单词 | all-father |
释义 | All-Fathern. Chiefly with the. The father of all, the universal father; a name given to various supreme gods, esp. when considered as creator or progenitor of the human race, spec. a. (A title of) Odin (Woden), the supreme god and creator in Scandinavian mythology. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > northern Aesir1782 All-Father?1790 Vanir1815 ?1790 F. Sayers Dramatic Sketches Anc. Northern Mythol. 9 By Allfather's sacred head, Which bowing shakes the lofty sky. 1810 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 29 321 Nor, by Al-father, shall it be conniv'd at. 1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton iii. 77 Woden, the All-father, was superior to one of his sons. 1929 F. B. Austin Saga of Sea 86 They had all sworn mutual fealty upon the sacred ring of the All-Father. 1950 V. Ferm Forgotten Relig. 239 Odin, the All-father, the supreme among the Aesir. 1997 J. Bowker World Relig. 16/1 The advice of Odin, the All-Father, on such matters was regarded as sacred. b. Applied to God. Cf. father n. 2a. Now somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes horn of salvation (health)c825 fatherOE Our FatherOE leecha1200 searcher of (men's) heartsa1382 untempter1382 headstone of the cornerc1400 Valentinec1450 illuminator1485 sun?1521 righteous maker1535 shepherd1535 verity1535 strengthener1567 gracer1592 heart-searcher1618 heartbreaker1642 sustainera1680 philanthropist1730 the invisible1781 praise1782 All-Father1814 wisdom1855 omniscient1856 engracer1866 inbreather1873 God of the gaps1933 the great —— in the sky1968 1814 R. Southey Roderick xxi. 263 The All-Father..regards Nations, and hues, and dialects alike. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xv. 225 Had we not an All-Father?.. Did He not love us, too, even as we loved each other? 1874 M. Collins Thoughts in Garden (1880) II. i. 11 Doing that which is right, you grasp the hand of the Allfather, and that grasp gives safety. 1945 W. H. Auden Coll. Poetry 69 Only the All-Father Can change the cast or give them Easier lines to say. 2010 W. Wangerin Lett. from Land of Cancer xviii. 164 The reconciliation Christ has effected between the All-Father and all children. c. (A title of) the ancient Greek god Zeus (Jupiter in Roman mythology). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Zeus lightener1598 Zeus1721 All-Father1844 1844 L. Shadwell tr. Homer Iliad iii. 52 Zeus, Allfather, in Ida that reign'st, all-glorious Sov'reign [Gk. Ζεῦ πάτερ Ἴδηθεν μεδέων κύδιστε μέγιστε]. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. viii. 239 The All-Father took his golden scales [Gk. καὶ τότε δὴ χρύσεια πατὴρ ἐτίταινε τάλαντα]. 1925 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 56 186 The All-Father is acting..in the interests of Aeneas and Rome. 1973 J. Weigel Mythology 44 At first a storm-god who wielded the thunderbolt, Zeus became the All-Father who populated the heavens and the earth. 2007 D. Gemmell & S. Gemmell Troy: Fall of Kings (2009) iv. 55 Once a year he made a donation of ten gold ingots to the temple of Zeus the All-Father. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?1790 |
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