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单词 namecouth
释义

namecouthadj.adv.

Forms:

α. Old English namcuþ, Old English namcuð, Middle English namcouthe, Middle English namecoþ, Middle English namecouþ, Middle English namecouþe, Middle English namecouth, Middle English namecouthe, Middle English namekouþ, Middle English namekowþe, Middle English namekowthe, 1500s naamkouth; Scottish pre-1700 naimcouth, pre-1700 namekouth.

β. early Middle English nomecuðe, Middle English nomekowthe.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch namecont , naemcont , Danish †navnkund < the Germanic base of name n. + the Germanic base of couth adj.Compare also Middle Dutch namekondich, Middle Low German nāmekundich, nāmkundich, German namkundig, namkündig, Old Icelandic nafnkunnigr, Old Swedish namnkunnogher (Swedish namnkunnig), Danish navnkundig, †navnkyndig. The adverb namcūðlīce is also attested in Old English.
Obsolete.
Known by name; well-known, famous; notorious. Also as adv. (rare).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being well-known > [adjective]
namecouthOE
ykida1100
kida1250
rifea1325
notory1399
notaryc1400
well-known?a1425
notified1530
well acquainteda1535
célèbre1539
notorious1555
famosea1632
public1650
legendary1832
big1954
visible1977
OE Ælfric Old Test. Summary: Esther (transcript of lost MS) in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 92 Iu on ealdum dagum wæs sum rice cyning namcuð on worulde, Asuerus gehaten.
OE Laws of Æðelred II (Corpus Cambr. 201) viii. xxxvii. 267 On þam gemotan, þeah rædlice wurðan on namcuðan stowan, æfter Eadgares lifdagum, Cristes lage wanodan.
OE Ælfric Let. to Sigeweard (De Veteri et Novo Test.) (Laud) 28 Þa syndon heahfæderas, namcuðe weras [c1175 Bodl. nomecuðe wæras].
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (1973) 537 Wittiest..& mest nomecuðe icud of alle clergies.
c1300 St. Mary Magdalen (Laud) 181 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 467 (MED) To Marcile þe wynd heom drof, a gret name-couth cite.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 43 Al þe worlde aboute haþ name kowthe sees þritty.
c1400 Life St. Alexius (Laud 622) (1878) 44 (MED) I shal ȝou now telle wiþ mouþe Of on þat is name couþe þat suffred woo & wrake.
c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) 823 Þe aþel king alixandre,..Þat noble is & name-kouþ.
a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) v. ii. f. 88 One of the seven namecouth planetes.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. i. 59 The naimcouth hous, that Laborinthus hait.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. N.ii As, in the famous woork, that Eneids hight, The naamkouth Uirgil hath set forth in sight.]

Derivatives

namecouthhead n. rare reputation, renown.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun]
hereworda1100
famec1290
lose1297
renownc1330
namecouthhead1340
noblessec1350
namec1384
reputationc1390
emprisea1393
renomeea1393
celebrity?c1400
enpressc1400
notec1400
renowneec1430
flavourc1449
honestnessa1450
bruita1470
renome?1473
famosity1535
famousness1548
renownedness1596
celebration1631
rumour1638
notedness1661
noise1670
distinction1699
eminence1702
éclat1742
baya1764
kudos1831
lionhood1833
lionism1835
lionship1837
lionization1841
stardom1865
spotlight1875
réclame1883
stellardom1883
the big cheesea1910
big time1910
star billing1910
starring1913
megastardom1981
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 25 (MED) He wilneþ and zekþ and porchaceþ los and namecouþhede.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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