| 单词 | micel ende |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmicel ende c. A part, proportion; only with adjectives of quantity, as in †micel ende (Old English) a great part; †none end, no portion; a good (great) end (dialect), a large proportion (of). Cf. most end at most adj. 3a, most an end adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] deala800 doleOE endOE lotlOE partyc1300 parta1325 specec1330 portiona1387 piecec1400 proportion1443 parcellingc1449 faction1577 piecemeal1603 proportional1856 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1052 Harold..ofsloh mycelne ende þes folces. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 14478 Þe iewes..souȝten him to slone And moost ende for þat resoun Þat he vp reised lazaroun. ?c1400–40 How Merchande dyd Wyfe Betray 106 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 201 To speke wyth none ende of my kynne. 1623 W. Lisle Ælfric's Saxon Treat. Jeremias..was oft in bands and cast into prison..and bore most an end the peoples sinnes. 1676 M. Hale Contempl. Moral & Divine 162 The credit of the relator, which most an end depends upon another's credit. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 122 Tipplers most an end are roaring Boys. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale It cost me a girt end of a pound. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Most on End..used adverbially; continually, unremittingly. 1891 N.E.D. at End Mod. Derbysh., It cost me a good end of ten pounds. I have been waiting a good end of an hour. < as lemmas |
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