单词 | the gainest |
释义 | > as lemmasthe gainest b. In adverbial usage, the gainest [= Old Norse et gegnsta neuter.] Also at (the) gainest: by the shortest way: occasionally = at random. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [adverb] > by the quickest or shortest way at (the) gainestc1400 lot1633 next ways1789 cross-lots1825 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1973 For to f[e]rk þurȝ þe fryth & fare at þe gaynest. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxiiiv He drewe his Swerde and layed about hym at ye geynyst. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2996 The lady..glod on full gayly þe gaynist to the bonke. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Riv Lyke a woman shotyng foorthe my bolte at the gainest. 1635 in M. Christy Voy. L. Foxe & T. James (1894) II. 437 I direct my course at gainest. < as lemmas |
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