单词 | oath-worthy |
释义 | > as lemmasˈoath-worthy ˈoath-worthy adj. now archaic (a) able to be trusted under oath; (b) worthy of being sworn by, or invoked in an oath. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > worthy of a vow oathablea1616 oath-worthy1859 eOE Laws of Ine (Corpus Cambr. 173) xlvi. 108 Þonne sceal he be lx hida onsacan þære þiefðe, gif he aðwyrðe bið.] 1859 N. Amer. Rev. July 85 Perjured persons, or those who had once been convicted, should not be deemed thereafter oath-worthy. 1886 J. S. Corbett Fall of Asgard II. 170 By all that we of old have deemed holy and oathworthy. 1962 H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. (1963) ix. 351 It still mattered that a man was oath-worthy. < as lemmas |
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