单词 | next heir |
释义 | > as lemmasnext heir a. Nearest in relationship or kinship; closest in association or intimacy. Now chiefly in next heir. Cf. sense C. 4a. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > closely > most closely nexteOE eOE (Kentish) Will of Ealdorman Ælfred (Sawyer 1508) in F. E. Harmer Sel. Eng. Hist. Docs. 9th & 10th Cent. (1914) 13 Gif heo bearn næbbe, feo ðonne an hire rehtfæderen sio neste hond to þem londe ond to ðem ærfe. OE Poenitentiale Pseudo-Egberti (Laud) ii. xviii. 25 Gif hwylc man wifige on his nehstan magan. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11396 Nimeð al his nexte cun..and swengeð of þa hafden. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 16035 [The king] inemned wes Alain, Cadwalader nexte mæi. a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 1354 (MED) Dauid seiþ þorw þi sonde Þat þi ffreond and nexte kunde aȝen þe sholde stonde. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Kings (Bodl.959) iii. 8 I am aȝens Juda to dai, þe whiche haue don mercy vp on þe hous of Saul þi fader..& þe nexte kyn [a1425 L.V. neiȝboris; L. proximos] of hym. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13598 (MED) Þe neist men of his oxspring, Did þai þan be-for þam bring. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 63 Ye shall assemble youre most next parents and frendes. a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 440 (MED) Crist shulde be oure nexste fadir, & his chirche oure nexste modir. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ruth iii. 9 Thou art the nexte kynsman. 1571 in A. I. Cameron Warrender Papers (1931) I. 108 Sonnis, brethir, nixt cousingis. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) ii. 30 All his inheritaunce came to his Nephewe Kinge Henry the seventh as next haire to the said Iasper. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 133 Their Friends attend the Herse, the next Relations Mourn. View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Virginity The Men never marry but on Condition that the next Relation, or Friend of the Maid's, shall undertake to enjoy her before him, and take away her Virginity. 1883 W. Allingham Ashby Manor i. ii. 34 You know, doubtless, fair cousin, that I am next heir to this estate. 1898 J. Davidson Godfrida i. 13 If she were to wed him, she would become of no importance in the state, he being, as you say, the next heir. 1965 Amer. Hist. Rev. 70 356 He was born next in blood to the preceding monarch. 1980 Econ. Hist. Rev. 33 562 Should the landowner die before resettlement, his son or next heir would succeed to the patrimony as a tenant in tail. < as lemmas |
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