单词 | fetch-life |
释义 | † fetch-lifen. Obsolete. rare. ? A messenger sent to ‘fetch’ the soul of a dying person. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > spirit of deceased person > conductor of souls Charona1522 fetch-life1582 psychopomp1603 ferryman1615 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 78 On thee turrets the skrich howle, lyke fetchliefe ysetled, Her burial roundel dooth ruck. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1582 |
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