| 单词 | let be for let be |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslet be for let be Chiefly Scottish (in later use chiefly Orkney and Shetland). let be for let be = let-a-be for let-a-be at a-be v. Phrases. Cf. sense 20a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > abstain from interfering with to let alonec897 leaveOE to let bec1000 to let bec1175 to let (a person or thing) yworth?c1225 to let (something) standa1400 to let dwella1500 to leave to oneself (also itself)?1531 let1818 to let a thing bide1866 1818 ‘T. Brown’ Brighton II. 97 Don't be so hard; you have let out women charged with heavy crimes; let be, for let be, and depart yourself, else a very serious charge stands against you. 1853 Evangelical Mag. Feb. 84/1 It seems nothing more than ‘let be, for let be’. Did such a spirit ever work any great reformation? 1899 J. Spence Shetland Folk-lore 223 The Shetland version runs thus: ‘Lat be for lat be, as Robbie Glen said to the otter’. 1955 Time & Tide 19 Mar. 358/1 It is typical of the Shetlander that one of the commonest sayings heard in the islands is ‘Lat be for lat be’: he is never meddlesome. 1993 New Shetlander Sept. 22 ‘I say lat be for lat be.’ he said, ‘Nivver ent the een at spaeks the wye his mooth staands.’ 2007 M. Alterio Ribbons of Grace xiii. 176 ‘Let be for let be agin,’ as the Harray man said tae the crab. I'll not interfere with you if you don't interfere with me. < as lemmas |
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