† oughtsadj.adv.pron.

Forms:

α. Old English ahtas, Old English ahtes, Middle English aȝtes, Middle English aughtys, Middle English auȝtes.

β. Old English owihtes, Middle English ouȝtes, Middle English ouȝttes, Middle English–1500s oughtes, 1500s–1600s oughts; English regional (northern) 1800s owse (Northumberland), 1800s owts.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: aught pron.

Etymology: < the genitive of aught pron. (compare the forms at that entry). Compare naughts adj. and noughts adj.

Obsolete (English regional (northern) in later use).

A. adj.

In predicative use. That is of some worth or account; good, valuable; worthy, valiant, doughty; = aught adj. 1.Also (in quot. a1425): in existence, living.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective]

dearc888

dearworthc888

worthlyeOE

oughtsOE

worthfulOE

aughtOE

richa1225

gildenc1225

of pricea1325

worthya1325

of (‥) valourc1330

prow1340

dearworthyc1374

of value1395

pricefula1400

presc1400

singularc1400

goldena1425

well-foundc1475

valiant1481

prized1487

prowousa1500

valuable1567

prizable1569

valorous1592

suit-worth1594

bully1600

estimable1600

treasurable1607

treasurous?1611

treasured1675

pearly1770

at a premium1828

keep-worthy1830

good value1842

the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [adjective] > full of prowess

doughtyOE

oughtsOE

doughtc1330

prew1340

prowessful1605

prowessed1717

preux1907

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 992 Þa rædde se cyning & ealle his witan þæt man gegadere ealle þa scipu þe ahtas [OE Tiber. B.i ahtes] wæron on Lundenbyrig.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1085b Þær him comon to his witan and ealle þa landsittende men þe ahtes wæron ofer eall Engleland.

c1300 St. Dominic (Laud) l. 136 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 282 ‘Ich habbe ane guode Caumpiun..And anne felawe’... ‘Lat me iseo..i-chulle loki ȝweþer huy beon ouȝtes.’ Ore leuedi nam þo seint domenic..And seint Fraunceis al-so guod.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 2247 Icholle þuder sende Constantin..& tuo hondred kniȝtes al so..þat god dede mowe do Mid þe folc of þe lond ȝif hii aȝtes [a1400 Trin. Cambr. auȝtes, ?a1425 Digby ouȝtes] beþ.

a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 14 (MED) He wolde not leue þee þus liȝtly for loue of his herte, þe whiche he haþ euermore had vnto þee siþ þou were ouȝtes.

a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 9411 (MED) Two men þat oughtes be May kepe þe issue & þe entre.

c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 88 (MED) Seynt Poule..haþ here nempned vs þe grettest goodes þat a man myȝt do..penaunce of body, suffre martirdom..And ȝif suche goodes beþ nouȝtes, how scholde lesse goodes ben ouȝtes [1340 Ayenbite by worþ; Fr. vaudroit].

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Scotl. xi. 13/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Sith theyr generation is strange in deede, I haue not a litle trauayled, and with no small diligence indeuoured to search out the truth hereof, wherby I learne that their ingendrure is rather to be referred to the sea, than any thing els, if my coniecture be oughtes.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xvi. 363 Is there any thing more foolish, then to thinke that altogether they are oughts, whom every one single you would set at noughts?

1654 J. Trapp Comm. Minor Prophets xiii. 174 Had they been wise, or oughts, (as we say) had not their incurable hardnesse and obstinacy hindered.

B. adv.

To any extent, in any respect, at all; = aught adv. 1.Apparently unattested in Middle English.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > in any degree or at all

anythingeOE

aughteOE

oughtsOE

anywisea1225

anyc1300

anywaya1400

at all1476

ever1548

anywhat1576

anyways1673

earthly1833

aughtways1878

OE Daniel 428 Nis hit owihtes god þæt hie sien on þam laðe leng þonne þu þurfe.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xiv. f. 88^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I This Bath..is very temperate, & pleasaunt, hauing a leuen or twelue arches of stone in the sydes thereof, for men to stand vnder, when rayne doth oughts annoy them.

1619 T. Gataker Spiritvall Watch 81 Whose daily practise this was to call himselfe at Euen, to a reckoning..wherein he was oughts better, being that he had liued a day longer.

1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 211 If he stop here owts lang he'll mak tudder fellas as bad as his-sel.

C. pron.

Anything; = aught pron.

ΚΠ

?1574 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes Comoedia vi. 18 Yea he shoulde soone be caught by the Throte if he were any such That oughts, but what Good-thinking aloweth shoulde like-of and defende.

1621 T. Proctor Englands Pvrginge Fire 33 It is fit therefore that that Councils proceedings be examined, whither in oughts God left it to dissent from his sacred Worde.

1825 W. Midford Masquerade in Tyneside Songster 80 Div ye fin owse the warse?

1829 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay iii. lxii Wi' hearts, poor things, it now was clear, Ower full by far owse [1843 owt] much to say.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Owse, owt, anything... ‘They nivver i' thor lives gat owse better.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	oughts
释义	† oughtsadj.adv.pron. Forms: α. Old English ahtas, Old English ahtes, Middle English aȝtes, Middle English aughtys, Middle English auȝtes. β. Old English owihtes, Middle English ouȝtes, Middle English ouȝttes, Middle English–1500s oughtes, 1500s–1600s oughts; English regional (northern) 1800s owse (Northumberland), 1800s owts. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: aught pron. Etymology: < the genitive of aught pron. (compare the forms at that entry). Compare naughts adj. and noughts adj. Obsolete (English regional (northern) in later use). A. adj. In predicative use. That is of some worth or account; good, valuable; worthy, valiant, doughty; = aught adj. 1.Also (in quot. a1425): in existence, living. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > worth > [adjective] dearc888 dearworthc888 worthlyeOE oughtsOE worthfulOE aughtOE richa1225 gildenc1225 of pricea1325 worthya1325 of (‥) valourc1330 prow1340 dearworthyc1374 of value1395 pricefula1400 presc1400 singularc1400 goldena1425 well-foundc1475 valiant1481 prized1487 prowousa1500 valuable1567 prizable1569 valorous1592 suit-worth1594 bully1600 estimable1600 treasurable1607 treasurous?1611 treasured1675 pearly1770 at a premium1828 keep-worthy1830 good value1842 the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [adjective] > full of prowess doughtyOE oughtsOE doughtc1330 prew1340 prowessful1605 prowessed1717 preux1907 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 992 Þa rædde se cyning & ealle his witan þæt man gegadere ealle þa scipu þe ahtas [OE Tiber. B.i ahtes] wæron on Lundenbyrig. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1085b Þær him comon to his witan and ealle þa landsittende men þe ahtes wæron ofer eall Engleland. c1300 St. Dominic (Laud) l. 136 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 282 ‘Ich habbe ane guode Caumpiun..And anne felawe’... ‘Lat me iseo..i-chulle loki ȝweþer huy beon ouȝtes.’ Ore leuedi nam þo seint domenic..And seint Fraunceis al-so guod. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 2247 Icholle þuder sende Constantin..& tuo hondred kniȝtes al so..þat god dede mowe do Mid þe folc of þe lond ȝif hii aȝtes [a1400 Trin. Cambr. auȝtes, ?a1425 Digby ouȝtes] beþ. a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 14 (MED) He wolde not leue þee þus liȝtly for loue of his herte, þe whiche he haþ euermore had vnto þee siþ þou were ouȝtes. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 9411 (MED) Two men þat oughtes be May kepe þe issue & þe entre. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 88 (MED) Seynt Poule..haþ here nempned vs þe grettest goodes þat a man myȝt do..penaunce of body, suffre martirdom..And ȝif suche goodes beþ nouȝtes, how scholde lesse goodes ben ouȝtes [1340 Ayenbite by worþ; Fr. vaudroit]. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Scotl. xi. 13/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Sith theyr generation is strange in deede, I haue not a litle trauayled, and with no small diligence indeuoured to search out the truth hereof, wherby I learne that their ingendrure is rather to be referred to the sea, than any thing els, if my coniecture be oughtes. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xvi. 363 Is there any thing more foolish, then to thinke that altogether they are oughts, whom every one single you would set at noughts? 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Minor Prophets xiii. 174 Had they been wise, or oughts, (as we say) had not their incurable hardnesse and obstinacy hindered. B. adv. To any extent, in any respect, at all; = aught adv. 1.Apparently unattested in Middle English. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > in any degree or at all anythingeOE aughteOE oughtsOE anywisea1225 anyc1300 anywaya1400 at all1476 ever1548 anywhat1576 anyways1673 earthly1833 aughtways1878 OE Daniel 428 Nis hit owihtes god þæt hie sien on þam laðe leng þonne þu þurfe. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xiv. f. 88^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I This Bath..is very temperate, & pleasaunt, hauing a leuen or twelue arches of stone in the sydes thereof, for men to stand vnder, when rayne doth oughts annoy them. 1619 T. Gataker Spiritvall Watch 81 Whose daily practise this was to call himselfe at Euen, to a reckoning..wherein he was oughts better, being that he had liued a day longer. 1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 211 If he stop here owts lang he'll mak tudder fellas as bad as his-sel. C. pron. Anything; = aught pron. ΚΠ ?1574 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes Comoedia vi. 18 Yea he shoulde soone be caught by the Throte if he were any such That oughts, but what Good-thinking aloweth shoulde like-of and defende. 1621 T. Proctor Englands Pvrginge Fire 33 It is fit therefore that that Councils proceedings be examined, whither in oughts God left it to dissent from his sacred Worde. 1825 W. Midford Masquerade in Tyneside Songster 80 Div ye fin owse the warse? 1829 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay iii. lxii Wi' hearts, poor things, it now was clear, Ower full by far owse [1843 owt] much to say. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Owse, owt, anything... ‘They nivver i' thor lives gat owse better.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.adv.pron.OE
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