释义 |
† ˈthickfold, adv. (a.) Obs. Chiefly north. [f. thick a.: see -fold.] Thickly together; in great numbers, in crowds.
a1300Cursor M. 11258 Þas oþer [angels] lighted dun thic-fald. c1400Rowland & O. 1108 Full thikke folde gan Sarazenes dy. c1440Bone Flor. 871 Many myrakyls for hur he wroght, Many a oon and thyck folde. 1513Douglas æneis xiii. ii. 68 O ȝe my feris..Throu mony hard perrellis and thikfald..Hiddir now careit to this cost with me. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) III. 98 Thikfald to him all in the tyme tha drew. |