单词 | in prey to |
释义 | > as lemmasin prey to a. Something taken in war or by pillage; booty, plunder. in prey to: as plunder for. Obsolete.In quot. a1325 at α. , in a figurative context with allusion to 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder > taken in war or raid here-fengc1275 preya1325 wainc1330 spoila1340 ravinc1350 spoila1382 pillagea1393 forayc1425 booty1474 trophya1522 prize1522 sackage1609 boot-haling1622 free-booty1623 plunder1647 capture1706 loot1839 sack1859 α. β. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) ccxii. 310 There gadred he many grete proyes, that is to wete, horses, beufes, Kyen and sheep, And ryche prysonners.1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. xi. 191 Where as byfore he was a powere knyght he was becom ryche by the proyes that he had goten and taken.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Proye, praye, and spoyle.a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 4028 Ðis leun sal..Lond canaan al preige bi-geten. ?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 134 (MED) Of his deþ ne telliþ hi noȝt, Bot of har prei hi hab som. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. i. 33 He toke prayes of the citee [a1425 L.V. preies; L. spolia], and brente it with fijr. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 123 (MED) Þei feynen hem dede to gete pray of worldly lordischipis & richesse. a1450 Partonope of Blois (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1912) 2748 (MED) They come with grete pryde And take grete pray on euery syde. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 125 (MED) Kynge claudas was putt to flight, and loste all his harneyse and his praye. 1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 308 Exponand..the saidis compliners guidis.., in prey to the enemy. 1641 Declar. to Chas. I in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 529 The Prey, or Booty which they take from the English, they mark with the Queen's mark. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 114 Thy faithful Dogs..hold at Bay, The Mountain Robbers, rushing to the Prey . View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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