| 释义 |
aby, abye, v. arch.|əˈbaɪ|
Forms: inf. 1 abycg-an, abicg-an; 2 abug-en, 2–4 abuggen, abigg-en; 3–4 abugg-e, abigg-e; 4 abegg-e, abedge; abey-e(n, abei-e, abé; aby-en, abi-en; 4–5 abaye, abaie; 4–6 abie; 5 (abyche); 6 (abygge), 4–9 aby, abye. pa. tense 1–3 abohte; 3–4 aboȝte, abouȝte; 4–5 aboughte; 5– abought. pa. pple. 1–3 aboht; 3–4 aboȝt, abouȝt; 4– abought. Abugge (ü) was s.w.; abegge, abedge s.e.; abeye, abye, abie mdld. and nor.
[f. a- prefix 1 away, out, back + buy, OE. bycgan; cogn. w. Goth. usbugjan to redeem: see buy.]
†1. trans. To buy, purchase, pay for. Obs.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 185 Nis nan blisse soþes in an þing þet is utewið · þet ne beo to bitter aboht. c1200Moral Ode in Trin. Coll. Hom. 224 Swines brade is wel swete..Ac al to diere he hit abuið þe ȝiefð þar-fore his swiere. c1300in Wright Lyr. Poetry xxxvii. 103 A thyng that is ful precious, ful duere hit ys aboht. c1374Chaucer Compl. Mars & Venus 334 Thus dere abought is Love in yevynge. 1503Stat. 19 Hen. VII, vi. §1 Theves..bryng such stolen vessell unto theym..to sell..and abought they bryng it to pryve places..and ther sell much part of hit to straungers.
2. trans. To pay the penalty for (an offence), to redeem, atone for, suffer for, make amends for, expiate: commonly with sore, dearly, etc. arch.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 35 Þa wrecche saule hit scal abuggen. 1205Layamon 8158 Þu me smite bi þon rugge, Ah sare þu hit salt abuggen. c1230Ancren Riwle 306 Bute ȝif he abugge þe sunne þet he wrouhte. c1270King Horn 110 Wiþ swerd oþer wiþ kniue, We scholden alle deie And þi fader deþ abeie. c1314Guy Warw. (1840) 49 His deth thou schalt wel sore abigge. c1380Sir Ferumb. 2848 Abigge þow schalt þis wronge? þat þov ous hast y-don. Ibid. 3404 Þilke companye þo ful dere aboȝte? þat þay come þare. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xi. 233 Here abouȝte þe barn · hus belsires gultes. 1393Gower Conf. I. 261 Thy false body shall abie And suffre, that it hath deserved. Ibid. II. 386 He wolde done his sacrilegge That many a man shulde it abegge [some edd. abedge]. c1400Gamelyn 810 He schal it abegge that broughte him thertoo. c1430Hymns to Virg. 118 Now lete my flesche my synnis abie! 1560Thersites (Hazl. Dodsl. I. 406) They shall aby bitterly the coming of such a guest. 1613Beaum. & Fl. Knt. of Burning Pestle iii. iv. 26 Foolhardy knight, full soon thou shalt aby This fond reproach, thy body will I bang. 1815Scott Ld. of Isles v. xxvii. By Heaven, they lead the page to die..They shall abye it! 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. V. ix. 432 Dearly did the Cherokees aby their rising.
3. trans. To pay (as a penalty); suffer, endure. arch.
1374Chaucer Boeth. 39 Þou quod she abaist þus þe tourment of þi fals[e] opinioun. c1386― Knt.'s T. 1445 Keep me fro the vengans of thilk yre, That Atheon aboughte trewely. 1596Spenser F.Q. iii. iv. 38 Who dyes, the utmost dolor doth abye; But who that lives, is lefte to waile his losse. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 339 Certes thou wouldst abye A heavy fate if thou shouldst lie herein.
†4. absol. To pay the penalty, to make restitution, to atone, to suffer. Obs.
c1300Vox & Wolf 208 Ȝe, quad the vox, al thou most sugge, Other elles-wer thou most abugge. c1386Chaucer Doctor's T. 100 For I dar wel seye, If that thay doon, ye schul ful sore abeye. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 448 Ac for þe lesynge þat þow, lucifer · lowe til eue, Þow shalt abygge bitere. 1400Pol. Rel. & Love Poems (1866) 256 I am gylty & þou abeyst. c1449Pecock Repr. iii. viii. 331 Lete it Abie which is gilti. 1548Udall etc. Erasm. Par. Luke xii. 47 He shall abye with many a sore strype. 1596Spenser F.Q. iii. vi. 24 If I catch him in this company..he dearly shall abye: Ile clip his wanton wings that he no more shall flye.
†5. absol. To endure, remain; or trans. to endure, experience. In this sense aby came to be identical with senses of abide, and was formally confused with it: see Note ¶ under abide. Obs.
1450Past. Lett. 134 I. 179 Knowlage of myche more thyng than he myth have..because of short abyng. 1591Spenser Ruines of Time 101 For warlike power, and peoples store, In Britannie was none to match with mee, That manie often did abie full sore. 1596― F.Q. iii. vii. 3 But nought that wanteth rest can long aby. |