单词 | whatso |
释义 | whatsopron.adj. archaic, chiefly poetic. 1. a. pron. = whatever pron. and adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anything > whatever whatso?c1200 which-soc1230 whatsomea1300 whatsoeverc1320 whatsomeverc1400 ?c1200 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 426 Forr swa we don unnhaȝherrliȝ. Whatt se we don to gode. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 12828 We leteþ him one. don wat-so [c1275 Calig. faren heu swa] he wolle. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1324 Oc abraham it wulde wel, Quat-so god bad. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 359 What so we worchen in þis worlde,..For his sake þat it sente soþli we worchin. 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles Prol. 36 Mekely to suffre what so him sente were. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 255 & quat-so þy wylle is, we schal wyt after. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 513 And thow mat me ony mair, cum efter quhat sa may, Thow and I sall dyntis deill. 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. 6 When Sire eternall..Lookes downe, and..in one vew, Comprizeth all what so the world can shew. 1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. N2v And, my Care, it addes not to What-so, others say, or doe. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc i. 70 And whatso He commands, that I must speak. 1876 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 182 Whatsoever God Is in the air, or whatso rules the blue sea with its rod. 1900 H. C. Beeching Confer. Bks. & Men Ded. Despatches, sermons,—whatso goes Into their brain comes out as prose. b. adj. = whatever pron. and adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind > whatever > any at all which or who whichever1388 whatsomeverc1400 whatsoever1484 whatso1591 everwhich1903 1591 E. Spenser Virgil's Gnat in Complaints sig. K4v And whatso other hearb..The ioyous Spring..brings forth..He planted there. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise Prol. 17 His fleet held whatso keel could swim From Jutland to Land's End. 1891 C. E. Norton tr. Dante Divine Comedy I. vii. 31 Whatso power he have. 2. a. pron. = whatever pron. and adj. 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > pronoun indicating no matter what whatevera1375 whatso1377 whatsoevera1400 whatsomevera1400 whichsoeverc1515 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. x. 128 Al worth as þow wolte, what so we dispute. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9036 Ne [er] þe gode þe wers to prais, Quat-so men o þe wick sais. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 382 Gawan I hatte, Þat bede þe þis buffet, quat-so bi-falleȝ after. 1457 J. Hardyng Chron. in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1912) Oct. 747 What so men gat couetyse noght hym fylde. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) ccliii. 15 What so befall, tyll that I sterue, By proofe full well it shall be knowne. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne v. lxxviii. 90 Loue calles it follie, what so wisdome saith. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 445 And fearless will I enter here And meet my fate, whatso it be. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 438 I love thee, whatso time or men may say. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anyone > whosoever whoeverc1175 whosoever?c1225 whatsoc1230 whatsoeverc1430 whatsomeverc1450 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 35 Ancre hwet se ha beo. hu muchel se ha eauer cunne halde hire stille. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3268 What-se [c1300 Otho wose] hæfde richedom he hine makede wræcche mon. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 524 But it weere any persone obstynaat What so he weere, of heigh or lowe estaat Hym wolde he snybben. 1412 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 24 The forsaid lord or his ayris qwhat sa thai be for the tyme. 1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue 103 b The poore man,..As well as he, What so he be, That ryches doth endue. c. adj. = whatever pron. and adj. 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] > not subjected whichlOE whateverc1384 whatsomever1482 whatsoeverc1515 whichever1690 whatso1867 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason vi. 118 Whatso the next day may bring, Right merrily shall pass these coming hours. 3. adj. = whatever pron. and adj. 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind > whatever whatever1395 whatsomever1429 whatsoever1472 whata1504 whatsoever1589 whatso1902 1902 A. Austin Crowning of Kingship ii And, like the sea, let whatso tempests shrill, One, world-wide,..and free. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < pron.adj.?c1200 |
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