单词 | ofhold |
释义 | † ofholdv. Obsolete. transitive. To retain, withhold; to detain or restrain.In quot. c1330: to take prisoner (the sense ‘to defeat’ suggested by Middle Eng. Dict. at ofholden v. is unlikely). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > retain or keep [verb (transitive)] > keep what is due to or desired by another ofholdOE withholdc1200 abstaina1387 keep?1463 to hold up?1499 refrain?1504 outhold1512 detainc1535 to keep back1535 subtracta1538 substract1542 to hold out1907 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1035 He..let niman of hyre ealle þa betstan gærsuma ðe heo ofhealdan ne mihte. a1300 ( Writ of Queen Edith, Wells (Sawyer 1241) in F. E. Harmer Anglo-Saxon Writs (1952) 286 Ic bidde eow þat ge deme me richtne dom of Wudemann þe..mi gauel haueð ofhealden six gear. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 5102 (MED) Tirries felawes ben ouercome, Of-held, y-slawe, oþer y-nome. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 38 Zuyche byeþ þo þet of-hyealdeþ þe þinges þet hi vindeþ, and wyteþ wel huas þet hi byeþ. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 190/11 Þe dyacne mid greate pine and mid greate grochinge yeaf þe tuaye pens and ofhild þane þridde. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 204/30 (MED) Þe herte chaste ham ofhalt mid þe bridle of skele. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 254/16 Alsuo ase me ofhalt þane uoȝel be þe ges, þet he ne vly to his wylle. a1425 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1960) A. ii. 190 (MED) Ofheeld [c1400 Trin. Cambr. Mynstralis & messangeris..wiþheld him half ȝer]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.OE |
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