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† aˈdawe, adv. Obs.
[For o dawe, a contr. form of of dawe, of daȝe, of daȝen, north. of dawes, = OE. of daȝum ‘from days,’ in sense of ‘from life.’ The full phrase ‘of lyues dawe’ is also common. See dawe, day.]
Out of life, out of existence. Usually with verbs bring, do: To put out of life, to put to death, kill.
c1250Genesis & Ex. 3545 Ðat wod folc ðor Ur of daȝe broȝten. c1300Life of Beket 2305 This holi man was ibroȝt of Dawe. c1314G. Warw. 53 He wist his folk y-slawe And thurch him brought o liue dawe. c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 282, I trawed my perle don out of daweȝ. c1330Florice & Bl. 634 Sithen he thoughte hem of dawe don. c1370K. Rob. of Cysille 133 in E.P.P. Hazl. I. 273, I schalle yow teche me for to knawe, And brynge yow fro yowre lyfe dawe. c1420R. Cœur de Lion 973 Some wolde have hym adawe. c1425Wyntown Cron. viii. xxvi. 29 Qwhen þat he wes dune of dawe, Ðai tuk þe Land for outyn awe. 1447O. Bokenham Lyvys of Seyntys (1835) 186 He cruelly shuld be brought adawe As a transgressour of hys lawe. 1513Douglas æneis vi. vii. 68 Thou with swerd was slaw, Bereft thy self the life, and brocht of daw. |