| 释义 |
ˈretheness Obs. exc. Sc.
[See rethe a.]
Fierceness, roughness, asperity. Also Sc. eagerness, ardour (Jam. 1882).
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xvii. 125 Sua eac ðam lareowe is to monianne ða lieðnesse wið ða reðnesse. c900Bæda's Hist. v. i, To þon ðætte þurh all sio roeðnis ðæs stormes wæs blinnende. 971Blickl. Hom. 43 Þone læddon feower awyrᵹde englas mid mycelre reþnesse. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 372 Wið hunda reðnysse & wiðerrædnysse. a1300Cursor M. 22667 Þe angels þat in heuen sal be..For þat rethnes sal þai be radd. c1450Holland Howlat 239 Thir ar na foulis of ref, nor of rethnas. |