单词 | many one |
释义 | many oneadj.pron. Now Scottish. 1. Modifying a singular noun: many a. Cf. many adj. 1b. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 5132 Al þa twa ferden of moni ane eærde. ?a1300 Vision St. Paul (Digby) 255 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1879) 62 405/2 (MED) Þerinne is moni on houngri hount. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour 3977 in Wks. (1931) I. 317 Sax Moneth did that Sege indure, Quhare loste wer mony one creature. 2. Postmodifying a plural noun: many. Also (rarely) with a singular noun. Chiefly poetic. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] feleOE felefoldc1000 manifoldOE unfewc1175 mucha1225 many one?a1300 greata1325 manyc1450 numerous1622 maint1706 right smart1825 ?a1300 (a1250) Harrowing of Hell (Digby) (1907) 28 Harde gates haui gon, Serewes soffered moni hon. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 6630 Bochas rehersith off wyues many on, Which..wer ful contrarious. c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 295 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 72 [Þai] mad kirkis mony ane. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 43 With meruellis greit and mony one. 1626 H. Parrot Cures for Itch sig. G8 Thou that on Haddocks many one has fed, May Haddocks feed vpon thee now th'art dead. 1792 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 156 It's ye hae wooers mony ane. 1844 W. Thom Rhymes 80 There were Earls on that glitterin' strand Wi' diamonded Dame mony ane. B. pron. With singular or †plural agreement: many a one. ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 7555 Monie Romanisce men..he leide adun..& monianne he dude scome. c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Harl.) 249 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 500 (MED) Of redinge he hadde so gode grace þat menion to him drouȝ. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 630 Of hem [sc. kin] ben tudered manigon. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 416 (MED) Thus ful manyon Deceived were. c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 66 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 111 Mony ane of hir kine..folowit hyr, makand harmys. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms iii. 2 Many one there be that saye off my soule [etc.]. 1622 S. Ward Life of Faith in Death 53 Many one hath acknowledged to my selfe the like. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 250 Many one blames their Wife, for their own unthrift. 1814 Sulieman ii. iii, in J. Galt New Brit. Theatre II. 24 As many one can show. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 112 There's mony ane wad hae thought themselves affronted, if [etc.]. 1894 D. S. Meldrum Margrédel xi There's mony ane maks an errand to the ha' to bid my lady gude-day. 1915 H. Beaton At Back o' Benachie 96 Gin there wis mair like you, mony een wid be weel aff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.pron.c1275 |
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