单词 | to draw on dreich |
释义 | > as lemmasto draw on dreich Phrases† to draw on dreich.Chiefly in alliterative verse. a. To draw (a person, oneself) aside; to draw away or back. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1031 (MED) Þere he draȝez hym on dryȝe, & derely hym þonkkez. a1500 (?a1400) Morte Arthur (1903) l. 2826 Launcelot than hym drew on dryhe..; And syr gawayne cryed lowde on hye: ‘Traytour And coward, come A-gayne.’ 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) 72 Quhen scho growis heich, I draw on dreich, To vesy and behald the end. b. To hold back or delay (an action). ΚΠ a1450 York Plays (1885) 349 (MED) This dede on-dergh we may noght drawe. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 176 Why on dregh draghes þou þes dedis so ferre. < as lemmas |
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