† astartv.

Forms: Middle English asteorte, Middle English asstart, Middle English–1500s astert(e, astart(e. past tense Middle English astirte, astorte, asturte, Middle English astert(e, asterted, 1500s estert.

Etymology: < a- prefix¹ up + start v. In sense 3 probably for atstert v.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To start up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly

astartc1275

startc1275

yark1612

sturt1674

spurk1691

jump1720

skyrocket1859

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12999 Þe eotend up a-sturte [c1300 Otho vp a-storte].

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3399 Op a-sterte þe route anon.

1423 Kingis Quair ii. xxi Anon astert The blude of all my body to my hert.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd2^v Out of her bed she did astart.

2. intransitive. To start into existence, happen, fall out; with dative of the person, afterwards taken as object, and hence transitive. To happen to, befall.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)]

ywortheOE

fallc1225

atrinec1275

to come upon ——a1300

astart1393

to run to ——c1475

to come by ——1523

mishap1592

to come on ——a1599

tryst1645

arrive1655

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > emerge or present itself

to come in (also to, on, etc.) placec1225

astart1393

becomea1400

emerge1570

bubble1578

to flower off1644

steal1798

to gust up1813

to crop up1844

outcrop1856

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 151 Though such an happe of love asterte.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 66 That thing shall never me asterte..To make her any feigned chere.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 187 No daunger there the shepheard can astert.

a. intransitive. To start off, get away, escape.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)]

atfareOE

atcomec1220

atstertc1220

atrouta1250

ascape1250

astart1250

atblenchc1275

scapec1275

aschapec1300

fleec1300

ofscapea1325

escapec1330

overfleea1382

to get awaya1400

slipa1400

starta1400

skiftc1440

eschewc1450

withstartec1460

rida1470

chape1489

to flee (one's) touch?1515

evadea1522

betwynde?1534

to make out1558

outscape1562

outslip1600

to come off1630

1250 Laȝamon Brut 4262 Ech man þat mihte a-steorte in to one borewe [1205 And he æt-sturte].

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 314 He seeth he may nat from his deeth asterte.

c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes vii. v. 169 b He might not asterte, He was so pursued.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) 65 You have me fettered; I may not asterte.

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) xi. 15 Let not this song from the estert.

b. To remove, withdraw, desist.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)]

i-swikec893

swikec897

atwindc1000

linOE

studegieOE

stintc1175

letc1200

stuttea1225

leavec1225

astint1250

doc1300

finec1300

blina1325

cease1330

stable1377

resta1382

ho1390

to say or cry ho1390

resta1398

astartc1400

discontinuec1425

surcease1428

to let offc1450

resista1475

finish1490

to lay a straw?a1505

to give over1526

succease1551

to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556

end1557

to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560

stick1574

stay1576

to draw bridle1577

to draw rein1577

to set down one's rest1589

overgive1592

absist1614

subsista1639

beholdc1650

unbridle1653

to knock offa1657

acquiesce1659

to set (up) one's rest1663

sista1676

stop1689

to draw rein1725

subside1734

remit1765

to let up1787

to wind (up) one's pirna1835

to cry crack1888

to shut off1896

to pack in1906

to close down1921

to pack up1925

to sign off1929

c1400 Song of Roland 68 Wyn went be-twen them, non did astert.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxviii. l. 230 But to God ȝoven preysenges, and not A-sterte.

c1572 W. Forrest Theophilus 334 in Anglia (1884) 7 89 Ye shall fynde me fyrme..Not onse to astarte.

4. transitive (originally with dative) To escape, avoid, shun.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)]

atwendOE

atwindc1000

overfleeOE

to come out of ——lOE

atstertc1220

atbreak?c1225

aschapea1300

scapea1300

aslipc1325

escape1340

atscapea1350

astartc1374

to wade out ofc1386

starta1400

withscapea1400

withslipa1400

atwapec1400

to get out of ——a1470

evite1503

outstart1513

to get from ——1530

rid1615

skip1630

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun

overboweOE

bibughOE

fleea1000

forbowa1000

ashun1000

befleec1000

beflyc1175

bischunc1200

withbuwe?c1225

waive1303

eschew1340

refuse1357

astartc1374

sparec1380

shuna1382

void1390

declinea1400

forbeara1400

shurna1400

avoidc1450

umbeschewc1485

shewe1502

evite1503

devoid1509

shrink1513

schew?a1534

devite1549

fly1552

abstract1560

evitate1588

estrange1613

cut1791

shy1802

skulk1835

side-slip1930

to walk away from1936

punt1969

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1343 If ought amys mastart, [v.r. me start] Foryeve it me.

c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 14 Ther might astert [v.r. astirte] him no pecunial peyne.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxi. l. 404 Thanne schal thyn Enemy neuere the Asterte.

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xliii. 138 [I] must needes please him by my death, I may it not astarte.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	astart
释义	† astartv. Forms: Middle English asteorte, Middle English asstart, Middle English–1500s astert(e, astart(e. past tense Middle English astirte, astorte, asturte, Middle English astert(e, asterted, 1500s estert. Etymology: < a- prefix¹ up + start v. In sense 3 probably for atstert v. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To start up. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly astartc1275 startc1275 yark1612 sturt1674 spurk1691 jump1720 skyrocket1859 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12999 Þe eotend up a-sturte [c1300 Otho vp a-storte]. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3399 Op a-sterte þe route anon. 1423 Kingis Quair ii. xxi Anon astert The blude of all my body to my hert. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd2^v Out of her bed she did astart. 2. intransitive. To start into existence, happen, fall out; with dative of the person, afterwards taken as object, and hence transitive. To happen to, befall. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] ywortheOE fallc1225 atrinec1275 to come upon ——a1300 astart1393 to run to ——c1475 to come by ——1523 mishap1592 to come on ——a1599 tryst1645 arrive1655 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > emerge or present itself to come in (also to, on, etc.) placec1225 astart1393 becomea1400 emerge1570 bubble1578 to flower off1644 steal1798 to gust up1813 to crop up1844 outcrop1856 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 151 Though such an happe of love asterte. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 66 That thing shall never me asterte..To make her any feigned chere. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 187 No daunger there the shepheard can astert. 3. a. intransitive. To start off, get away, escape. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] atfareOE atcomec1220 atstertc1220 atrouta1250 ascape1250 astart1250 atblenchc1275 scapec1275 aschapec1300 fleec1300 ofscapea1325 escapec1330 overfleea1382 to get awaya1400 slipa1400 starta1400 skiftc1440 eschewc1450 withstartec1460 rida1470 chape1489 to flee (one's) touch?1515 evadea1522 betwynde?1534 to make out1558 outscape1562 outslip1600 to come off1630 1250 Laȝamon Brut 4262 Ech man þat mihte a-steorte in to one borewe [1205 And he æt-sturte]. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 314 He seeth he may nat from his deeth asterte. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes vii. v. 169 b He might not asterte, He was so pursued. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) 65 You have me fettered; I may not asterte. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) xi. 15 Let not this song from the estert. b. To remove, withdraw, desist. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (intransitive)] i-swikec893 swikec897 atwindc1000 linOE studegieOE stintc1175 letc1200 stuttea1225 leavec1225 astint1250 doc1300 finec1300 blina1325 cease1330 stable1377 resta1382 ho1390 to say or cry ho1390 resta1398 astartc1400 discontinuec1425 surcease1428 to let offc1450 resista1475 finish1490 to lay a straw?a1505 to give over1526 succease1551 to put (also pack) up one's pipes1556 end1557 to stay (one's own or another's) hand1560 stick1574 stay1576 to draw bridle1577 to draw rein1577 to set down one's rest1589 overgive1592 absist1614 subsista1639 beholdc1650 unbridle1653 to knock offa1657 acquiesce1659 to set (up) one's rest1663 sista1676 stop1689 to draw rein1725 subside1734 remit1765 to let up1787 to wind (up) one's pirna1835 to cry crack1888 to shut off1896 to pack in1906 to close down1921 to pack up1925 to sign off1929 c1400 Song of Roland 68 Wyn went be-twen them, non did astert. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxviii. l. 230 But to God ȝoven preysenges, and not A-sterte. c1572 W. Forrest Theophilus 334 in Anglia (1884) 7 89 Ye shall fynde me fyrme..Not onse to astarte. 4. transitive (originally with dative) To escape, avoid, shun. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] atwendOE atwindc1000 overfleeOE to come out of ——lOE atstertc1220 atbreak?c1225 aschapea1300 scapea1300 aslipc1325 escape1340 atscapea1350 astartc1374 to wade out ofc1386 starta1400 withscapea1400 withslipa1400 atwapec1400 to get out of ——a1470 evite1503 outstart1513 to get from ——1530 rid1615 skip1630 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun overboweOE bibughOE fleea1000 forbowa1000 ashun1000 befleec1000 beflyc1175 bischunc1200 withbuwe?c1225 waive1303 eschew1340 refuse1357 astartc1374 sparec1380 shuna1382 void1390 declinea1400 forbeara1400 shurna1400 avoidc1450 umbeschewc1485 shewe1502 evite1503 devoid1509 shrink1513 schew?a1534 devite1549 fly1552 abstract1560 evitate1588 estrange1613 cut1791 shy1802 skulk1835 side-slip1930 to walk away from1936 punt1969 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1343 If ought amys mastart, [v.r. me start] Foryeve it me. c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 14 Ther might astert [v.r. astirte] him no pecunial peyne. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxi. l. 404 Thanne schal thyn Enemy neuere the Asterte. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xliii. 138 [I] must needes please him by my death, I may it not astarte. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see also also refers to : a-startadv. < v.1250 see also
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