Awe, subst., reverential fear: “wrench a. from fools,” Meas. II, 4, 14. “the attribute to a. and majesty,” Merch. IV, 1, 191. H4B IV, 5, 177. H5 IV, 1, 264. Tim. IV, 1, 17. “to hold one in a.” H6A I, 1, 39. “to keep in a.” Lucr. 245. H6B I, 1, 92. R3 V, 3, 310. Cor. I, 1, 191. Hml. V, 1, 238. Hml. V, 1, 238. With an objective genitive: “to be in a. of such a thing,” Caes. I, 2, 96. “by my sceptre's a.” R2 I, 1, 118. “stand under one man's a.” Caes. II, 1, 52. The possessive pronoun objectively: “we'll bend it to our a.” H5 I, 2, 224. subjectively: “thy free a. pays homage to us,” Hml. IV, 3, 63.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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