afieldadv.

Brit.

/əˈfiːld/, U.S.

/əˈfild/

Forms:

α. Old English on felda, late Old English on feld, late Old English on feldæ, late Old English–early Middle English on felde, early Middle English o felde.

β. Old English a felda (rare), Middle English a feelde, Middle English afeld, Middle English a-feld, Middle English afelde, Middle English a-felde, Middle English a felde, late Middle English afell (Irish English), 1500s a fielde, Middle English–1500s a feld, 1500s–1600s a field, 1500s– afield, 1600s 1800s a-field, 1800s aveel (Irish English (Wexford)), 1800s– avield (English regional (south-western)); Scottish pre-1700 afaill, pre-1700 afeild, pre-1700 a-feild, pre-1700 a feild, pre-1700 afeld, pre-1700 a feld, pre-1700 afeyld, pre-1700 affeild, pre-1700 affeill, pre-1700 affild, pre-1700 a field, pre-1700 1700s– afield, 1700s a-fiel', 1700s a-fiel.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: on prep., field n.¹

Etymology: < on prep. + field n.¹ In β. forms with reduction of the first element (see a prep.¹).

a. On or in a field; spec. (a) out in the fields; engaged in agricultural labour; (b) out in the countryside; engaged in an outdoor pursuit such as hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, etc.; (c) on the battlefield; (d) on the field of play.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [adverb]

afieldOE

α.

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) cxlii. 184 Ðeos wyrt ðe man..gorst nemneþ is twegea cynna, oþer byþ cenned on wyrtunum, [o]ðer ut on felda.

OE Battle of Maldon (1942) 241 Forþan wearð her on felda folc totwæmed, scyldburh tobrocen.

β. OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) liv. 285 Þe willað ealle ut a felda [L. in agro rustici] and ealle æcerceorlas and ealle wineardwealas dæghwamlice tælan, gif þu angean þines hades behat wilt wunian mid wifum.?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) 41 (MED) Me þuȝte, ase ich slepte, afeld þat we were.a1350 (?c1225) King Horn (Harl.) (1901) l. 997 (MED) He sloh afelde him þat is fader aquelde.c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 69 (MED) Also þat he be boþ a feelde and at woode delyuered and wel eyed.a1450 MS Bodl. 779 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 400 (MED) He wold afeld himself alone be.1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. iii. 69 Æneas is a field . a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vi. 30 When thou didst keepe my Lambes a-field . 1719 F. Peck Sighs upon Death of Queen Anne 54 Those Tidings glad Which Angels to the wondring Shepherds sung Afield, at Midnight Hour.1789 R. Burns in D. Sillar Poems To Author 11 My chief, amaist my only pleasure, At hame, a-fiel, at wark or leisure.1853 M. Arnold Sohrab & Rustum in Poems (new ed.) 20 As afield the reapers cut a swathe.1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. i. i. 1 Fernando was afield against the Moors in what he called a holy war.1916 Pop. Mech. Mar. 107 (advt.) To everyone who shoots, it will bring increased pleasure afield.1948 L. Allen Cincinnati Reds xxiii. 215 A tremendous hitter, though a man who was apt to do almost anything afield, Babe had been the central figure in the bizarre aggregation of Dodgers gathered together by manager Wilbert Robinson.1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 109 The casual observer will have considerable difficulty identifying the species while afield.1989 W. S. Brophy Marlin Firearms ii. 234/1 The use of modern alloy steels..makes this modern version a stronger, lighter and more reliable rifle afield.2009 F. Bouwman Camp Cooking i. 13 Enjoying a meal of this type will provide your camp with one of the finest meals you will ever enjoy either at home or afield.

b. To or into a field; spec. (a) out into the fields; to engage in agricultural labour; (b) out into the countryside; to engage in an outdoor pursuit such as hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, etc.; (c) to the battlefield; into battle; (d) to or on to the field of play.

ΚΠ

α.

lOE St. Margaret (Corpus Cambr.) (1994) 154 Ða gewearð hit on anum dæge þæt hire fostermoder hi het gan mid oþrum fæmnum on feld, sceap to hawienne.

lOE Bounds (Sawyer 423) in M. A. O'Donovan Charters of Sherborne (1988) 28 Þonon on æsc leage, of þam æsce forþ on hagan on gerihte ut on feld on anne stan.

a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 269 [The fox] goð o felde to a furȝ & falleð ðar inne.

β. ?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) l. 64 (MED) Þis breþren wendeþ afeld to witen here fe, Ac Iosep leuede at hom.c1300 St. Margarete (Harl.) l. 39 in O. Cockayne Seinte Marherete (1866) 25 (MED) Hir norice hir sende ofte adai wiþ hire schip afelde.c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. ix. l. 198 (MED) Peers..putte hem alle to werke..in donge afeld berynge.1457–8 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 298 (MED) Every man that hath swyne withyn the cytte, that they make hame be dryve afell at the an owre.a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iv. sig. C.j^v Oh your coustrelyng Bore the lanterne a fielde before the gozelyng.1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iv. 75 Each shepheards daughter with her cleanly Peale, Was come afield to milke the Mornings meale.1669 W. Wycherley Hero & Leander in Burlesque 22 Fate not half so meek as now adays, Contented to take up with bloodless frays, Sends folkes afield to measure Swords, and Valour.1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses x. 115 Then they a-field Their Cattle drive.1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 138. ⁋11 In harvest she rides afield in the waggon.1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales in London Lit. Gaz. 18 Aug. 537/1 We are not..charmed with the blithe carol of the lark as we proceed early afield.1888 R. Grant Jack Hall vii. 210 The ball goes afield grandly, but Billy Douglas is under it before it falls, and Hamlen makes the third out.1912 F. A. Steel King-errant ii. ii. 157 He tried to resume his ordinary life and actually started to lead his army afield.1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI liii. 25 With gold cup of wheat-wine That he go afield to spring ploughing.1999 Kansas Wildlife & Parks Nov. 14/3 The hunting ‘blue law’ was repealed in 1935, allowing sportsmen to go afield on Sunday.2009 J. Kuntz Baseball Fiends & Flying Machines iii. 31 Even Anson was anxious to put a team afield as early as possible in 1890.

a. Away from home, abroad; to or at a distance. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

(a) Not modified by adverb of distance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > [adverb] > away from some recognized place

outeOE

thencec1290

thenne1297

hencec1300

forth14..

afield1483

offward1582

therehence1611

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adverb] > home > at home > not

outOE

from homec1225

afield1483

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) v. x. f. cj Pacyence come pryckyng with a sobre chere and hitte Ire in the helme that it flewe a feld.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iii. vi. f. 28^v/1 Yis Metellane..gouernyt all materis baith at hame and a feld with gret felicite.

1597 J. Melville Ane Fruitful & Comfortable Exhortatioun Anent Death 19 Shuiting his darts continuallie, and never missing be Land, be Sea; be day, be night; at home, or a field.

c1650 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Grandtully (1868) II. 144 Ȝour brother steyis to long afeild.

1738 J. Fraser Mem. vi. 134 I came Home at last, and was a little more taken up in Duty when at home then when afield.

1816 E. Thomas Purity of Heart iv. 42 He..had quitted the post assigned him by providence in his own household, to wander afield in the ring of folly.

1876 Littell's Living Age 5 Aug. 367/2 Since the history of art was thus neglected at home, Dodd naturally looked more afield.

1904 T. C. Allbutt Notes on Composition Sci. Papers ii. 116 Let him not search afield for long and complicated forms and elaborated words..; if he can get well home on his ideas the simplest and closest words will do.

1965 Billboard 13 Nov. 53/3 Laurie Records is venturing more afield to break records, vice-president and sales manager Eddie Mathews reported Thursday.

2010 S. M. Richman Reconsidering Trenton ii. vi. 132 The city's loss of manufacturing caused its citizens to look afield for employment.

(b) In far (also farther, farthest) afield.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [adverb] > at some distance

far afield1617

someway1859

1617 Bruce's Way to True Peace & Rest 77 Thou hast thy soule poured forth on some villany and wickednesse, and hast sent it farre afield.

1745 Scots Mag. Apr. 176/1 Imagination wanders far afield.

1792 Analyt. Rev. Aug. 413 Doubtless some few there are, Who for knights errant, Need not, I'll warrant, To wander far afield.

1833 I. P. Cory Metaphys. Inq. 80 Whilst conjecture runs furthest afield, truth is often overlooked.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xi. 166 I had..never been farther a-field than Fulham or Battersea Rise.

1880 T. A. Spalding Elizabethan Demonol. 9 It will prevent the student from straying too far afield in his reading.

1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman xxiv. 265 Mary Isbister came in with a long story of a hen that had laid far afield and hatched a misbegotten brood, and now brought them home to be cared for.

1960 F. G. Bailey Tribe, Caste, & Nation i. iv. 86 The sisters of the Baderi men do not marry any further afield than they did in the time when the area was not pacified, nor do the men of Baderi go further afield in search of brides.

1990 B. Bryson Mother Tongue iii. 42 Catalan, a language midway between Spanish and French, spoken by 250,000 people principally in Catalonia but also as far afield as Roussillon in France, was likewise long banned in Spain.

2009 J. Lethem Chronic City v. 74 Aboveground, he walked north on Sixth. This was the farthest afield Perkus had traveled in many months, perhaps in over a year.

b. Away from one's subject; astray. Frequently to lead afield.

ΚΠ

1863 Press 28 Nov. 1146/2 He strikes home to the heart of his subject, and seldom permits himself to be led a-field into episode.

1887 Nation (N.Y.) 12 May 412/1 He is utterly afield as to Greek art.

1942 Rev. Politics 4 371 The issues in the labor area might easily have led him afield.

2000 Internat. Jrnl. Classical Trad. 6 617 Levi is from time to time led afield into abstruse detail only tangential to the poem under review.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	afield
释义	afieldadv. Brit. /əˈfiːld/, U.S. /əˈfild/ Forms: α. Old English on felda, late Old English on feld, late Old English on feldæ, late Old English–early Middle English on felde, early Middle English o felde. β. Old English a felda (rare), Middle English a feelde, Middle English afeld, Middle English a-feld, Middle English afelde, Middle English a-felde, Middle English a felde, late Middle English afell (Irish English), 1500s a fielde, Middle English–1500s a feld, 1500s–1600s a field, 1500s– afield, 1600s 1800s a-field, 1800s aveel (Irish English (Wexford)), 1800s– avield (English regional (south-western)); Scottish pre-1700 afaill, pre-1700 afeild, pre-1700 a-feild, pre-1700 a feild, pre-1700 afeld, pre-1700 a feld, pre-1700 afeyld, pre-1700 affeild, pre-1700 affeill, pre-1700 affild, pre-1700 a field, pre-1700 1700s– afield, 1700s a-fiel', 1700s a-fiel. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: on prep., field n.¹ Etymology: < on prep. + field n.¹ In β. forms with reduction of the first element (see a prep.¹). 1. a. On or in a field; spec. (a) out in the fields; engaged in agricultural labour; (b) out in the countryside; engaged in an outdoor pursuit such as hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, etc.; (c) on the battlefield; (d) on the field of play. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [adverb] afieldOE α. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) cxlii. 184 Ðeos wyrt ðe man..gorst nemneþ is twegea cynna, oþer byþ cenned on wyrtunum, [o]ðer ut on felda. OE Battle of Maldon (1942) 241 Forþan wearð her on felda folc totwæmed, scyldburh tobrocen. β. OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) liv. 285 Þe willað ealle ut a felda [L. in agro rustici] and ealle æcerceorlas and ealle wineardwealas dæghwamlice tælan, gif þu angean þines hades behat wilt wunian mid wifum.?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) 41 (MED) Me þuȝte, ase ich slepte, afeld þat we were.a1350 (?c1225) King Horn (Harl.) (1901) l. 997 (MED) He sloh afelde him þat is fader aquelde.c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 69 (MED) Also þat he be boþ a feelde and at woode delyuered and wel eyed.a1450 MS Bodl. 779 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 400 (MED) He wold afeld himself alone be.1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. iii. 69 Æneas is a field . View more context for this quotationa1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vi. 30 When thou didst keepe my Lambes a-field . View more context for this quotation1719 F. Peck Sighs upon Death of Queen Anne 54 Those Tidings glad Which Angels to the wondring Shepherds sung Afield, at Midnight Hour.1789 R. Burns in D. Sillar Poems To Author 11 My chief, amaist my only pleasure, At hame, a-fiel, at wark or leisure.1853 M. Arnold Sohrab & Rustum in Poems (new ed.) 20 As afield the reapers cut a swathe.1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. i. i. 1 Fernando was afield against the Moors in what he called a holy war.1916 Pop. Mech. Mar. 107 (advt.) To everyone who shoots, it will bring increased pleasure afield.1948 L. Allen Cincinnati Reds xxiii. 215 A tremendous hitter, though a man who was apt to do almost anything afield, Babe had been the central figure in the bizarre aggregation of Dodgers gathered together by manager Wilbert Robinson.1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 109 The casual observer will have considerable difficulty identifying the species while afield.1989 W. S. Brophy Marlin Firearms ii. 234/1 The use of modern alloy steels..makes this modern version a stronger, lighter and more reliable rifle afield.2009 F. Bouwman Camp Cooking i. 13 Enjoying a meal of this type will provide your camp with one of the finest meals you will ever enjoy either at home or afield. b. To or into a field; spec. (a) out into the fields; to engage in agricultural labour; (b) out into the countryside; to engage in an outdoor pursuit such as hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, etc.; (c) to the battlefield; into battle; (d) to or on to the field of play. ΚΠ α. lOE St. Margaret (Corpus Cambr.) (1994) 154 Ða gewearð hit on anum dæge þæt hire fostermoder hi het gan mid oþrum fæmnum on feld, sceap to hawienne. lOE Bounds (Sawyer 423) in M. A. O'Donovan Charters of Sherborne (1988) 28 Þonon on æsc leage, of þam æsce forþ on hagan on gerihte ut on feld on anne stan. a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 269 [The fox] goð o felde to a furȝ & falleð ðar inne. β. ?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) l. 64 (MED) Þis breþren wendeþ afeld to witen here fe, Ac Iosep leuede at hom.c1300 St. Margarete (Harl.) l. 39 in O. Cockayne Seinte Marherete (1866) 25 (MED) Hir norice hir sende ofte adai wiþ hire schip afelde.c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. ix. l. 198 (MED) Peers..putte hem alle to werke..in donge afeld berynge.1457–8 in J. T. Gilbert Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 298 (MED) Every man that hath swyne withyn the cytte, that they make hame be dryve afell at the an owre.a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iv. sig. C.j^v Oh your coustrelyng Bore the lanterne a fielde before the gozelyng.1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iv. 75 Each shepheards daughter with her cleanly Peale, Was come afield to milke the Mornings meale.1669 W. Wycherley Hero & Leander in Burlesque 22 Fate not half so meek as now adays, Contented to take up with bloodless frays, Sends folkes afield to measure Swords, and Valour.1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses x. 115 Then they a-field Their Cattle drive.1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 138. ⁋11 In harvest she rides afield in the waggon.1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales in London Lit. Gaz. 18 Aug. 537/1 We are not..charmed with the blithe carol of the lark as we proceed early afield.1888 R. Grant Jack Hall vii. 210 The ball goes afield grandly, but Billy Douglas is under it before it falls, and Hamlen makes the third out.1912 F. A. Steel King-errant ii. ii. 157 He tried to resume his ordinary life and actually started to lead his army afield.1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI liii. 25 With gold cup of wheat-wine That he go afield to spring ploughing.1999 Kansas Wildlife & Parks Nov. 14/3 The hunting ‘blue law’ was repealed in 1935, allowing sportsmen to go afield on Sunday.2009 J. Kuntz Baseball Fiends & Flying Machines iii. 31 Even Anson was anxious to put a team afield as early as possible in 1890. 2. a. Away from home, abroad; to or at a distance. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. (a) Not modified by adverb of distance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > [adverb] > away from some recognized place outeOE thencec1290 thenne1297 hencec1300 forth14.. afield1483 offward1582 therehence1611 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adverb] > home > at home > not outOE from homec1225 afield1483 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) v. x. f. cj Pacyence come pryckyng with a sobre chere and hitte Ire in the helme that it flewe a feld. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iii. vi. f. 28^v/1 Yis Metellane..gouernyt all materis baith at hame and a feld with gret felicite. 1597 J. Melville Ane Fruitful & Comfortable Exhortatioun Anent Death 19 Shuiting his darts continuallie, and never missing be Land, be Sea; be day, be night; at home, or a field. c1650 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Grandtully (1868) II. 144 Ȝour brother steyis to long afeild. 1738 J. Fraser Mem. vi. 134 I came Home at last, and was a little more taken up in Duty when at home then when afield. 1816 E. Thomas Purity of Heart iv. 42 He..had quitted the post assigned him by providence in his own household, to wander afield in the ring of folly. 1876 Littell's Living Age 5 Aug. 367/2 Since the history of art was thus neglected at home, Dodd naturally looked more afield. 1904 T. C. Allbutt Notes on Composition Sci. Papers ii. 116 Let him not search afield for long and complicated forms and elaborated words..; if he can get well home on his ideas the simplest and closest words will do. 1965 Billboard 13 Nov. 53/3 Laurie Records is venturing more afield to break records, vice-president and sales manager Eddie Mathews reported Thursday. 2010 S. M. Richman Reconsidering Trenton ii. vi. 132 The city's loss of manufacturing caused its citizens to look afield for employment. (b) In far (also farther, farthest) afield. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [adverb] > at some distance far afield1617 someway1859 1617 Bruce's Way to True Peace & Rest 77 Thou hast thy soule poured forth on some villany and wickednesse, and hast sent it farre afield. 1745 Scots Mag. Apr. 176/1 Imagination wanders far afield. 1792 Analyt. Rev. Aug. 413 Doubtless some few there are, Who for knights errant, Need not, I'll warrant, To wander far afield. 1833 I. P. Cory Metaphys. Inq. 80 Whilst conjecture runs furthest afield, truth is often overlooked. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xi. 166 I had..never been farther a-field than Fulham or Battersea Rise. 1880 T. A. Spalding Elizabethan Demonol. 9 It will prevent the student from straying too far afield in his reading. 1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman xxiv. 265 Mary Isbister came in with a long story of a hen that had laid far afield and hatched a misbegotten brood, and now brought them home to be cared for. 1960 F. G. Bailey Tribe, Caste, & Nation i. iv. 86 The sisters of the Baderi men do not marry any further afield than they did in the time when the area was not pacified, nor do the men of Baderi go further afield in search of brides. 1990 B. Bryson Mother Tongue iii. 42 Catalan, a language midway between Spanish and French, spoken by 250,000 people principally in Catalonia but also as far afield as Roussillon in France, was likewise long banned in Spain. 2009 J. Lethem Chronic City v. 74 Aboveground, he walked north on Sixth. This was the farthest afield Perkus had traveled in many months, perhaps in over a year. b. Away from one's subject; astray. Frequently to lead afield. ΚΠ 1863 Press 28 Nov. 1146/2 He strikes home to the heart of his subject, and seldom permits himself to be led a-field into episode. 1887 Nation (N.Y.) 12 May 412/1 He is utterly afield as to Greek art. 1942 Rev. Politics 4 371 The issues in the labor area might easily have led him afield. 2000 Internat. Jrnl. Classical Trad. 6 617 Levi is from time to time led afield into abstruse detail only tangential to the poem under review. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.OE
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