eatheithadj.adv.

/iːð/

/iːθ/

Forms: Old English–Middle English eað(e, eð(e, Old English–Middle English eþ(e, Middle English–1500s eth(e, Middle English æþ, eið, eitht, ith, ieþe, yþe, Middle English eyth, (Middle English eeþ, eeth, eȝathe), 1500s eathe, 1500s– eath, Scottish eith.

Etymology: Old English éaþe adverb = Old Saxon ôðo easily, perhaps, Old High German ôdo perhaps (also in un-ôdo ‘with difficulty’) < Germanic *auþô; the combining form éaþ- = Old Norse auð-, as in auð-gǫrr easy to do. Of the adjective the normal Old English form is íeþe, ýþe (also used as adverb) = Old Saxon ôđi easy, Old High German ôdi easy, possible < West Germanic *auþjo-z; perhaps the word was originally an -u stem, which would account for the existence of the form éaþ(e without umlaut. The Old English comparative of the adverb was íeþ, éþ, but there is no distinct evidence of its survival into Middle EnglishIt has been disputed whether the present word is related to Old High German ôdi, Middle High German ôde, œde, modern German öde, Old Norse auðr, Gothic auþs (? or auþeis, auþus), desert, uninhabited, empty. The sense offers no valid objection to the connection of the words, as the notion of ‘empty’ might give rise both to that of ‘desert’ and to that of ‘free from difficulties’.

Obsolete exc. Scottish.

A. adj.

a. Of an action: Easy, not difficult.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > easy to do or accomplish

eathlyc1000

lightOE

eathc1175

easyc1380

facile1484

good1490

easy (also simple, etc.) as pie1890

untroublesome1894

potty1899

sitting1932

cake1968

slow-pitch1981

renable1995

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19673 & crist wass æþ to witenn þatt. Forr crist wat alle þingess.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. xxi In olde men abstinence of mete is eth and esy.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18385 Of eldrin men þai mette wit tuin, þat þai war ald was eth [Gött. ith, Trin. Cambr. eeþ; c1460 Laud ethe] to se.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 676 To fynde hys fere vpon folde, in fayth, is not eþe.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 454 It wes nocht eyth till ta The toune.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. Exclamatioun 28 Far eithar is..Ane othiris sayaris faltis to spy and noyt, Than but offens or falt thame self to wryte.

c1579 A. Montgomerie Navigatioun 200 To the Porte of Leith: To come right in, we thoght it very eith.

1647 H. More Cupid's Confl. xiii And eath it was, since they're so near a kin.

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. lxxiv To stir him from his traunce it was not eath.

1821 A. Wheeler Cumberland Dial. 10 E'en yet its eith to trace A guilty conscience in my blushing feace.

1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 55 Eith working when will's at hame.

b. Of a passage, etc.: That may be travelled with ease, not rough.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be > easily

eathOE

faira1325

easy1340

OE Beowulf 228 Wedera leode..Gode þancedon þæs þe him yþlade eaðe wurdon.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 90 Hereto, the hilles bene nigher heauen, and thence the passage ethe.

1627 P. Fletcher Locustæ i. ix Hels yron gates to every guilty soule yeelds entrance eath.

a. Of the object, means, or method of an action: Making slight resistance; presenting few difficulties; = easy adj., adv., and n. Const. infinitive, usually active in form but passive in sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective]

lightlyOE

eatha1225

easyc1380

tenderc1400

lightsome1440

rife1557

facile1559

eefe1578

problemless1911

easy-breezy1948

without tears1962

a1225 Juliana 57 Wenest tu þat we beon se eð to biwihelin?

a1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 279 Pouerte wið menske is eað for to þolien.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1810) 327 He was symple & myldore, & eþ to ouercome.

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 849 He was ethe ynough to maken dwelle.

c1400 Rom. Rose 3955 A foole is eyth to bigyle.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1764 in Poems (1981) 69 The barne is eith to busk that is vnborne.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 382/1 I woulde euery other thinge wer as ethe to mend as thys is.

a1535 T. More Wks. (R.) 83 For as saint Poule saith, y^e fleshly sinnes be eth to perceiue.

1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 323 A great mountaine is eath to be seene.

1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) Coll. 23 It is eath to do, i. e. Easie.

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xiv. 259 One of our old Scotch proverbs [says] 'God's bairns..are eath to lear,' i. e. easily instructed.

†b. Of a person: Easy to be entreated, gentle; in Middle English with genit, eði modes gentle of mood. Also, Ready, susceptible; const. infinitive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of strictness > [adjective] > lenient

mildeOE

eði modesa1325

easyc1325

sweet1607

lenitive1620

lenient1787

go-easy1901

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective]

passiblec1384

susceptive1577

impressive1593

waxy1594

eath1596

impressible1626

mutual1657

responsive1657

open1672

susceptible1709

unsteeled1744

unblunted1775

sensate1788

affectible1796

tangible1813

suscipient1815

impressionable1833

impressional1860

unseared1860

reachable1873

passionful1902

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2249 God hunne him eði-modes ben.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv.vi. sig. F6 Her gentle hart..More eath was new impression to receiue.

†3. Comfortable, at ease, free from pain.

ΚΠ

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4078 Þa wes his hurte æðe.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1117 Eð [c1300 Otho glad] him wes on heorten.

c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) l. 4078 Þo was he þe eþere.

B. adv.

Easily, without difficulty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb]

lighteOE

eathOE

eathlyc1000

wellc1325

easilyc1384

easy1400

mackly1440

of light?c1450

facilely1490

facile1524

handsomely1538

eaths1594

simply1681

unproblematically1771

slick1825

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective] > free from pain or discomfort

eathOE

easyc1440

smartless1593

pain-free1629

pangless1727

unirritated1793

passionless1859

OE Andreas (1932) 425 God eaðe mæg heaðoliðendum helpe gefremman.

a1000 Boeth. Metr. ix. 54 He wel meahte Þæt unriht him eðe forbiodan.

c1175 Cott. Hom. 219 He wolde and eaðe mihte bien his sceoppinde ȝelic.

a1200 Moral Ode 284 in Cott. Hom. 177 Ieþe he muwen ben of-drad þe hine sculled bi-helde.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 27 Ablinde þe heorte. heo is eð ouercumen. & ibrouht sone mid sunne to grunde.

a1300 K. Horn 61 So fele miȝten yþe Bringe hem þre to diþe.

c1315 Shoreham 7 Wel eȝathe, God thorwe miracles ketheth hit A-lyve and eke a-dethe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11219 Moght he not þan..Be born vte of a maiden eth, At þe time o nine moneth?

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 257 Oone worde myght thou speke ethe.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne x. xlii. 187 Who thinkes him most secure is eathest shamed.

a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 151 Eith can the plough-stilts gar a chiel Be unco vogie, Clean to lick aff his crowdy-meal.

1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 54 Eith learned, soon forgotten.

Compounds

eath- in combination.

C1. Forming adjectives (which did not survive beyond 14th cent.), the final element being f. the stem of a verb:

eðbete n. [see beet v.] easy to amend.

ΚΠ

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 63 Þat we hauen agilt her biforen..buð eðbete gif hie us sore rieweð.

eðfele n. [see feel v.] easily felt.

ΚΠ

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 146 For habeoð eð fele.

eþgete n. [see get v.] easily obtained.

ΚΠ

c1000 Ælfric De Veteri et de Novo Test. 32 (Bosw.) Him wæs eaþgete ele to ðam baþe.

c1275 Sinners Beware 19 in Old Eng. Misc. 74 Þy vs is eþ-gete Helle þat is unlede.

eðlete n. [see let v.¹, and compare Old English earfoðlǽte emitted with difficulty] easily dismissed, lightly esteemed.

ΚΠ

a1200 Moral Ode 38 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 24 Eðlete [is] muchel gyue ðenne ðe heorte is ille.

eðluke n. [see louk v.²] easily pulled.

ΚΠ

a1225 Juliana 70 Me ledde hire & hleac forð ant heo wes eðluke.

eðsene n. [see sene adj., see v.] easy to see.

ΚΠ

OE Crist III 1234 Þær bið on eadgum eðgesyne þreo tacen somod, þæs þe hi hyra þeodnes wel wordum ond weorcum willan heoldon.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 381 Sutel is and eðsene..þæt tu were iset ȝung to leaf and to lare.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 92 Wið ute writung. þet fulðe is to eðsene.

a1300 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Jesus Oxf.) 338 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 70 Þat is wel eþ-sene.

eþwinne n. [see win v.¹] easy to win.

ΚΠ

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 49 Nime we þe turtles bitocninge þat is eðwinne.

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C2. With final element from a noun: see edmod adj., mede adj.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	eath
释义	eatheithadj.adv. /iːð//iːθ/ Forms: Old English–Middle English eað(e, eð(e, Old English–Middle English eþ(e, Middle English–1500s eth(e, Middle English æþ, eið, eitht, ith, ieþe, yþe, Middle English eyth, (Middle English eeþ, eeth, eȝathe), 1500s eathe, 1500s– eath, Scottish eith. Etymology: Old English éaþe adverb = Old Saxon ôðo easily, perhaps, Old High German ôdo perhaps (also in un-ôdo ‘with difficulty’) < Germanic auþô; the combining form éaþ-* = Old Norse auð-, as in auð-gǫrr easy to do. Of the adjective the normal Old English form is íeþe, ýþe (also used as adverb) = Old Saxon ôđi easy, Old High German ôdi easy, possible < West Germanic auþjo-z; perhaps the word was originally an -u stem, which would account for the existence of the form éaþ(e* without umlaut. The Old English comparative of the adverb was íeþ, éþ, but there is no distinct evidence of its survival into Middle EnglishIt has been disputed whether the present word is related to Old High German ôdi, Middle High German ôde, œde, modern German öde, Old Norse auðr, Gothic auþs (? or auþeis, auþus), desert, uninhabited, empty. The sense offers no valid objection to the connection of the words, as the notion of ‘empty’ might give rise both to that of ‘desert’ and to that of ‘free from difficulties’. Obsolete exc. Scottish. A. adj. 1. a. Of an action: Easy, not difficult. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > easy to do or accomplish eathlyc1000 lightOE eathc1175 easyc1380 facile1484 good1490 easy (also simple, etc.) as pie1890 untroublesome1894 potty1899 sitting1932 cake1968 slow-pitch1981 renable1995 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19673 & crist wass æþ to witenn þatt. Forr crist wat alle þingess. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. xxi In olde men abstinence of mete is eth and esy. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18385 Of eldrin men þai mette wit tuin, þat þai war ald was eth [Gött. ith, Trin. Cambr. eeþ; c1460 Laud ethe] to se. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 676 To fynde hys fere vpon folde, in fayth, is not eþe. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 454 It wes nocht eyth till ta The toune. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. Exclamatioun 28 Far eithar is..Ane othiris sayaris faltis to spy and noyt, Than but offens or falt thame self to wryte. c1579 A. Montgomerie Navigatioun 200 To the Porte of Leith: To come right in, we thoght it very eith. 1647 H. More Cupid's Confl. xiii And eath it was, since they're so near a kin. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. lxxiv To stir him from his traunce it was not eath. 1821 A. Wheeler Cumberland Dial. 10 E'en yet its eith to trace A guilty conscience in my blushing feace. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 55 Eith working when will's at hame. b. Of a passage, etc.: That may be travelled with ease, not rough. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [adjective] > travelled on, over, or through > able to be > easily eathOE faira1325 easy1340 OE Beowulf 228 Wedera leode..Gode þancedon þæs þe him yþlade eaðe wurdon. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July 90 Hereto, the hilles bene nigher heauen, and thence the passage ethe. 1627 P. Fletcher Locustæ i. ix Hels yron gates to every guilty soule yeelds entrance eath. 2. a. Of the object, means, or method of an action: Making slight resistance; presenting few difficulties; = easy adj., adv., and n. Const. infinitive, usually active in form but passive in sense. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] lightlyOE eatha1225 easyc1380 tenderc1400 lightsome1440 rife1557 facile1559 eefe1578 problemless1911 easy-breezy1948 without tears1962 a1225 Juliana 57 Wenest tu þat we beon se eð to biwihelin? a1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 279 Pouerte wið menske is eað for to þolien. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1810) 327 He was symple & myldore, & eþ to ouercome. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 849 He was ethe ynough to maken dwelle. c1400 Rom. Rose 3955 A foole is eyth to bigyle. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Preaching of Swallow l. 1764 in Poems (1981) 69 The barne is eith to busk that is vnborne. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 382/1 I woulde euery other thinge wer as ethe to mend as thys is. a1535 T. More Wks. (R.) 83 For as saint Poule saith, y^e fleshly sinnes be eth to perceiue. 1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 323 A great mountaine is eath to be seene. 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) Coll. 23 It is eath to do, i. e. Easie. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xiv. 259 One of our old Scotch proverbs [says] 'God's bairns..are eath to lear,' i. e. easily instructed. †b. Of a person: Easy to be entreated, gentle; in Middle English with genit, eði modes gentle of mood. Also, Ready, susceptible; const. infinitive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of strictness > [adjective] > lenient mildeOE eði modesa1325 easyc1325 sweet1607 lenitive1620 lenient1787 go-easy1901 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > [adjective] passiblec1384 susceptive1577 impressive1593 waxy1594 eath1596 impressible1626 mutual1657 responsive1657 open1672 susceptible1709 unsteeled1744 unblunted1775 sensate1788 affectible1796 tangible1813 suscipient1815 impressionable1833 impressional1860 unseared1860 reachable1873 passionful1902 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2249 God hunne him eði-modes ben. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv.vi. sig. F6 Her gentle hart..More eath was new impression to receiue. View more context for this quotation †3. Comfortable, at ease, free from pain. ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4078 Þa wes his hurte æðe. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1117 Eð [c1300 Otho glad] him wes on heorten. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) l. 4078 Þo was he þe eþere. B. adv. Easily, without difficulty. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] lighteOE eathOE eathlyc1000 wellc1325 easilyc1384 easy1400 mackly1440 of light?c1450 facilely1490 facile1524 handsomely1538 eaths1594 simply1681 unproblematically1771 slick1825 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective] > free from pain or discomfort eathOE easyc1440 smartless1593 pain-free1629 pangless1727 unirritated1793 passionless1859 OE Andreas (1932) 425 God eaðe mæg heaðoliðendum helpe gefremman. a1000 Boeth. Metr. ix. 54 He wel meahte Þæt unriht him eðe forbiodan. c1175 Cott. Hom. 219 He wolde and eaðe mihte bien his sceoppinde ȝelic. a1200 Moral Ode 284 in Cott. Hom. 177 Ieþe he muwen ben of-drad þe hine sculled bi-helde. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 27 Ablinde þe heorte. heo is eð ouercumen. & ibrouht sone mid sunne to grunde. a1300 K. Horn 61 So fele miȝten yþe Bringe hem þre to diþe. c1315 Shoreham 7 Wel eȝathe, God thorwe miracles ketheth hit A-lyve and eke a-dethe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11219 Moght he not þan..Be born vte of a maiden eth, At þe time o nine moneth? a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 257 Oone worde myght thou speke ethe. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne x. xlii. 187 Who thinkes him most secure is eathest shamed. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 151 Eith can the plough-stilts gar a chiel Be unco vogie, Clean to lick aff his crowdy-meal. 1862 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. 54 Eith learned, soon forgotten. Compounds eath- in combination. C1. Forming adjectives (which did not survive beyond 14th cent.), the final element being f. the stem of a verb: eðbete n. [see beet v.] easy to amend. ΚΠ c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 63 Þat we hauen agilt her biforen..buð eðbete gif hie us sore rieweð. eðfele n. [see feel v.] easily felt. ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 146 For habeoð eð fele. eþgete n. [see get v.] easily obtained. ΚΠ c1000 Ælfric De Veteri et de Novo Test. 32 (Bosw.) Him wæs eaþgete ele to ðam baþe. c1275 Sinners Beware 19 in Old Eng. Misc. 74 Þy vs is eþ-gete Helle þat is unlede. eðlete n. [see let v.¹, and compare Old English earfoðlǽte emitted with difficulty] easily dismissed, lightly esteemed. ΚΠ a1200 Moral Ode 38 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 24 Eðlete [is] muchel gyue ðenne ðe heorte is ille. eðluke n. [see louk v.²] easily pulled. ΚΠ a1225 Juliana 70 Me ledde hire & hleac forð ant heo wes eðluke. eðsene n. [see sene adj., see v.] easy to see. ΚΠ OE Crist III 1234 Þær bið on eadgum eðgesyne þreo tacen somod, þæs þe hi hyra þeodnes wel wordum ond weorcum willan heoldon. a1225 Leg. Kath. 381 Sutel is and eðsene..þæt tu were iset ȝung to leaf and to lare. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 92 Wið ute writung. þet fulðe is to eðsene. a1300 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Jesus Oxf.) 338 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 70 Þat is wel eþ-sene. eþwinne n. [see win v.¹] easy to win. ΚΠ c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 49 Nime we þe turtles bitocninge þat is eðwinne. Categories » C2. With final element from a noun: see edmod adj., mede adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.OE
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