单词 | deed of arms |
释义 | > as lemmasdeed of arms b. An act of bravery, skill, etc.; a feat; esp. in deed of arms, and the like. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > deed of valour > [noun] deedOE jeopardya1300 prowessc1300 gestsa1340 jesta1400 facta1525 OE Beowulf 2838 Þeah ðe he dæda gehwæs dyrstig wære. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 163 By playtinge me ne proueþ naȝt þet he by guod knyȝt ac be moche dede of armes. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 18 Ye dedys Of stalwart folk yat lywyt ar. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 262 Desiryng nothing so much as to haue deedes of Armes. 1570 Sc. Satir. Poems Reform. x. 60 Ȝit we his hart with Martiall deidis dotit. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 clxxvi. 45 Thousands..Whose deeds some nobler Poem shall adorn. 1869 Ld. Tennyson Coming of Arthur 46 And Arthur yet had done no deed of arms. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 357 Deeds of such high glory Scamander's river avoucheth. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 609 Many great and wonderful deeds are recorded of your State. < as lemmas |
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