| 单词 | by this hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby this hand P4. In oaths and asseverations, as by this hand, †for my hand, etc. Now rare (archaic except Shetland). ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3313 ‘Say me now’, he said, ‘be þi hand, Has þou any fader liuand?’ c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3643 (MED) Thay are harlotes halfe, I hette ȝow myn hounde! 1550 J. Hooper Ouersight Jonas iii. f. lviii In case it be damnable in a noughty matter to sweare by creatures, is it not the same trow ye,..to sweare by a mans hande. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 325 Bened. Tarry good Beatrice, by this hand I loue thee. Beatrice Vse it for my loue some other way than swearing by it. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 187 Master, for my hand, Both our inuentions meet and iumpe in one. View more context for this quotation 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding i. iii in Comedies & Trag. 80 Scorning me, who (by this hand) lov'd her parlously. 1722 Mem. Lit. (ed. 2) V. 297 It was a general Custom all over the World to swear by the Hand. 1784 W. Hayley Happy Prescription ii. i, in Plays of Three Acts 53 I swear by this hand, That I feel as I touch it my genius expand. 1897 Christian Work 29 Apr. 681/2 I swear by this good right hand! 1914 J. S. Angus Gloss. Shetland Dial. 58 Hand, a word of asseveration, ‘By mi hand’. < as lemmas |
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