单词 | unslow |
释义 | † unslowadj. Obsolete. Not slow; active, quick, swift. In Beowulf 2564 the emendation unslaw has been suggested for the MS. reading unglaw. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > [adjective] unslowc1000 unslaina1325 unmortificatea1475 unkilled1546 survivanta1575 unmurdered1586 relict1587 surviving1594 survivor1602 superstitea1623 unmassacreda1627 to the fore1695 unslaughtered1719 unbutchered1835 unassassinated1842 unimmolated1855 unmartyred1908 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > undelaying unslowc1000 unlingering1761 undelaying1791 undilatory1827 c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxv. 375 Hi slogon þa togædere unslawe mid wæpnum. a1023 Wulfstan Homilies x. 72 Se ðe wære full slaw, weorðe se unslaw to cyrican. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. vi. 11 If forsothe vnsloȝ thou shul be, shal come as a welle thi rip. 1483 Cath. Angl. 343/2 Vn Slawe, vbi wyghte. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 908 The dragon..gird him agayne with a grym noyse: Mony slecynges vnslogh throughe hys slote yode. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.c1000 |
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