单词 | ring-giver |
释义 | > as lemmasring-giver ring-giver n. ΚΠ 1799 tr. G. E. Lessing School for Honor iii. v. 48 Then, presto, slips him a ring on his finger; himself scarcely knowing how; and not seldom would he willingly part with his finger to shake off the ring and ring-giver. 1886 J. S. Corbett Fall of Asgard I. 184 Priest of Vold my father was, Rich ring-giver he. 1922 W. L. Richardson & J. M. Owen Lit. of World xii. 358 The language is condensed..with an occasional compact metaphor such as the ‘sea-steed’ (the ship) or a typical epithet such as ‘ring-giver’ (the king). 1999 S. Heaney tr. Beowulf (2000) 44 Or so it seems to thanes in their grief, in the anguish every thane endures at the loss of a ring-giver, now that the hand that bestowed so richly has been stilled in death. < as lemmas |
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