| 释义 |
† wantrokie, v. Obs.
[ME. (Kentish) f. wan-; the second element is obscure, as troke v. yields no good sense.]
intr. To despair; in quot. impers., with dative of person and of. Hence † wantroking vbl. n. despair; false or mistaken expectation.
c1315Shoreham i. 919 Ac þat ne schalt þou neuere do, Bote þe wantrokye of lyue. Ibid. vii. 759 Loke that thou ne go nauȝt onder Thorȝ wantrokynge. 1340Ayenb. 265 Þer ne is non hope of guode, non wantrokiynge of kueade. |