| 释义 |
unˈleal, a. Now arch.
[un-1 7.]
Unfaithful, disloyal, dishonest, false.
a1300Cursor M. 13173 Wit him-self he wex ful wrath,..Þat men suld hald him for vn-lele. Ibid. 25167 Vr praier es vn-lele And askes gains vr saul hele. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vii. (Jacob) 456 Sa þat na lele man suld forfare amange vnlele þat wekit ware. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xiv. 69 Boþe louye and lene þe leelle and þe vnleelle. c1430in Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 203 Þou lyuest a letcherouse lijf vnleel. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 30 Untrewe and unlele to thair soveraynis lordis. 1528Lyndesay Dreme 313 Sum part thair was of vnleill Lauboraris. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxiii. 25 Hir fenȝeit wordis fals,..And als the luik vnleill Of hir bricht fair ene twane. 1848Lytton Harold i. i, Words so unleal and foul. Ibid. xii. v, I hold it..disgrace to barter words with a knight unleal. |