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单词 wealy
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wealyadj.1

Forms: Old English welig, -eg, wælig, weolig, Middle English weli, Middle English weoli, weoleȝ, Middle English wely, 1500s Scottish velie.
Etymology: Old English welig = Old Saxon welag (Middle Low German and Middle Dutch welich , Low German and Dutch welig luxuriant, rank, wanton), Old High German welac < West Germanic *welago- , < *wela- weal n.1: see -y suffix1.
Obsolete.
1. Wealthy, prosperous, happy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective]
i-selic888
wealyc893
blaed-fastOE
i-sundfulc1000
full-thrivenc1175
well-donea1200
wealfulc1230
i-selec1275
neotsumc1275
prosperc1350
wealsomea1382
well begonea1393
prosperable?c1422
thriftyc1440
prosperousc1450
quartful?c1475
wealthyc1480
wella1500
prospering1587
felicious1599
thriving1607
felicitous1641
prospered1651
well-faring1712
well-doing1800
made-up1956
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. (1883) iv. v. 166 Sum welig mon..se wæs haten Hanna.
OE Beowulf 2607 Gemunde ða ða are, þe he him ær forgeaf, wicstede weligne Wægmundinga.
11.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 540/6 Diues, weli.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6938 Þe þridde hæhte Woden þat is an weoli godd.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 215 Þa weoleȝen & þa weaðlen.
c1380 in Polit. Poems (Rolls) I. 267 Suche annuels has made thes frers, so wely and so gay, That ther may no possessioners mayntene thair array.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9958 Þan was þar never suilk a hald, Ne nan welier in werld to wald.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7879 Bot oft þe weliest o win Riue-liest þai fal in sin.
2. In good condition, healthy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy
wholeeOE
isoundOE
i-sundfulc1000
ferec1175
soundc1175
fish-wholea1225
forthlyc1230
steadfasta1300
wella1300
safec1300
tidya1325
halec1330
quartc1330
well-faringc1330
well-tempered1340
well-disposeda1398
wealyc1400
furnished1473
mighty?a1475
quartful?c1475
good1527
wholesomea1533
crank1548
healthful1550
healthy1552
hearty1552
healthsome1563
well-affected?1563
disposed1575
as sound as a bell1576
firm1577
well-conditioned1580
sound1605
unvaletudinary1650
all right1652
valid1652
as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655
fair-like1663
hoddy1664
wanton1674
stout?1697
trig1704
well-hained1722
sprack1747
caller1754
sane1755
finely1763
bobbish1780
cleverly1784
right1787
smart1788
fine1791
eucratic1795
nobbling1825
as right as a trivet1835
first rate1841
in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844
gay1855
sprackish1882
game ball1905
abled1946
well-toned1952
a hundred per cent1960
oke1960
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1244 Þo þat byden wer so biten with þe bale hunger, Þat on wyf hade ben worþe þe welgest fourre.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 266 The clawes drie & scabbid, old, vnsely, Kitte al away, & kepe up that is wely.
3. Luxurious, self-indulgent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective]
delicatea1393
deliciousa1393
voluptuous?a1475
pampereda1529
volupteousa1535
wealy1545
lascivious1589
smoothed1600
luxurious1606
luxuriose1727
high life1733
Vie Parisienne1890
decadent1967
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (iv.) f. 50v The peple of Israell as oft as thei wexed wealy and fatte as saith the song of Moses.
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 71 Let siche sewer wealy rulers beware of a soden fall.
c1590 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 216 Sum velie var, Sum vickit, And Sum vaine.

Derivatives

ˈwealiness n. Obsolete luxuriousness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun]
softnessOE
voluptuositya1380
voluptuoustya1382
delicacya1393
deliciousnessa1500
volupteousness1526
niceness1540
nicety1542
wealiness1545
luxe1558
voluptibility1631
luxury1633
voluptuousness1652
volupté1712
decadence1882
gracious living1892
vie de luxe1920
good life1937
dolce vita1961
sweet life1962
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (xi.) f. 181 Therfore of pryde and wealynes [he] gaue himselfe vp vnto his owne lustis.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxx. 7) i. f. 109 Hereuppon groweth wealynesse of the flesh [L. hinc carnis lascivia], that they licentiously folow theyr owne lusts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wealyweelyadj.2

Forms: Also 1600s wealie, weally.
Etymology: Of obscure origin; common in P. Holland.
Obsolete.
Of land: Unproductive, marshy, poor.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [adjective]
fen-lichc1000
fennyc1000
mooryOE
marshya1382
marshlyc1410
moorisha1492
queachy?a1500
marish1549
plashya1552
foggy?1555
fen-like1561
undrained1573
fennish1577
boggy1587
paludious1595
wealy1601
marishy1607
snapy1607
uliginous1610
quagmiry1623
paludiate1632
boggish1633
pooly1652
swampy1661
spouty1677
gouty1686
pondy1687
morassy1699
sloppy1699
lairy17..
soggya1722
swampish1725
splashy1727
squashy1751
haggy1765
gaulty1784
slumpy1823
sumpy1824
paludine1852
paludic1854
paludinal1856
paludian1860
paludinous1866
paludal1871
paludial1875
morassic1893
muskeggy1894
swamped1899
the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective]
westeeOE
wildc893
wastyc1230
wastec1290
untilled1297
void1398
wilsomea1400
desolate1413
wastablea1450
unlaboured1474
untilthed1495
spare1508
unmanured1541
unculted1548
uncultured1555
Hyrcan1567
untoiled1578
manureless1595
griggy1597
Wealdish1598
Hyrcanian1600
unwrought1600
wealy1601
uncultived1605
incult1624
unmanaged1634
incultivateda1657
uncultivate1659
uncultivated1684
unreclaimed1753
wildered1810
irreclaimed1814
natural1827
feral1882
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. viii. 506 If the ground be cold, moist, and weely.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 203 This river [Ex] hath his head and springeth first in a weely and barren ground named Exmore.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 364 Flockes of sheepe long necked and square of bulke and bone, by reason (as it is commonly thought) of the weally and hilly situation of their pasturage.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 33 Sandy Marle serues (for want of other) chiefely in cold moist and weely grounds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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