释义 |
Saxonly, adv.|ˈsæksənlɪ| [f. Saxon a. + -ly2.] In a Saxon manner; in the Saxon tongue.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 159 Þe Flemmynges þat woneþ in þe weste side of Wales haueþ i-left her straunge speche and spekeþ Saxonliche i-now [L. Saxonice satis proloquuntur]. 1606Warner Alb. Eng. xv. xciii. 374 Of Britons (saxonlie calld Welsh, or Strangers). 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 28 Insurgent after no mad Gallic fashion, but soberly and Saxonly discharging itself. 1870― Study Wind., Chaucer (1871) 195 He found our language lumpish,..too apt to speak Saxonly in grouty monosyllables. |