of wiðerfulnesse. c1205Lay. 21520 To þan scipen wenden wiðer-fulle cheorles. Ibid. 25264 Arður his writ nom an honden mid wiðer-fulle worden. |