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单词 to work with one's will
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to work (a person) with one's will
b. To achieve one's sexual desires; to have sexual relations (with a person). Also to work (a person) with one's will: to have sexual relations with (a person). Cf. to have one's way with at way n.1 and int.1 Phrases 1b(h). Obsolete.In quot. OE as part of a riddle in which an activity (apparently churning butter) is described using overtly sexual imagery.
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OE Riddle 54 6 Hyse..hof his agen hrægl hondum up, [h]rand under gyrdels hyre stondendre stiþes nathwæt, worhte his willan; wagedan buta.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 667 (MED) Wirche wiþ me þi wille, or witterli in hast Mi liif lelly is lorn.
c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) l. 227 (MED) Wyth her he þowȝth to worche hys wylle, And wedde her to hys wyfe.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 31v All the souerains..assignet me hir ffor to wirke with my wille & weld as my nowne.
1610 Merrie Iest Ieamie of Woodicock Hill (single sheet) An other did worke his will, and tickled his wiues hei nonnie nonnie.
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