hatred
(ˈheɪtrɪd)
Forms: α. 3–5 hatereden, (4 hatredyn, hattredin, hateretin, 4–5 hateredyn, 5 haatredyn). β. 2–4 hatrede, 4– hatred (also 4 hattred, 4–6 hatered(e, 5 haterad, -ryd, hattered, 6 haterid, Sc. haitred, -rid). γ. (Sc.) 5 hattrende, -rent, 5–6 haterent, 6 hat(te-, hait-, hettrent, het(t)rand.
[Early ME., f. hate n.1 (or v.) + -red, OE. rǽden condition (also direction, reckoning), cf. bróðorrǽden, fréondrǽden, lufrǽden, etc. The historical sequence of forms must have been hatereden, -rede, -red, although the extant examples do not quite show this. With the Sc. form. in -rent cf. kinrent, manrent.]
The condition or state of relations in which one person hates another; the emotion or feeling of hate; active dislike, detestation; enmity, ill-will, malevolence.
| α a 1300 E.E. Psalter cviii. 5 (Mätz.) Þai set againe me for godes wa, And hatereden for mi lovered. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 7394 Þai salle be fulle of hateredyn þan. c 1440 York Myst. xxxii. 56, I holde it but hatereden. 1483 Cath. Angl. 178/1 An Hateredyn..inimicicia, invidea..odium. |
| β a 1175 Cott. Hom. 233 Þat ȝie hatrede and widerwardnesse aȝenes me ȝe win sceolde. a 1300 Cursor M. 27752 (Cott.) A wreth..hattred [v.r. hatred] it es, and ir to strang. Ibid. 9666 (Gött.) Þar hatered wonys, or were, or pride. 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 2519 Whether he war worthy after his dede To hafe luf of God or hatrede. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. iii. 140 She..hangeth hym for hatred [A. hate, C. haterede], þat harme dede neure. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 229/2 Haterede, idem quod Hate. 1477 Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 28 Ware that ye be no mokers for that engendreth hattered. 1553 Eden Treat. Newe Ind. (Arb.) 16 All this great hatered betwene these two beastes. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. ii. 131 Stryfe, haitrid and jnvie. 1667 Milton P.L. ii. 500 Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife. 1773 Mrs. Chapone Improv. Mind (1774) II. 28 The detestable sentiments of hatred and revenge. 1844 Disraeli Coningsby i. ii, A family famous for its hatreds. 1872 Darwin Emotions x. 239 Dislike easily rises into hatred. 1893 Bookman June 86/1 Her most vital trait was a hatred of conventionality. |
| γ c 1375 Barbour Troy-bk. i. 422 Our-all quhar þat scho hattrende hayde. 14.. Burgh Laws lxx, For wroth na for haterent. 1508 Dunbar Tua mariit Wemen 333 Hatrent I hid within my hert all. 1571 Satir. Poems Reform. xxviii. 59 Quhen Abbotschaw sic hauie haitrent tuik At the haill hous of Lennox. a 1572 Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 58 A haterent against the pride and avaritiousnes of the preastis. |