| 单词 | a stern steed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa stern steed c. In alliterative verse and phrases, often with sense weakened, or influenced by the words with which it is coupled; as †stern on steed, †stern in steel, †stern in stour; †stern of slate, high in rank; †stern and stout; †a stern steed, a fiery steed. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > heroic resistance > [adjective] sternc1275 stern on steedc1300 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adjective] > exalted in rank higheOE stern of slatec1300 greatc1325 differentc1384 excellentc1400 haught1470 upper1477 elevate?1504 of sort1606 sublime1606 eminenta1616 exalted1623 elevated1665 uppish1797 ranking1847 high-up1848 high-ranking1850 superimposed1861 salt1868 top-ranking1936 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > for riding > swift steed blonkOE steedc1175 a stern steedc1300 prancer?1566 Pacoleta1586 c1300 Leg. Gregory (Schulz) 883 Þe housbond was stern and stout. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 429 Non is sternere of stat ne stouter þan oþir. a1400 Sir Beues 4500 He armede him in yrene wede And lep vpon a sterne stede. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3872 He was the sterynneste in stoure that euer stele werryde. c1400 Aunturs of Arth. 391 (Thornton) In stele was he stuffede, þat steryne was one stede. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1296 Armed ful wel, with hertes stierne and stoute. c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 178 He hade drede and doute Of him þat was stirrun and stowte. 1568 W. Dunbar in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 297 He went agane to bene bespewit So stern [?a1513 strenyt] he wes in steill. 1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. N.iiiiv Or if (quoth she) there bee Some other meane more sure, More stearne, more stoute, than naked sword. < as lemmas |
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