| 单词 | it is scathe of him |
| 释义 | > as lemmasit is (great) scathe of him 3. Matter for sorrow or regret. In various phrases, as it is scathe, it is a pity. it is (great) scathe of him, he is a great loss. to think (no) scathe of, think (it) no scathe, (not) to regret, think (it) no harm. [Compare German schade.] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > regret > [noun] > a matter for regret scathec1300 sinc1300 pityc1325 damagec1385 spitec1400 pity?c1450 remorse1548 tragedy1873 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2006 But it is of him mikel scaþe: I woth þat he bes ded ful raþe. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2298 In fulsum-hed he wurðen glaðe, Iosep ne ðoht ðor-of no scaðe. a1400 Guy Warw. 1542 Sir, in þe sond he liþe, & þat is scaþe. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 674 Bi Kryst, hit is scaþe Þat þou, leude, schal be lost. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 448 But she was somdel deef and that was scathe. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxiii. 678 And that was grete scade that thei sholde die so soone. 1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 264 Grit skayth wesd to haif skard him. 1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 11 To cheat the rich some think nae skaith. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 57 They deemed it little scathe indeed That her coarse homespun ragged weed Fell off from her round arms. < as lemmas |
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