| 释义 |
† ˈheadstoops, adv. Obs.
In 5 hedstoupis.
[f. head n.1 + -stoupes an advb. genitive, from root of ME. stoupen, OE. stúpian, to stoop: lit. ‘with the head falling’.]
Head downmost; headlong.
c1400Destr. Troy 6638 Mony hurlit doun hedstoupis to þe hard vrthe. Ibid. 7434 Hedstoupis of his horse he hurlit to ground. |