a-bev.

Brit.

/əˈbiː/, U.S.

/əˈbi/

Forms: English regional (northern and midlands) 1800s– a-be, 1800s– a-bee, 1800s– o-bee (Lancashire); Scottish 1700s– a-be, 1700s– a-bee; Irish English 1900s– a-be.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < at be (representing the English regional (northern) infinitive form of the verb be v. (compare at prep. VI., and also e.g. ado n.)), with reduction of the first element; although evidence of let at be , leave at be appears to be lacking. The phrases let a-be , leave a-be may therefore rather represent remodellings of to let be at let v.¹ 20 and to leave (a person or thing) be at leave v.¹ Phrases 6 after to let alone and to leave alone.

Now rare.

1. Scottish, English regional, and Irish English (northern). As infinitive, in phrase to let (also leave, etc.) a-be: to leave off, desist from; to leave alone. Cf. to let be at let v.¹ 20.

ΚΠ

1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 25 Let abe ye'r Scorning.

1724 A. Ramsay Misc. Wks. 355 Ha'd your Tongue, Mither, and let that abee.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford xiv. 168 You've never let me a-be for asking me for to fix when I would be married.

1863 in R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (1892) I. 5 Let's away and he' some yell, and let sic things abee man.

1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister xix. 224 Lea' decent folk abee.

1933 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Cloud Howe ii. 133 He aye was sneering something like that, the coarse brute, why couldn't he let folk a-be?

†2. Scottish. let a-be: let alone; not to mention. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 321 A wheen kilted loons that dinna ken the name o' a single herb or flower in braid Scots, let abe in the Latin tongue.

1860 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 723/2 I wadna rise out of my chair for King George himsell, let abee a Whig minister.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona iii. 32 Your father would be gey an little pleased if we was to break a leg to ye, Miss Drummond, let-a-be drowning of you.

Phrases

Chiefly Scottish. let-a-be for let-a-be: indicating that mutual forbearance or compromise is desirable. Cf. let be for let be at let v.¹ Additions, to live and let live at live v.¹ Phrases 7.

ΚΠ

1797 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 369 When a troublesome person abstains from fighting, upon finding that he is like to meet with his master, the fight is said to be ‘let a-be for let a-be, like the fight of Maws’.

1821 W. Scott Pirate III. x. 227 I am for let-a-be for let-a-be, as the boys say.

a1856 H. Miller Cruise of Betsey (1858) ii. xiv. 496 ‘Weel, weel, let a-be for let a-be’, he is made to say; ‘if thou doesna clutch me in thy grips, I'se no clutch thee in mine’.

1931 J. T. S. Leask Peculiar People 9 Perhaps the most common proverb in Orkney is ‘I'll let-a-be for let-a-be like the Harrayman with the crab’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	a-be
释义	a-bev. Brit. /əˈbiː/, U.S. /əˈbi/ Forms: English regional (northern and midlands) 1800s– a-be, 1800s– a-bee, 1800s– o-bee (Lancashire); Scottish 1700s– a-be, 1700s– a-bee; Irish English 1900s– a-be. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < at be (representing the English regional (northern) infinitive form of the verb be v. (compare at prep. VI., and also e.g. ado n.)), with reduction of the first element; although evidence of let at be , leave at be appears to be lacking. The phrases let a-be , leave a-be may therefore rather represent remodellings of to let be at let v.¹ 20 and to leave (a person or thing) be at leave v.¹ Phrases 6 after to let alone and to leave alone. Now rare. 1. Scottish, English regional, and Irish English (northern). As infinitive, in phrase to let (also leave, etc.) a-be: to leave off, desist from; to leave alone. Cf. to let be at let v.¹ 20. ΚΠ 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 25 Let abe ye'r Scorning. 1724 A. Ramsay Misc. Wks. 355 Ha'd your Tongue, Mither, and let that abee. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Cranford xiv. 168 You've never let me a-be for asking me for to fix when I would be married. 1863 in R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (1892) I. 5 Let's away and he' some yell, and let sic things abee man. 1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister xix. 224 Lea' decent folk abee. 1933 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Cloud Howe ii. 133 He aye was sneering something like that, the coarse brute, why couldn't he let folk a-be? †2. Scottish. let a-be: let alone; not to mention. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 321 A wheen kilted loons that dinna ken the name o' a single herb or flower in braid Scots, let abe in the Latin tongue. 1860 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 723/2 I wadna rise out of my chair for King George himsell, let abee a Whig minister. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona iii. 32 Your father would be gey an little pleased if we was to break a leg to ye, Miss Drummond, let-a-be drowning of you. Phrases Chiefly Scottish. let-a-be for let-a-be: indicating that mutual forbearance or compromise is desirable. Cf. let be for let be at let v.¹ Additions, to live and let live at live v.¹ Phrases 7. ΚΠ 1797 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 369 When a troublesome person abstains from fighting, upon finding that he is like to meet with his master, the fight is said to be ‘let a-be for let a-be, like the fight of Maws’. 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. x. 227 I am for let-a-be for let-a-be, as the boys say. a1856 H. Miller Cruise of Betsey (1858) ii. xiv. 496 ‘Weel, weel, let a-be for let a-be’, he is made to say; ‘if thou doesna clutch me in thy grips, I'se no clutch thee in mine’. 1931 J. T. S. Leask Peculiar People 9 Perhaps the most common proverb in Orkney is ‘I'll let-a-be for let-a-be like the Harrayman with the crab’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1718
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