单词 | i had as lief as |
释义 | > as lemmasI (etc.) had (occasionally have) as lief as d. In various constructions with have (see have v. 47, and cf. German lieb haben, Dutch liefhebben): I (etc.) had (occasionally have) as lief as, I had (occasionally †have) liefer (than), †liefest, with object a n. infinitive phrase (with or without to), or subordinate clause. †Also in impersonal constructions (see have v. 47c).In I'd, you'd, he'd (etc.) as lief, the ambiguous contraction is probably taken to represent would rather than had; the examples are therefore placed under the adverb. Actual instances with had might still occur, but only as archaic or dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > make types of choice [verb (intransitive)] > would rather liefer was, were, to me, hima900 I (etc.) had (occasionally have) as lief asc1290 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 94/79 For ich habbe leouere þat ȝe hire ouer-come. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 471/321 Ȝuyt hadde ich leouere ich were i-huld. 13.. K. Alis. 21 Feole & fille..hadde lever a ribaudye Than to here of God. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 453 I haue leuer þat loue þan lac al mi harmes. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 19 Þei han levere to dien in pryde and in malice þan to lyve in mekenes and charite. c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 919 Leuere ich hadde to dyen on a knyf, Than thee offende trewe deere wif. c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Prol. 5 I hadde leuere than a barel ale That gode lief my wyf hadde herd this tale. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 130 I hadde hir levere than a Myn of Gold. a1400 K. Alis. 1234 Theo riche..saide they hadden, sikirliche, Leovere steorve..than [etc]. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) v. ii. 75 Of these thre worldes,..I hadde leuer here speke, than ony thynge elles. c1480 (a1400) St. Placidus 390 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 80 He had als lef be ded as lef his wyf but remed. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. A 4 He had leifer save one citizen and subjects life than kill a thousand enemies. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxxi. 2) 242 He had as lief have parted with his very heart-blood. 1728 A. Ramsay Tit for Tat 31 I'd lure be strung Up by the neck. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. vii. 49 One had lieverer touch a Toad than the Flesh of some People. View more context for this quotation 1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans I. 121 With all my heart,..for I had as liff sit with Lucy or Marget as either of you, and at any time whatsomever. a1766 F. Sheridan Concl. Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph (1770) IV. 311 I had as lief have let it alone. 1836 M. Mackintosh Cottager's Daughter 39 Far loor in a rape I'd see him hinging As 'mong heretics I'd hear him singing. < as lemmas |
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