单词 | bethrow |
释义 | † bethrowv. Obsolete. rare. transitive (in passive). To be twisted or wrung. Also figurative. Cf. throw v.1 1a.In quot. OE rendering classical Latin collinere to smear over, with reference to the twisting of wicks smeared with wax in candle-making (cf. quot. 1377 at wick n.1 1aα. ). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] bethrowOE tintreghec1175 tormentc1290 pinse?c1335 anguisha1425 pincha1425 to put to (the) torture1551 agonize1570 torture1594 scorchc1595 flay1782 OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 25 [Fila fauis scirpea floreis] conlita : beþrawene. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 114 I with love am so bethrowe..That I am verrailiche drunke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.OE |
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