单词 | straif |
释义 | straifn. Obsolete exc. dialect. A stray animal or thing. Chiefly in waif and straif: see waif and stray or †straif at waif n.1 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that strays from habitat or companions straif1377 astray1440 stragglera1552 strayaway1820 breakaway1893 ladino1942 the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > piece of abandoned property straif1377 derelict1670 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 94 Of wardes and wardmotes, weyues and streyues [1393 C. i. 92 strayues]. 1447 Shillingford Lett. etc. (Camden) 99 He and his predecessours..have had view of Frank Plegge weif and straif and all other profits longing to a viewe. 1509–10 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 195 Redd. Ass. De ancaragia nil hoc anno, nec de wryk, nec de strayff, nec de wayff, nec de infanketheyff hoc anno. 1535–6 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 26 §23 Lordes Marchers..shall haue..Wayff, Straiff, Infanthef, Outfanthef, Treasoure Troves. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Waif and Straif, articles, by chance, washed up on the beach by the sea, as wreck materials; here they are the property of the manor owner. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Strafe, a stray animal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1377 |
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