单词 | god it wot |
释义 | > as lemmasGod (†it) wot (a) God (†it) wot: God knows. Cf. goddot int. [Compare Dutch godeweet (interjection) truly; compare also early use as a surname: Thomas Godwot (1328), John Godwot (1371).] extracted from godn.int.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [phrase] > expressing lack of knowledge God wotOE God or Crist witec1175 Lord knows1614 Heaven knowsa1628 the stars know what (also how, etc.)1760 OE Fortunes of Men 8 God ana wat hwæt him weaxendum winter bringað. a1400 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 263 (MED) Deȝe we ssulin sikerliche, bot god wot wanne & were. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. l. 586 Oft failȝeis the fulis thocht And wys mennys etling Cummys nocht ay to that ending That thai think it sall cum to For God wate weill quhat is to do. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 765 Sent, no man wist whether, to be done wyth, God wot what. 1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III iii. 85 Their bodies were bestowed God wot where. (ii) Used to emphasize the truth of a statement. Now archaic (chiefly in echoes of quot. 1893). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] > as emphasis God (it) wot?c1225 goddot?a1289 sooth to sayc1330 truth (also sooth) to tella1375 honestly1819 honest Indian1854 truthfully1854 honest Injun1857 on the level1872 straight1874 honest1876 square dinkum1888 no kidding1901 straight-up1963 OE St. Mary of Egypt (Julius) (2002) 84 God wat þæt ic heora forhtige.] ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 93 God hit wat þe put deð muche god. moni ancre. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2527 Þer-of held he wel his oth, For he it made, god it woth. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4473 God wat..I sal vndo þe wele þi sueuen. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. A.vii Than renne they in euery stede God wot with dronken nolles. 1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 61 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 263 He went fra hame god wait on weddinsday. a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) ii. iii. 18 Stood the State so? No, no, good friends, God wot [1597 not so]. a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1643) i. 214 Commonly the most Christians are counted good men godwot, but simple soules, of no parts. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 157 God wot, his shield is blank enough. 1893 T. E. Brown My Garden in Old John & Other Poems 177 A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! 1905 A. C. Swinburne Poems III. 134 For all my subtle wiles, perdie, God wot I loved him well enow. 1938 K. A. Porter Let. 21 Nov. (1990) 168 A provincial Rotary-club-minded University is a fearsome spot, God wot. 1996 Church Times 19 Jan. 11/1 The idea that a bishop is an awesome thing God wot. God it wot 11. God wot (also †God it wot, †Godwot, God ote, goddot int.): God knows. extracted from witv.1 a. Used to emphasize the truth of a statement. archaic. So †wot Christ. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [phrase] > with reference to God God wot?c1225 wot Christ?c1225 God is my witness1297 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 245 Wat crist god richt is þet us scheome bifore mon. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 44 God wat..mare wunder ilomp. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2527 For he it made, god it woth! c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2527 Þer-of held he wel his oth, For he it [a priory] made, god it woth. c1400 Anturs Arth. (Taylor) 547 ‘Greselle’, quod Gauan, ‘gone is, God ote!’ 1865 [see α. forms]. 1883 R. Broughton Belinda III. iii. ix. 83 She has good reasons enough, God wot! 1893 T. E. Brown Old John & Other Poems 177 A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! ΚΠ 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 3 What schal befalle hierafterward God wot. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xii. 53 I wate noȝt; God wate. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1201 I am I-weddit! ȝe, God woot beste, in what maner & howe! a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) f. 69/1 Theyr bodies cast god wote where. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xiii. 134 God wait gif ȝe be Jaips to hald in stoir. a1586 Peblis to Play in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 176 God wait þai wald þai do þat stound. < as lemmas |
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