| 单词 | or nay |
| 释义 | > as lemmasor nay a. or nay: or not. Cf. not adv. 7a. Now English regional (East Anglian). ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Judges xx. 23 Schal I more gon forth to fiȝtyn aȝenst þe sones of Benjamyn my breþeren or nay [a1425 L.V. ether nay; L. an non]? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 13451 (MED) I dar noght sai Quere þis was þat ilk or nai. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1909 (MED) His hy prudence hath insighte verray To iuge if it be wel y-made or nay. a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 2086 (MED) Of som parties separable A taste may wel be covenable..to make a-say whether thei be wel wroght or nay. 1526 Pylgrimage of Perfection (de Worde) f. 20v Demaunded of hym..whether he was in purgatory or nay. 1583 B. Rich Phylotus & Emelia (1835) 20 Let me aske you this question, dooe you knowe my father, or naie. 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II p. lx By any other means to force and drive People, whether they will or nay, into Compliance. a1903 F. Hall in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 235/1 [East Suffolk] Let me know whether you will do it, or nay. < as lemmas |
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