单词 | astray |
释义 | † astrayn. Obsolete. A stray beast; an estray. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that strays from habitat or companions straif1377 astray1440 stragglera1552 strayaway1820 breakaway1893 ladino1942 1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 16 Astray, or a best that goythe astray. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † astrayv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > act wrongly or immorally [verb (intransitive)] > err or go wrong or astray misfareeOE wanderc897 dwelec900 miswendOE misfereOE misnimc1225 failc1290 to go willa1300 misgoc1300 misstepc1300 errc1315 strayc1325 folly1357 wryc1369 crookc1380 miscarryc1390 ravec1390 astray1393 forloinc1400 delire?a1475 to go wrong?1507 to tread the shoe awrya1542 swerve1576 prevaricate1582 tread awrya1625 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > turn aside from a course of action wanderc897 haltc900 flitc1175 misdrawc1300 err1303 convertc1374 foldc1380 stray1390 astray1393 swaver?a1400 to fall from ——a1425 recedec1450 depart1535 swervea1547 fag1555 flinch1578 exorbitate1600 extravagate1600 discoasta1677 tralineate1700 aberrate1749 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 132 This prest was drunke and goth astraied. ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cxix. 356 Offend thy law: yet will I not: to renne from it astraid. 1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith ii. 35 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) They astraide From God their guide. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). astrayadv. 1. Out of the right way, away from the proper path, wandering. ΘΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adverb] > astray willa1300 wrongc1330 astrayc1380 astrayly1440 errantly1834 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3729 Rennyngge a-streyey þar on þe waye. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5532 Ynowe [stedes] þay founde withoute gon, A-strayey on þe grene. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6827 Þi faas beist þou findes o strai [Fairf. on stray]. a1400 Chester Pl. 63 Loke and tell, and yf thou maye, Starres standinge one the straye. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1161 When I schulde start in þe strem astraye. c1420 Anturs of Arth. xl Opon a startand stede he strikes oute of stray. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 195 Mony a steid Fleand on stray. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 158 And saugh an horse go a-stray. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 359 And lead these teasty Riuals so astray . View more context for this quotation 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 78 Why urge thy chase so far astray? 2. Away from the right; in or into error or evil. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [adverb] acrooka1387 astray1535 foul1683 deviously1742 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adverb] > in the wrong way or into error unrightOE willa1300 astray1535 awkwardlyc1540 byway1549 seducedly1642 deviously1842 wrongways1922 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adverb] > in a wrong way, amiss on missc1225 overthwarta1382 a-crookc1500 awrya1513 wide?1529 astray1535 across1559 bias1600 outa1641 beside the bridge1652 on the wrong side of the post1728 abroad1806 off1843 way off1882 off beam1941 up the boohai?1946 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxii. 3 They go astraie & speake lyes. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 4 So ferre gone astraigh from Christe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. i. 101 Nay, in that you are astray . View more context for this quotation 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. i. 17 One young lady going astray shall subject her relations to..discredit and distress. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 478 Evil counsellors had led him astray. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1440v.1393adv.c1380 |
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