单词 | afingered |
释义 | † afingeredadj. Obsolete. Oppressed with hunger, famished, very hungry. Chiefly in predicative use. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > hungry > extremely hungry afingered?a1300 anhungereda1387 ahungereda1450 ravened1627 ravenous1648 gaunt1746 yird-hungry1825 wolfish1848 ?a1300 Fox & Wolf 110 in G. H. McKnight Middle Eng. Humorous Tales (1913) 29 (MED) He wes afingret swiþe; Noþing he ne founde..Wer-mide his honger aquenche miȝtte. c1300 St. Brendan (Harl.) (1844) 19 (MED) Hi were afingred [c1300 Laud ofhongred] sore, for here mete was al ido. c1330 Simonie (Auch.) (1991) l. 418 Anoþer derþe of corn Þat..made seli pore men afingred in here mouþ Ful sore. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. vi. l. 269 After many manere metes his maw is afyngred. a1450 (a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Rawl.) (1960) A. xii. l. 59 (MED) The fyrste ferly I fond afyngrid me made. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 122 (A Cornishman says) Iche chaym yll afyngred. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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