单词 | witword |
释义 | † witwordn. Obsolete. Chiefly northern. A will or testament; also, a covenant (in the scriptural sense): = testament n. 1, 4. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > will witword?997 quideOE bequeath1297 testamentc1330 willc1400 intestement1463 latter will1540 testimonialc1616 settlement1815 script1850 test1890 society > faith > worship > vow > covenant > [noun] witword?997 testamentc1315 promissiona1325 covenanta1382 New Testamentc1384 comenaunt1389 promise?a1425 ?997 Laws Æthelred iii. §3 Landcop & hlafordes gifu..& lahcop & witword & gewitnes, þæt þæt stande, þæt hit nan man ne awende. c1080 Charter Will. I in Thorpe Charters (1865) 439 Ofer þæm landum ðe Ealdred ærcebiscop hæfð siðþan begitan..on witword oððe on caupland. a1300 E.E. Psalter xxiv. [xxv.] 10 To sekand his witeword. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 153 Fulfille I salle in dede þe kynges witworde. 1394 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 186 In kase be that this wytword will noght perfurnysche, I will it be a brydged; for I will hafe of na mans part bot of myne aune. 1411 26 Polit. Poems x. 101 Man, how darst þou..My wit word wiþ þy mouþ teche, And in þy werkis þou seyst hit nay? 1471 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1865) III. 180 I will that bothe my ls wyll and my wytword be fulfyld of the hoole that is my propyr guddys at this tyme. 1555 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 199 Rec. for ye Wytword of Willm Brygthe 1s. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.?997 |
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