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单词 to lay one's life, head, to wed
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to lay one's life, head, to wed
c. figurative. Often, to lay one's life, head, to wed, used to confirm or guarantee an assertion or an undertaking (cf. 4). Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)]
to lay one's life, head, to wed971
to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrowa1330
again-behotea1382
to make (also do) faitha1382
pledge1458
to make (also give) warrantisea1535
undertake1548
subscribe1600
underwrite1623
seal1633
underwritea1657
hedge1676
vouch1687
to stand surety (or security)1776
to take warrant on oneself1828
stipulate1829
971 Blickl. Hom. 131 Þæs Halgan Gastes, se wæs of heofenum onsended..to wedde þæs heofonlican eþles.
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 246 Sir Adam of Stretton fulle hard was he led, Nouht without encheson, I lay my gloue to wed.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 31 Lyf seyth þat he likth and leyth his lif to wedde, Þat [etc.].
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 423 Herby þei myght bye mennis synnes, and laye hor soules in wedde, þat oþer mennis soules shulde be saved.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 95 And thus his trowthe he leith to wedde.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16670 Þare he gaf his suete flesche for ur ranscun in wedd.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xv. 167 Thei..profreden here hedes to wedde, but ȝif it wolde falle as thei seyden.
c1400 Gosp. Nicodemus (Galba) 100 Þaire carping þare no thing þou knew, We lay oure heuiddes in wed.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) viii. xxiv. 194 b The sweord of Arthur he durst not abide, Lest he should lay his lyfe to wed.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) x. l. 515 My hed to wed Lochlewyn he past to se.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 633 Ȝit feile Sothron left the lyff to wed.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxviii. 369 I dar lay my heede to wed, Or that we go vntill oure bed, That we shall here anothere.
a1500 in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 247 A leche hath layd hys hed to wed To make a plaster that wolde me please.
?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. B.iiii I warraunt she wyll neuer saye you naye My lyfe I dare laye to wedde.
extracted from wedn.
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