Middle English Dictionary Entry
thwert-ǒut adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | thwert-ǒut adv. Also (early) þuertut, (Orm.) þweor(r)t-. |
| Etymology | From thwert adv. & ǒut(e adv., perh. by analogy with thurgh-ǒut(e adv. Forms þweor(r)t- may show influence of OE þweorh adj. or þweores adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Wholly, utterly, absolutely; in negative construction: at all; also, thoroughly, throughout, all through; al ~; (b) as intensifier: very; ~ wel.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.99 : Whase wilenn shall þiss boc Efft oþerr siþe writenn, Himm bidde icc þatt het write rihht..All þwerrt ut affterr þatt itt iss Uppo þiss firrste bisne.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1289 : Ȝiff þu cwennkesst i þe sellf All þwerrt ut modiȝnesse, & læresst oþre all swa to don..lakesst tu þin Godd Gastlike.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1626-7 : Þu ne mihht nohht ledenn her Na bettre lif onn eorþe, Þann iss þatt tu þweorrt ut forrse, & all þwerrt ut forrwerrpe All weorelldlike lif & lusst.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6449 : Ȝho wass maȝȝdenn þanne & ær & æfre þweort ut clene.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10429 : Johan..ne mihhte nohht All þwerrt ut unnderrstanndenn Hu Godess word..Toc inn an clene maȝȝdennmann Dæþshildiȝnessess kinde.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)10435 : He warrþ soþ mann, acc all Þwerrt ut wiþþutenn sinne.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12422 : Crist..þwerrt ut nohht ne bat Off mete inn all þatt fasste.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)123 : Fuwer kinnes men ben: þat an ne understant god and naðeles bishecheð him, and þat is unwiti mennisse, oðer is þat leueð god, and ne bisecheð him noht..Ðe ðridde ne doð noðer, ne understant ne bisecheð god: þat mannisse is þuertut forlore, soule and lichame.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4944-6 : Soþ meocnesse..iss þwerrt ut god To berrȝhenn þe þin sawle, Ȝiff þatt tut follȝhesst þweorrt ut wel Wiþþ bodiȝ & wiþþ herrte.