Talk:danger

Hebrew

"סכנה" (sakana) is a noun, "לסכן" (lesaken) is a verb. Liso 15:12, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

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danger

• (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness.
  • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, column 1, lines 989-991:

    That euerych of yon ſhall go where him lyſt / Freely, wythout randſome or daungere

    That every one of you shall go where go where he desires / Freely, without randsome or difficulty

• (obsolete) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
  • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wyfe of Bathes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 521-24:

    With daunger oute we al oure chaffare; / Greet prees at market maketh deere ware, / And to greet cheep is holde at litel prys: / This knoweth every womman that is wys.

Removed / moved to Middle English by Astova. J3133 (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Two post-1500 cites in OED. Apparently often used in a phrase make danger, meaning "to make a difficulty (about doing anything)" - not entirely sure what that means. This, that and the other (talk) 08:43, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 02:07, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 05:17, 20 April 2022 (UTC)