单词 | ettling |
释义 | ettlingn. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [noun] ettlingc1225 guessc1330 guessing1340 conjecting1382 cast1519 surmising1526 conjecturation1533 conjecture1535 foreguessing1548 speculation1575 estimation1598 conjecturing1643 guesswork1725 guesstimation1937 c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 36 (MED) Mare he gleadeð of godd wiðuten ei etlunge þen of his ahne gleadunge. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12857 Bi atlinge [c1300 Otho hatling] heom þuhte þritti uoðere. 2. An intention, a purpose; an ambition; (also) effort, endeavour. Chiefly (and now only) Scottish. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose willeOE highOE thoughtOE intent?c1225 achesounc1230 attenta1250 couragec1320 devicec1320 minda1325 studya1382 understanding1382 suggestionc1390 meaninga1393 i-minda1400 minta1400 tent1399 castc1400 ettlingc1400 affecta1425 advicec1425 intention1430 purposec1430 proposea1450 intendment1450 supposing?c1450 pretensionc1456 intellectionc1460 zeal1492 hest?a1513 minting?a1513 institute?1520 intendingc1525 mindfulness1530 cogitationa1538 fordrift1549 forecast1549 designing1566 tention1587 levela1591 intendiment1595 design1597 suppose1597 aim1598 regarda1616 idea1617 contemplationa1631 speculation1631 view1634 way of thinking1650 designation1658 tend1663 would1753 predetermination1764 will to art1920 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 688 And alle myn atlyng to Abraham unhaspe bilyve. c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 564 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 272 Sowne þai arywinge mad In þe porte, quhare þai etline had. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 587 Off hys etlyng rycht swa It fell As I sall eftirwartis tell. 1577 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) I. 89 We may haif sum certane intelligence of thair ettilling and proceidings. 1594 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1845) III. 821 Sindrie of his Majesties good ettlings were laid down. a1634 A. Gardyne Theatre Scotish Worthies (1878) 75 And what thy aimes & etlings be the end, Who knows not now, wherto they then did tend. 1781 J. Pinkerton Sc. Tragic Ballads xii. 70 Frae his fair lady's sicht he strave His ettling sae to hide. 1822 J. Galt Steam-boat vi. 125 But there was an ettling beyond discretion perhaps in this. 1849 Gift of Friendship for 1850 171 To be candid with you Sir Richard, I have an ettlin in this bit supper that you'll maybe no guess at. 1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid xiii. 83 My grandfather, with a worl' of ettling and pains, had toiled late and air at his lume. 1947 N. Mitchison Bull Calves i. vi. 110 An unsanctified ettling and lust for the flesh-pots of Egypt or Strathearn. 1983 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots Rom. xv. 279 An ettlin tae mak o the haithen an offerin acceptable tae God. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] yarkingc1000 forgraithinga1300 apparellingc1315 ordinancec1330 purveyancec1330 graithinga1340 purveying1340 providencea1382 making readyc1384 preparationa1393 paring1393 provisiona1398 parelc1425 apparelc1430 parelling?a1440 ablingc1450 munition1480 preparing1497 arraya1500 readyinga1500 repurveancea1500 ordaining1509 apparation1533 preparementa1538 apprest1539 preparaturea1540 preparance1543 order1545 apparance1546 prepare1548 fore-preparationa1586 ettlingc1600 apparelment1607 parationa1617 comparation1623 address1633 apparatus1638 prep1920 c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) l. 268 Redy too fight, With atling of aireblast and archeres ryfe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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