| 释义 |
† beˈtravail, v. Obs.
Also 4 bitrauel, bytrauaile, -uaille, 5 -vaylle.
[f. be- 1 + travail v.]
1. trans. To work at; to compose (a book).
1387Trevisa Higden (1865) I, Þis storie is bytrauailled by cause of Brytayne. Ibid. i. xlviii. (1527) 47 b, Cyte of legyons there this Cronycle was bytravaylled.
2. To work for; to earn by labour.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. ix. 242 With swot and swetynge face By-tulye and by-trauaile treuly oure lyf-lode. Ibid. xvi. 210 For no bred þat ich by-trauaile.
3. To do violence to, to violate.
1388Wyclif Judg. xx. 5 Thei bitraueliden my wijf with vnbileueful woodnesse of letcherie. |