| 单词 | to nim the way of death |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto nim the way of death b. In figurative contexts which consciously retain the idea of travelling, frequently (esp. in early use) with regard to a person's spiritual journey through life (cf. sense A. 3a). †to nim the way of death: to die (obsolete). See also primrose way n. at primrose n. and adj. Compounds 2.For figurative uses where the sense of travelling is absent or greatly weakened, see sense A. 18a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 OE tr. Theodulf of Orleans Capitula (Corpus Cambr.) i. 307 Þæt ge..eallum folce ge bysne astellen wel to lybbene, ond þæm þe ge fore syndan getæcan þone rihtan weg to heofona rice. c1175 ( Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 168 We sceolen ȝemunæn þæt Crist sæde þæt þe wæȝ is swiðe heah & swiðe stæȝre [read stæȝer] þe lædeþ us to heofenæ. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Royal) (1981) 810 Me unwreh me þe wei þet leadeð to liue. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 5320 (MED) Þe king aldred sone þo þen wey of deþe nom. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 29222 (MED) For-þi to weind þe seker wai I rede we be in penance ai. a1425 (?c1400) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 106 By þese wytty wordes of oure Lord Jesus Crist, mowe malicious men..knowe þat þey beþ in þe weye to helleward. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Ciiiv In this, we may knowe, what way to take, & what way to leue. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. iii. 18 That goe the Primrose way to th'euerlasting Bonfire. View more context for this quotation 1646 T. Gataker Mistake Removed 38 There is no new way to Heaven now, but the same that ever was. a1729 J. Rogers 19 Serm. (1735) v. 97 Every Path before us appears beset with Snares and Dangers, Ways in which we must walk with Fear and Trembling. a1832 J. Mackintosh Hist. Revol. Eng. (1834) i. 11 Having found a way to court through some of those who ministered to the pleasures of the King,..he made his value known by [etc.]. 1864 J. H. Newman Apologia (1913) iv. §2. 296 There are but two alternatives, the way to Rome, and the way to Atheism. 1907 H. Halid Crescent versus Cross iii. 37 They find consolation in the words uttered by the priest at the grave-side, though it is doubtful whether these will be of use to the dead in finding the right way to Heaven. 1989 R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits (1996) 80 When you lets your guard down—oh, just a little bit—he's waiting right there, O yes, to come in and set you on the way to hell. < as lemmas |
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