| 释义 |
▪ I. vowtre
obs. f. vulture.
▪ II. † vowtre Obs. rare.
[Aphetic f. avowtre: see adultery.]
Adultery. Also † vowtre v. intr., to commit adultery. † vowtriere, an adulteress. † vowtry, adultery. Obs.
c1400Apol. Loll. 21 And al oþer lawis þat semen to sey, þat man how to curse for crime of *vowtre, þeft, & swilk oþer.
Ibid. 87 Þey kepe noiþer clene lif, ne wedding, but..*vowtrand, or doing a-vowtri.
a1400–50Alexander 4532 To Venus þe *vowtriere may noȝt ells a-vaile.
c1450Mirk's Festial 72 Synne of lechery and of *vowtrye. Ibid. 201, I haue made mony on to sle men, and forto syn yn lechery and yn vowtry. |