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单词 whetheryea or no
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whether..yea or no (also nay)
P2. whether..yea or no (also nay): whether..or not. Also in would I yea or no: whether I would or not. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] > whether one will or not
would…nouldOE
whether he (etc.) will or nillOE
will I (or) nill I (he, they, etc.)OE
maugre1340
nill he, will hea1400
who(ever) will or nillc1449
bongre maugrec1450
whether‥yea or no (also nay)1515
nolens volens1547
willing or nilling1578
volens nolens1602
willy-nilly1608
nilling, willing1657
nilly-willy1662
bon gré mal gré1818
wilta shalta1824
william-nilliam1907
1515 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 93 To the Interrogatory Whethir thei had this by the Comen assent ye or noo [etc.].
c1540 Depositions ex parte Plaintiff (Brasenose Coll. Oxf. Archives) (Hurst Cal. of Munim. 1, Ascot Doyley 13) Whether J. S. was cosyn and heire of [A. B.], ye or naye, he knoweth not.
1577 N. Breton Floorish vpon Fancie sig. Bijv Would I ye or no, I learnd some of his raging rules.
1670 in Extracts State Papers (Friends' Hist. Soc.) (1913) 4th Ser. 313 In that time I shall tell thee whether I shall make them yea or no.
1725 Pious Descr. 2 in Curious Uncommon Acct. Now chuse ye, whether yea or no, You'll to Eternal Glories go.
1887 Dundee Courier & Daily Argus 18 May But this was..as collateral to the inquiry whether yea or nay the civil right had been invaded by the party.
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