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单词 lithe of lee
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lithe of (or on) lee
3. A sheltered position or condition; hence, calmness, peace, tranquillity. Chiefly in to leng, live, rest in (or on) lee. Also, in lithe of (or on) lee: said of the weather. Obsolete.The alliterative phrases, lordings, lordship in lee, may perhaps not belong to this sense.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun]
stillnessc888
roOE
stilth?c1225
lowna1250
peacea1275
restc1350
tranquillityc1374
leea1400
tranquille1412
quietness?a1425
quiet?c1450
restfulnessc1450
quiety?a1500
quietation?1504
calm1547
calmness1561
peacefulnessa1566
halcyon1567
repose1577
quietude1598
still1608
hushtness1609
reposedness1616
reposeness1617
serenity1641
undisturbedness1649
indisturbance1660
pacateness1666
sleep1807
tranquilness1818
requiescence1837
reposefulness1872
the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > be quiet or tranquil [verb (intransitive)] > live in peace and quiet
to leng, live, rest in (or on) leea1400
a1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. (1892) 477/10 Þe Mon þat þenkeþ to liuen in le.
a1400–50 Alexander 5615 He lengis in lithis & in lee to his lyues ende.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 849 To lede a lortschyp in lee of leudeȝ ful gode.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. x. 3620 Alysandyr..Scotland led in luwe and lé.
c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 348 The wedur was lythe of le.
c1480 (a1400) St. Adrian 416 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 284 Of þe fare nowmir for to be of haly men, & reste in le.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Paddock & Mouse l. 2932 in Poems (1981) 109 Better but stryfe to leif allane in le.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. b Lordingis in le I rede ye tent treuly to my teching.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 128 Amang thair freindis for to leve in lie.
a1650 Turke & Gowin 47 in Furnivall Percy Folio I. 92 I will neuer flee from noe aduenture..whilest I may liue on lee.
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