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单词 obeisand
释义

obeisandadj.

Forms:

α. late Middle English obeysand (northern); Scottish pre-1700 obeisand, pre-1700 obesand, pre-1700 obeysand, pre-1700 obeyssande.

β. Scottish pre-1700 abeyschand, pre-1700 obeyschande.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: obeisant adj.; obeish v., -and suffix1.
Etymology: Probably partly an alteration of obeisant adj., after -and suffix1 (compare β. forms at obedient adj. and n.), and partly < obeish v. (compare especially β. forms at that entry) + -and suffix1. Compare slightly earlier obeyand adj., obeishing adj.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
= obedient adj. Frequently with to. Cf. obeisant adj.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > [adjective] > obedient
hearsumc900
buxomc1175
obedient?c1225
yherec1315
obeisantc1325
obeyant1417
obeishinga1425
obeyand?a1425
obeisand?c1450
morigeratea1533
morigerousc1600
parent1656
biddable1826
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 429 (MED) To his moder he sone assent..He walde obeysand be to hir.
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 210 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 7 Þat elyment [sc. fire] þat he had gert obeysand til hym be.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 10 That land He maid till him all obeysand.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 642 He..makith al obeisand to his honde, That nocht is left wnconquest in that lond.
a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) ii. 850 Yrland Was to the Scottis obeyschande [Nero obeyssande].
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. (1821) I. p. lviii Richt obeysand to reason.
1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS f. 38 He..ordanit all at thy command to be, And thow to be obeysand to his lawis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.?c1450
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