单词 | if that |
释义 | > as lemmasif that 5. if that (northern if at) was formerly in use for the simple ‘if’. Now archaic. ΚΠ c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) Ded. l. 249 He shall o domess daȝȝ. Vss gifenn heffness blisse Ȝiff þatt we shulenn wurrþi ben. a1300 Dame Siriz in Wright Anecd. 3 If that thou me tellest skil I shal don after thi wil. 1307 Elegy Edw. I iv Aȝein the hethene forte fyhte..Myself ycholde ȝef that y myhte. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 5869 Þai salle for-soþ if atte I. may. wirk .ij. dayes werk a-pon a day. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 145 She wolde wepe, if þt she sawe a Mous Caught in a trappe, if it weere deed or bledde. c1450 Guy Warw. (C.) 1809 Yf þat y may, Wyth my handys y schall assay. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxviii In the meane space if that deth vntretable Arrest the. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 258 If that her breath will mist or staine the stone, Why then she liues. View more context for this quotation 1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus iv. i. 132 If that you conquer, I live to joy in your great triumph. if that 9. Introducing a noun-clause depending on the verb see, ask, learn, doubt, know, or the like: Whether. †Also, formerly, if that. ΚΠ OE Beowulf 272 Þu wast, gif hit is swa we soþlice secgan hyrdon. OE Beowulf 1319 Frægn gif him wære æfter neodlaðu[m] niht getæse. a1175 Cott. Hom. 219 Aȝen chire to chiesen ȝief [h]y wolden hare sceappinde lufie. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 81 Sum fortocne..warbi we mihten cnowen ȝif it soð were þat þu seist. a1400 Isumbras 241 Aske we thiese folkes of þaire mete, And luke ȝife we maye any gete. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 37 He loked..a boute yf ony body had seen hym. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 sig. E We should not question if that he should liue. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. viii. 8 Hee sent foorth a doue from him, to see if the waters were abated. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 101 Observe if he disdains to yield the Prize. View more context for this quotation 1717 M. Prior Alma iii. 71 She doubts if two and two make four. 1895 Law Times Rep. 73 623/1 He asked if his wife was there. < as lemmas |
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