单词 | excalibur |
释义 | Excaliburn. The name of King Arthur's sword. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] > legendary sword Caliburn1297 Morglayc1330 Excalibura1450 c1300 Merlin (Huth MS.) 101 c Saicies..que l'espee est apielee par son droit non Escalibor.] a1450 Le Morte Arth. 3448 Excalaber, my swerd good. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. viii Kyng Arthur..smote hym ageyne with Excalibur that it clefte his hede. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin vii. 118 The right name [of the sword] was cleped Escaliboure, whiche is a name in ebrewe, that is to sey in englissh, kyttynge, Iren, tymber, and steill. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. iii. sig. E4 You talke of Morglay, Excaliber, Durindana. View more context for this quotation 1825 W. Scott Talisman xiv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 307 No sword on earth, were it the Excalibar of King Arthur, can cut that which opposes no steady resistance. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 8 King Arthur's sword, Excalibur, Wrought by the lonely maiden of the Lake. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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