单词 | onlight |
释义 | † onlightv.1 Obsolete. 1. transitive. To shed light upon; to lighten, enlighten, illuminate (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > illuminate [verb (transitive)] onlighteOE enlightOE alemeOE alightOE lightOE belighta1200 lightena1382 clear1382 alightenc1384 lumine1387 clarify1398 shine1398 shed1412 beamc1430 enlymec1440 illumine1447 enlumine1481 illustre1490 enclear1509 elumine1532 illuminate1535 unshadow1550 illightena1555 allumine1570 eluminate1580 unnight1594 enlighten1595 to strike up1598 illume1604 luminate1623 illustrate1625 unbenight1629 emblaze1637 burn1712 alluminate1726 lamp1808 enkindle1870 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxiv. 86 Ealle steorran weorðað onlihte & gebirhte of þære sunnan. OE Blickling Homilies 19 He þone blindan onlyhte. OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 485 Se Halga Gast..mæg onlihtan þæs monnes mod þe he wyle. c1175 ( Homily: Hist. Holy Rood-tree (Bodl. 343) (1894) 14 Þurh heom all middaneart sceal wurðan onliht. a1225 ( Ælfric's Homily In Die Sancto Pentecosten (Lamb. 487) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 97 Þere monnan heortan þet he onlihteð [OE Royal onliht] mid his ȝife. 2. transitive. To cause to shine. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > shine [verb (transitive)] > cause to shine onlighta1400 enlighten1587 shine1588 a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) cxviii. 135 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 256 (MED) Onlight þi face ouer [L. Faciem tuam illumina super] þi hine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † onlightv.2 Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To alleviate. Cf. light v.1 1a.With genitive of object. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve froverc900 hearteOE lighteOE onlightc1175 salvec1175 leathc1200 solace1297 stillc1315 to put in comfortc1320 easec1385 comfort1389 fordilla1400 recomforta1400 ronea1400 solancea1400 cheer?a1425 acheerc1450 consolate1477 repease1483 dilla1500 recreate?a1500 sporta1500 dulcerate?1586 comfit1598 comfortize1600 reassure1604 sweeten1647 console1693 re-establish1722 release1906 c1175 (?OE) Instr. for Christians 51 in Anglia (1964) 82 13 Oððe his wita onleoht her oððe on helle. 2. transitive. To fall upon; to attack, strike. Cf. light v.1 9b. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience ymetec893 findeOE meetOE counterc1325 overtakec1390 limp?a1400 tidea1400 runa1450 to fall with ——?c1475 onlightc1475 recounterc1485 recount1490 to come in witha1500 occur1531 to fall on ——1533 to fall upon ——1533 beshine1574 rencontre1582 entertain1591 cope with1594 happen1594 tocome1596 incur1599 forgather1600 thwart1601 to fall in1675 cross1684 to come across ——1738 to cross upon (or on)1748 to fall across ——1760 experience1786 to drop in1802 encounter1814 to come upon ——1820 to run against ——1821 to come in contact with1862 to run across ——1864 to knock or run up against1886 to knock up against1887 c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 600 Be warre..For he is horsutte full wele And clene clad in stele. Is none of ȝo but þat he mun fele Þat he may on lyȝte. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1eOEv.2c1175 |
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