单词 | forever and ay |
释义 | > as lemmasforever and ay (also †o) a. Chiefly poetic. forever and ay (also †o): for all future time; = sense A. 1a. Now archaic. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6218 Þis folk..þat suld vs serue for euer and ai. a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 4046 We wylle..ben ȝowre seruaundys for euer & hoo. a1500 (c1400) Vision of Tundale (Adv.) (1843) l. 1488 To that same peyn schuld Y have goo And dwellyd ther in for euer and oo. 1650 Proper New Ballad Gallant Grahames (single sheet) Who from their Friends fled far aback, unto their Enemies for ever and ay. 1785 Humming Bird (ed. 3) 80/2 He vows that he'll love me for ever and aye. 1849 M. Arnold Forsaken Merman 43 Where great whales come sailing by, Sail and sail, with unshut eye, Round the world for ever and aye? 1986 S. Penman Here be Dragons (1991) (U.K. ed.) i. xxxv. 506 ‘God damn him’ he said savagely, ‘damn him forever and aye!’ < as lemmas |
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