| 释义 |
† well-stream Obs.
[OE. wylle-stréam: see well n.1 and stream n.]
A stream flowing from a spring.
a1000Phœnix 105 Swa se æþela fuᵹel..wunað wylle⁓streamas. c1205Lay. 2849 King Bladud baðen iwrohte..mid ane stæn-cunne..þe he leide in ane walle stream. c1330Arth. & Merl. 6058 Þe blod of kniȝtes dede & of destrers & of stede Ran hem after al day so ȝerne, So water out of wel streme. c1381Chaucer Parl. Foules 187 Colde welle stremys..That swemyn ful of smale fischis lite. 1390Gower Conf. III. 93 For wher the hulles ben most hyhe, Ther mai men welle stremes finde. |