英语词汇“great oath”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

great oath n. an oath of special solemnity, or of particular vehemence or profanity; the form of oath regarded, by the swearer or listener, as the most sacred.

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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > solemn > most sacred

great oath?c1225

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 149 Blasfenia [prob. read blasfemia]..þe swerieð greate oðes. oðer bitterliche curseð. oðer mis seið bigod oðer bi his haleȝen.

c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2337 Þer was so mike yeft of cloþes, Þat þou i swore you gret othes, I ne wore nouth þer-offe croud.

1389 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 24 Til there thyngys..lelily and fermly to be fulfyllyt..bath the partys fornemmyt, the haly wangelis twechyt, the gret ath bodylyke has sworn.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 75 William þe kyng..suore a grete othe þat he suld neuer spare Noiþer lefe no lothe northeren, what so þei ware.

1448 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 16 The quilk to do lelely and treuly the forsaid personis hes sworn the gret ath.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ix. l. 1889 He suoyr þe gret athe bodely.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 41 The chanceleir suore be his great aith and hailie sacrament thair was..no wther..that he faworit sa weill.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem f. 12 Twelue loyall men..sall be chosen; quha sall sweare the great eath in presence of the parties, that they sall declare quhilk of them hes best richt.

1679 Processes Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court No. 284 Alexander McGown..sworne wpon his great oath that [etc.].

1788 Æ. Morison Trial W. Brodie & G. Smith 120 You are now bound by the great oath which you have sworn to tell the truth.

1844 Metropolitan Jan. 107 He ran in fiery haste toward the forecastle, shouting in a terrible voice, with many great oaths and curses, for one Rougemain.

1895 L. A. Waddell Buddhism of Tibet 569 In the courts when the great oath is taken, which is seldom, it is done by the person placing a holy scripture on his head, and sitting on the reeking hide of an ox.

1966 N. O. Brown Love's Body (1990) i. 17 In ancient Syracuse the official oath they called ‘the great oath’ was taken dressed in purple and wielding a fiery bolt.

2008 G. R. Iriam In Trenches (2011) 120 Nobby swore some great oaths and ran in and got his machine gun.

单词	great oath
释义	> as lemmas great oath great oath n. an oath of special solemnity, or of particular vehemence or profanity; the form of oath regarded, by the swearer or listener, as the most sacred. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > solemn > most sacred great oath?c1225 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 149 Blasfenia [prob. read blasfemia]..þe swerieð greate oðes. oðer bitterliche curseð. oðer mis seið bigod oðer bi his haleȝen. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2337 Þer was so mike yeft of cloþes, Þat þou i swore you gret othes, I ne wore nouth þer-offe croud. 1389 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 24 Til there thyngys..lelily and fermly to be fulfyllyt..bath the partys fornemmyt, the haly wangelis twechyt, the gret ath bodylyke has sworn. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 75 William þe kyng..suore a grete othe þat he suld neuer spare Noiþer lefe no lothe northeren, what so þei ware. 1448 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 16 The quilk to do lelely and treuly the forsaid personis hes sworn the gret ath. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ix. l. 1889 He suoyr þe gret athe bodely. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 41 The chanceleir suore be his great aith and hailie sacrament thair was..no wther..that he faworit sa weill. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem f. 12 Twelue loyall men..sall be chosen; quha sall sweare the great eath in presence of the parties, that they sall declare quhilk of them hes best richt. 1679 Processes Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court No. 284 Alexander McGown..sworne wpon his great oath that [etc.]. 1788 Æ. Morison Trial W. Brodie & G. Smith 120 You are now bound by the great oath which you have sworn to tell the truth. 1844 Metropolitan Jan. 107 He ran in fiery haste toward the forecastle, shouting in a terrible voice, with many great oaths and curses, for one Rougemain. 1895 L. A. Waddell Buddhism of Tibet 569 In the courts when the great oath is taken, which is seldom, it is done by the person placing a holy scripture on his head, and sitting on the reeking hide of an ox. 1966 N. O. Brown Love's Body (1990) i. 17 In ancient Syracuse the official oath they called ‘the great oath’ was taken dressed in purple and wielding a fiery bolt. 2008 G. R. Iriam In Trenches (2011) 120 Nobby swore some great oaths and ran in and got his machine gun. extracted from greatadj.n.adv.int. < as lemmas
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