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单词 christ's cross me speed
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Christ's cross me speed
Christ's cross me speed and variants: a formula said before repeating the alphabet, esp. by children learning to read; also used allusively. Now historical.In quot. c1400 with the elements of the phrase reversed.
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c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 762 (MED) He sayned hym in syþes sere, & sayde, ‘Cros-Kryst me spede!’]
c1475 Advice to Lovers in J. O. Halliwell Select. Minor Poems J. Lydgate (1840) 42 (MED) How long agoo lerned ye, ‘Crist crosse me spede!’ Have ye no more lernyd of youre a b c?
a1529 J. Skelton Against Venemous Tongues in Wks. (1843) I. 133 In your Crosse rowe, nor Christ crosse you spede.
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke i. 36 Christes crosse be my speede, in all vertue to proceede, A, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, & t, double w, v, x with y, ezod, & per se, con per se tittle tittle est Amen When you haue done begin againe, begin againe.
2016 M. D. Rust Imaginary Worlds in Medieval Bks. (new ed.) i. 41 A child working with a primer would begin by making the sign of the cross and uttering the words ‘Christ's cross me speed’; he or she would then go on to read—or to recite—the alphabet and the ensuing prayers.
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