| 单词 | if thy will be |
| 释义 | > as lemmasif thy (his, etc.) will be 8. Modified by a possessive: that which a person wishes should be done, a person's pleasure; esp. as the object of do, work, etc. Frequently in if it be (also is) your (thy, etc.) will, †if thy (his, etc.) will be, etc. (now archaic). ΚΠ OE Menologium 201 We healdað sancta symbel þara þe sið oððe ær worhtan in worulde willan drihtnes. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1085 Gebete hit God elmihtiga þonne his willa sy! a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 121 Ȝif hit his willa nere, ne mahte him nan deð ne nan pine denan [perhaps read derian]. a1350 (?c1225) King Horn (Harl.) (1901) l. 201 Ah ȝef hit is þi wille help vs þat we ne spille. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 522 Bothe my dethe and my lyfe Is inne þe wille of þi wife. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxvi[i]. 12 Delyuer me not in to the wylles of myne aduersaries. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 295 The stronger must bee obeyed & haue his wille. 1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde (1592) O 2 b Shall I then haue..no comfort, but bee posted off to the will of time? a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. iv. 7 Direct me, if it be your will, where great Auffidius lies: Is he in Antium? View more context for this quotation 1765 T. Gray Shakespeare in Corr. Gray & W. Mason (1853) 340 13 If then he wreak on me his wicked will. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 295 If it's your wull, I'll just tak a step as far as Dunse. 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 185 Leaving misrule and violence to work their will among men. 1953 C. Isherwood Diary 27 Jan. (2011) I. 454 Okay—a real fresh start, then, if that's your will. What do you want now? Tell me. I'm ready. 2019 @JRoughton3 14 May in twitter.com (OED Archive) The Bible doesn't really say much about ‘chasing your dreams’. It has a lot to say about doing God's will. < as lemmas |
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