单词 | methie |
释义 | † methiev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To honour, respect. (In Old English also with dative.) ΚΠ OE Ælfric De Septiformi Spiritu (Trin. Cambr.) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 59 Ongean þære arfæstnysse he sylð arleasnysse, þæt he ne arige ne eac ne mægðige [read mæðgige] his underþeoddum ne his gelicum. c1175 ( Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Bodl.) 19 He..nolde..beon him underþeod þæs ðe he swiðer geornlice þe he hine mæðegode. 2. transitive. To moderate, regulate, temper. ΚΠ a1200 (?OE) MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 153 (MED) Ech man shal understonden mede of his er dede, and efter þat þe he meðegeð nu his dede, shal eft ben meðeged his mede. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12592 For þenne we habbeoð Rome..swa we sculleð meðegie [c1300 Otho temie] heore mod vnimete. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.OE |
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