Question

In the adapted excerpt from Michael Wigglesworth’s Day of Doom, choose the correct meaning for each underlined word.
They rush from beds with giddy (swollen, dizzy, aching) heads,
and to their windows run,
Viewing this light, which shines more bright
than doth (goes, has, does) the noon-day sun
Straightway appears (they see’t with tears)
the son of man most dread;
Who with His train comes on amain (quickly, late, carefully)
to judge both quick and gone.
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Answer 1

Answer :

In the given adapted excerpt from Michael Wigglesworth’s Day of Doom, the correct meaning for each underlined word is as follows :

1. 'Giddy' means dizzy.

Collins English Dictionary defines 'giddy' as 'If you feel giddy, you feel unsteady and think that you are about to fall over, usually because you are not well.'

2. 'Doth' means does.

Collins English Dictionary defines 'doth' as 'Doth is an old-fashioned third person singular form of the verb 'do'.'

3. 'Amain' means quickly.

Collins English Dictionary defines 'quickly' as 'with great strength, speed, or haste.'