单词 | no while |
释义 | † no whileadv. Obsolete. For no period or space of time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a time > for no space of time no whilec1375 c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3538 This myghty queene may no while endure; Fortune out of hir regne made hire falle. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3124 (MED) He began to luf him sua Þat he moght na quil him for-ga. c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 33 (MED) Þay myghte na while agayne-stande his men of armes, Bot alson þaire ware disconfit and slaen. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 620 Therewith cam Elyas, and bade the kynge yelde up the castell, ‘for ye may not holde hit nowhyle.’ a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 291 (MED) No while mygh thei endure, for the saisnes were so many. 1580 T. Churchyard Light Bondell Disc.: Churchyards Charge 14 Adue badd worlde, thy fauour lasts no while. c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) 180 That hee ne myght with þo menne medle no while. 1607 Caesar & Pompey i. iii But this no while thy valour doth destayne. a1645 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe in Whole Wks. (1868) 192 But I no while may with you abide, So mochill haue I to done elsewhere. 1831 T. T. Stoddart Death-wake ii. 46 The golden thoughts that came and went Over her features, like a living tide No while before. 1877 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii But no while looked each on the other, and hand fell down from hand, And no speech there was betwixt them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1375 |
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