单词 | on a person's half |
释义 | > as lemmason (also in) a person's half b. on (also in) a person's half.In Old English more commonly with of in these senses. extracted from halfn. (a) In the name of, as the agent or representative of, instead of, on behalf of a person. Obsolete.Quot. eOE could alternatively be interpreted as showing the sense ‘on their (own) part’ (i.e. Phrases 1b(b)). ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > as deputy or representative [phrase] > on behalf of or in the name of on behalf of1303 in behalf ofc1320 in ——'s namec1325 a (also in, of) party1372 in my voicea1616 eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 893 Ofer þa treowa, swa oft swa þa oþre hergas mid ealle herige ut foron, þonne foron hie oþþe mid oþþe on heora healfe an. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough interpolation) anno 656 Ealle þa þing þet ic wat þet ðu geornest on ure Drihtnes halfe, swa ic lufe & tyðe. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2830 Þatt word..þurrh gabriæl Wass seȝȝd o godess hallfe. c1300 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Cambr.) (1966) l. 144 Ber him þis ring On mine halue to tokning. c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 159 We monest ȝow ferste in þe Popis half, þat [etc.]. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 414/1 He would fayne haue his false translacion..sayde and songen a goddes halfe. 1658 R. Steed & A. Cheare Plain Discov. 51 If the matter should be taken up, and the time spent by any others on his half. (b) As far as concerns or with respect to a person. Also by a person's half. Obsolete. Π c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8963 Biuoren þa steorre wes þæ drake..þat taken wes a þire half þat weore þu Uðer þi-seolf. 1309 ( Royal Charter: William I to St. Martin-le-Grand, London in D. Bates Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum (1998) 598 Þærto eake on minre healfe ic heom geaf & geuþe..eall þæt land & þæne mor wiðuten Crepelesgate. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) l. 4131 Wiltow graunte be þen helue [a1400 Egerton in thy behalf, 1457 Naples half; a1500 Cambr. on thy party], Þat ich and þow mote fiȝte vs selue? a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iv. l. 945 It shal not lakken certain on myn halue. a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 3302 In myne halff, I graunt the foreward. (c) on God's half: in God's name, for God's sake; used to add emphasis to a petition, command, or expression of consent or resignation. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 27 Ic wille, a godes half, ðat tu bie ȝewarned, ðat tu ne folȝhi none dwelmenn. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 20 Hwase mei stonden aa on vre lauedi wurschipe. stonde agodes halue. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 11777 He let hom go a godes half. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 50 I am free To wedde a goddes half where it liketh me. ?c1430 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 224 (MED) We comaunden on Goddis halve, and bi auctorite of Petir and Poul..þat he synge no masse. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 501 She yelled lyke a calf, Rise up on God's half. 1575 N. Udall & J. Higgins Flowers Lat. Speech sig. Livv Si dijs placet, In ye name of God, or on Gods halfe. < as lemmas |
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