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单词 bewist
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bewistn.

Forms: Also Old English bigwist, Middle English biwest, buwist, beowust, beoust, bywist(e, -wyste.
Etymology: Old English ˈbíwist , feminine, < bi- , be- prefix 1 + wist ‘being’ = Old Saxon, Old High German, wist , Gothic wists < Old Germanic *wisti-z ‘being,’ < wesan to be. ˈBíwist is the noun answering to a verb *bi-ˈwesan ; compare Gothic bi-wisan to be together, to feast, make merry, < bi- , be- prefix 1 + wesan to be, remain. This word survived longest in the north; in later times the stress was shifted to the root-syllable, as in verbal be- compounds; compare behote , beot , etc. With the senses compare being n.
Obsolete.
1. Food, provision, victual, a living.
ΚΠ
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xvii He habban sceal þam þrym geferscipum biwiste.
c1000 Ælfric Oswald in Lives Saints in H. Sweet Anglo-Saxon Reader 102/228 He wolde..him bigwiste syllan.
2. State or condition of life.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] > of a person or in life
bewistc1200
vie1377
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 133 Oðer [his] he[r] biwist.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 167 Þis holi man [Job] hadde þre biwistes.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8886 Lauerd hu mid þe hu beoð þine beorste [MS beouste or beonste].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13832 He hates to cum to vr bewist.
3. Abiding, dwelling, sojourn, living.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun]
wonningc960
bewistc1200
livingc1350
lodging1362
habitationc1374
indwellinga1382
dwellingc1384
inhabitinga1400
bidingc1400
inhabitationc1400
residencec1405
mansiona1425
winningc1425
demur1444
abodec1450
resianty1467
demurrance1509
resiance1566
place-being1567
residency1579
resiancy1580
commorancy1586
residing1587
inhabitance1588
abodement1592
commorance1594
habit1603
commoration1623
inwoning1647
inhabitancy1681
habitancy1792
domicile1835
occupying1849
abidal1850
tenancy1856
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 149 Wumme..þat min biwist is teȝed here swo longe.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 83 He wes isulet þurh beowiste [a1250 Nero beouste; a1250 Titus ifuled þurh bewiste] bimong monne.
4. Dwelling-place, abode, habitation.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun]
resteOE
worthineeOE
settlea900
wickc900
houseOE
erdinga1000
teld-stedec1000
wonningc1000
innOE
bewistc1200
setnessc1200
wanea1225
i-holda1250
wonec1275
wunselec1275
wonning-place1303
bigginga1325
wonning-stede1338
tabernaclea1340
siegec1374
dwelling-placec1380
lodgingc1380
seea1382
tabernaclea1382
habitationc1384
mansionc1385
arresta1400
bowerc1400
wonning-wanec1400
lengingc1420
tenementc1425
tentc1430
abiding placea1450
mansion place1473
domicile1477
lendingc1480
inhabitance1482
biding-place?1520
seat1535
abode1549
remainingc1550
soil1555
household1585
mansion-seata1586
residing1587
habitance1590
fixation1614
situation?1615
commoratorya1641
haft1785
location1795
fanea1839
inhabitancy1853
habitat1854
occupancy1864
nivas1914
downsetting1927
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 161 Ðis woreldes biwest is efned to wastene.
c1325 Metr. Hom. 69 To heuen, that bese thi beste bewyste.
c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Cristofore 269 Hame he passit til his bewist.
c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Catharine 1118.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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