单词 | sailyie |
释义 | † sailyien. Scottish. Obsolete. Hostile attack, assault. ΚΠ 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xii. l. 18 Still saxte dayis at sar sailȝe thai baid. Fortrace and werk..Thai brak and brynt and put to confusioun. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 13 The Romanes..maid ane sailȝe baith be se and land. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 13 Instrumentis..That neidful war to mak sailȝie or salt. 1594 (a1555) D. Lindsay Hist. Squyer Meldrum l. 952, in Wks. (1931) I. 171 Now, vailȝe quod vailȝe, Upon the Ladie thow mak ane sailȝe. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 169 Their hands wagg'd wapons a' kinkinds; And sic varietie o' graith, Gather't for sailzie and for skaith. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 204 Dissim'lar men, but sim'lar minds, In formidable sailyie, Cam whurrin' in. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † sailyiev. Scottish. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To assault, make a hostile attack upon. ΚΠ 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 992 I wald sailȝe..Lowmaban hous. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 22 He and the clerk..shall no be laith To raise the mob,..And sailzie kirk wi' weir and wraith. 2. intransitive. To make an attempt. ΚΠ 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. vi. 151 And þocht my aventure was first, euery ane of þame sall sailȝe as þai best may. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1488v.1488 |
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