| 单词 | liefis me |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliefis me c. In predicative use. Const. dative or to, unto, esp. in liefer was, were, to me, him, etc. with infinitive or clause as subject [= ‘I had rather’] . Also Scottish liefis me = dear is to me (see also leeze me n.). Obsolete exc. archaic and dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adjective] lief and deara900 dearOE sweetOE lovedOE dearlyOE liefOE dearworth?c1225 chere1297 lovered1340 beloveda1375 dearworthyc1374 chary?a1400 sugaredc1475 tender1485 chereful1486 affectionatea1513 dilect1521 chare1583 ingling1595 darling1596 affected1600 in the love of1631 jewel-darling1643 adorable1653 fonded1684 endeared1841 dotey1852 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 a900 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 755 (Parker MS.) Þa cuædon hie þæt him nænig mæg leofra nære þonne hiera hlaford. c1000 Ælfric Genesis xxix. 19 Leofre me ys þæt ic hig sylle þe þonne oðrum men. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 35 Swilche pine ic habbe þet me were leofere þenne al world..most ic habben an alpi þraȝe summe lisse. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 14701 To lakenn himm wiþþ þatt tatt himm. Iss lefesst off þin ahhte. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 29 Þu shalt ben lef and wurð and liken alle men. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 202 Þeȝ..leof [v.r. lof] him were nihtegale. a1300 Cursor Mundi 23936 Þis ilk praier leuedi þou here, For þaa þat ar me lijfe and dere. 1340–70 Alex & Dind. 562 Hure was lecherie luf. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1143 Leuere me were by my fay he were to-drawe wyþ hors. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 205 Now ches and tak which you is levere. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 16 Þerfor lerne þe byleue leuest me were. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 266 Bot Iueler gente if þou schal lose Þy Ioy for a gemme þat þe was lef. c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale Jonathas 170 This man to folkes alle was so leef. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. xx Ye haue lefte me the yongest and the fayrest, and she is moost leuest to me. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 Full leif is me ȝowr [1568 Fow leis me that] graceles gane. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. vii. 37 O levis me! the lykest thing leving, And verray ymage of my Astianax ȝing! a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 63/1 Them wer leuer to leese all that thei haue besyde, then [etc.]. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. iii. sig. D2v Cambel tooke Cambina to his fere, The which as life were each to other liefe. View more context for this quotation 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. ii. 17 Thy fathers odious name, Whose mention were alike to thee as leeue As a Catch-pols fist vnto a Bankrupts sleeue. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 147 Those who are most leife and deere unto us shall bee slaves. 1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe B 7 Leuer me were be slaine in this place..Then purpose againe you any fallace. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems Lines 8/2 But all are deaf Vnto my Muse, that is most lief To mine own self. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 7 I charge thee, quickly go again As thou art lief and dear. < as lemmas |
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