单词 | in idle |
释义 | > as lemmasin (earlier on, an) idle ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > in vain [phrase] in (or on) idlenessc825 in (earlier on, an) idlec1000 in idleshipa1250 in vaina1300 over tomeheda1300 (all) for noughtc1300 in waste1340 in deveyn(ec1400 to little availc1450 without availc1450 in fruster1488 to good (also great, some, little, no, etc.) purpose1525 for nothing1560 sans fail1597 for vaina1616 c1000 Ælfric Leviticus xxvi. 16 On idel ge swincaþ. c1000 Ælfric Deut. v. 11 Ne nemne ge drihtnes naman on idel. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12514 Onn idell & wiþþ utenn ned. & alls he wollde leȝȝkenn. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 3071 It nis an ydel noȝt þat ich telle þis tydinge. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxiv. 28 Be thou not a witnesse in idil [a1425 L.V. with out resonable cause] aȝen thi neȝhebore. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋522 Euery man that taketh goddes name in ydel, or falsly swereth with his mouth. a1500 Ragman Roll 80 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 73 Al in ydel here is thy labour. < as lemmas |
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