释义 |
helder, adv. Obs. exc. dial. [ME. = ON. comp. heldr (Sw. heller, Da. heller).] More; rather.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 430 And nawþer faltered ne fel þe freke neuer þe helder. a1400–50Alexander 1016 My couatyng is elder [v.r. helder] Þe sadnes of slike men þan swyftnes of childir. Ibid. 4657 Þat gome is gods gud frend & god neuire þe hildire. 1674Ray N.C. Words 25 Heldar, rather, before. c1840in Almondbury & Huddersf. Gloss. s.v., [One of ‘some masons setting a flag’] It's elder slack yet. 1857,1874[see elder adv.]. |