单词 | in idleness |
释义 | > as lemmasin (or on) idleness ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase] in (or on) idlenessc825 in (earlier on, an) idlec1000 in idleshipa1250 in vaina1300 over tomeheda1300 (all) for noughtc1300 in waste1340 in deveyn(ec1400 to little availc1450 without availc1450 in fruster1488 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 for nothing1560 sans fail1597 for vaina1616 c825 Vesp. Psalter iv. 3 To hwon lufiað ge idelnisse, and soecað leasunge. c825 Vesp. Psalter cxxvi[i]. 1 Nemðe dryhten timbrie hus, in idelnisse winnað ða timbriað ða. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 756 Swere nat hys name yn ydulnesse. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 164 Salomon..zayde his dom ine zuiche manere, ‘ydelnesse, ydelnesse, ydelnesse, and al þet ich izi is ydelnesse’. c1400 Rom. Rose 3323 Ye may wele..Youre wordis waste in idilnesse. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. cxvi. sig. mmi/1 It is not sayd in ydilnesse [a1398 BL Add. yseid an ydil] (thou hast made all in nombre: weyghte & mesure). < as lemmas |
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