单词 | qualm-house |
释义 | > as lemmasqualm-house qualm-house n. a house of torture; a prison, esp. one for those condemned to death; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > place of torture quale-housec1225 qualm-housec1225 wall1528 butcheryc1540 torture-chamber1829 torture-house1898 c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) 659 He..tahte us treowe ileaue þurh þet eadi meiden Katerine, þet te king pineð i cwalm-hus [L. carcere] ant þencheð to acwellan. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Royal) (1934) 11 (MED) Þe wari..het hire kasten in-to cwarterne & into cwalm-hus [c1225 Bodl. cwal-hus]. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 74 Ha [sc. the soul] is her in uncuððe iput in a prisun, bitund in a cwalm hus. < as lemmas |
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