| 释义 |
▪ I. † misˈhope, n. Obs.
[mis-1 7. Cf. MDu. mishope, MSw. mishop.]
Despair.
a1300Cursor M. 27050 For sli mis-hope þat þai lij in, ne dar þai nakin god bigin. c1400Rule St. Benet (Prose) 9 Þat ye ne falle in na mis-hope, bot in godis trouȝ to liue. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 5889 Mys hope of þair synn. 1506Kalender of Sheph. I j b (1892) III. 93 Myshope.
▪ II. † misˈhope, v. Obs.
[mis-1 7. Cf. MDu. mishopen, MHG. missehoffen, MSw. mishoppa.]
1. trans. To fail to hope in.
a1240Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 213 Ich ne mishopie þe nout.
2. intr. To despair.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 8439 Þat a man myshope noght Þogh he haue grete temptyng of þoght. a1340Hampole Psalter xliii. 20 Myshopand of thi goednes. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 346 How myȝte þis Ladi myshope þat ne she shulde come to hevene? |