单词 | in length and brede |
释义 | > as lemmasin (also on) length and brede P2. in (also on) length and brede and variants (also a length and a brede): everywhere; far and wide; all over. Hence also: to the full extent; in every respect. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Gen. (Claud.) xiii. 17 Aris nu & far geond þis land on lencge & bræde [L. in longitudine et in latitudine sua]. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 45 Carite sprat his bowes on bræde and on lengðe swiðe ferr. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. l. 196 (MED) He hedde beo lord of þat lond, in lenkþe and in brede [c1400 Laud 581 a lengthe and a brede]. c1425 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Harl.) 385 Þat folc of Ssropssyre..robbede Wurcestre ssyre in lengþe & in brede. a1500 (?a1325) Otuel & Roland (1935) l. 1166 (MED) So god þe spede..Thou hast y-slaw, in length and Brede, an C knyȝtes. in length and (in) breadth (or brede) ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > everywhere far and near or nighOE in length and (in) breadth (or brede)a1250 high and low1525 here, there, and everywherea1593 in every stead1596 through long and broad ——1617 from Dan to Beersheba1738 all along the line1877 all over the auction1930 a1250 Owl & Nightingale 174 Ich habbe on brede and ek on lengþe Castel god on mine rise. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 38/138 Ne scholde no man so euene a þrovȝ in lengþe and in brede. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7911 Þat folc..robbede Wircestressire In lengþe & in brede. a1300 Cursor Mundi 2130 Þe folk..fild þe werld o lenth and brede. 13.. Sir Beues 537 (MS. A) A fairer child neuer i ne siȝ, Neiþer a lingþe ne on brade. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 196 He hedde beo lord of that lond in lenkthe and in brede. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3055 Deliuer þi londes a-ȝen in lengþe & in brede. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iii. 202 A lengthe and a brede.] a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5027 Lauerd..þat..taght adam on lenth and wide. a1400 Octouian 548 Ten schypmen to londe yede To se the yle yn lengthe and brede. c1480 (a1400) Prol. Evangelists 50 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 237 Of al þis warld, lynth & bred. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 20 About the park thai set on breid and lenth..All likly men. a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Passioun in Poems (1998) I. 36 On to the crose of breid and lenth To gar his lymmis largear wax. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xiii. D Arise, and go thorow the londe, in the length and bredth [1611 in the length of it, and in the breadth of it]. < as lemmas |
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