Talk:danger

Hebrew[edit]

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

Please do not re-nominate for verification without comprehensive reasons for doing so.

~~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.

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)[reply]

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

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