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单词 aliry
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aliryadv.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a prep.1, lure n.1, -y suffix1.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < a prep.1 + lure n.1 + -y suffix1. Compare lirylong adv.Compare Old English lima lyre loss of (the use of) limbs ( < the genitive plural of limb n.1 + lure n.1):OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxvii. 316 Hire becom æt nextan seo coðu þe læcas hatað paralisin... Witodlice hire lima lyre hire becom to eacnunge haligra mægna, for ðan ðe heo hi gebysgode mid gebedum þæs ðe swiðor þe heo nan ðing elles don ne mihte. Alternatively, a derivation < lire n.1 has also been suggested.
Obsolete. rare.
to lay one's legs aliry: to arrange one's legs so as to appear malformed or paralysed.
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c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vii. l. 115 Faytors..feynede hem blynde, And summe leiden þe legges a-liri [c1400 Trin. Cambr. a lery; a1425 Univ. Oxf. a lyry] as suche losels cunne, And playneden hem..‘We haue no lymes to labore with’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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