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单词 fetch-life
释义

fetch-lifen.

Forms: In quot. -liefe.
Etymology: ? < fetch v. + life n.
Obsolete. rare.
? A messenger sent to ‘fetch’ the soul of a dying person.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > spirit of deceased person > conductor of souls
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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.
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