单词 | will god |
释义 | > as lemmaswill God (i) if (also †and) God will. Also †will God, (regional) an Gothill, a Goddil.and God will was formerly sometimes used as an ironic apology. [After post-classical Latin Deo volente, lit. ‘God willing’ (see Deo volente n. and compare God willing at Phrases 1a(d)(ii)).] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > subject to outside forces [phrase] if (also and) God willc1300 will God1488 please the pigs1683 Deo volente1767 inshallah1857 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [adverb] > God willing if (also and) God willc1300 God willing1438 will God1488 Deo volente1767 D.V.1843 c1300 St. Julian Hospitable (Laud) l. 76 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 258 Ȝif god wole [a1325 Corpus Cambr. Ȝif Crist wole], þe ȝwyle we a-liue beoth, ne schulle we departi atwo. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 1540 (MED) I wil do bi þe, ȝif god wil. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 770 Will god I sall eschape this tresoune fals. 1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier xlvi. sig. R.ijv Monstures, Monckes I woulde haue sayd, & other religious parsons, and God wyll as they desyre to be called. 1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. 46 Ise feend tea a Maister a goddil. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Gothill, An Gothill, if God will... ‘In Gothill I'll be there’. 1893 J. Rhoades Teresa 23 You hear The guest knock loud for entrance; and anon The host will open, and to no mean fare Of iron entertainment, if God will, Give him such welcome as may pierce his heart. 1911 E. Nesbit Ballads & Verses of Spiritual Life 72 Bear up, my mother, yet a little while, And we shall see each other, if God will. 1994 Jet 4 July 46/2 Holyfield said his retirement soon might end. ‘If God will, I will,’ he added. < as lemmas |
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