单词 | to be to rede |
释义 | > as lemmasto be to rede a. to be to rede and variants: to be an advisable or possible course of action, esp. in what is to rede? Frequently with a person as indirect object. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > be expedient or advisable [verb (intransitive)] to be to redeOE wellOE OE Blickling Homilies 205 Hie befrinon & beahsodan hwæt him þæs to ræde þuhte. a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 90 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 165 Wi, hwat scal us to rede, We þet brokeð godes hese... Hwet scule we seggen oðer don et þe muchele dome? c1275 Doomsday (Calig.) in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 44 (MED) Hwenne ich þenche of domes-dai..Lauerd crist..wat is me to rede? c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 6751 Whæt maȝe we nu to rade [c1300 Wat his vs nou to reade]? c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 50 (MED) The reve amorwe that hem scholde to here labour lede, Nuste he tho he miste hem what him was to rede. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 3885 (MED) Alas, what to rede? I se al mi folk fle for [þat] frekes dedes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24516 (MED) Her in mi barm hald i þe ded, Allas, quat es me nu to red [Fairf. me best to rede]? a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 864 (MED) Whan Brutus sey hys ffader ded, He nyste what was best to red. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 4827 (MED) What ys to rede? Syn no man dar me helpe..Nede me dryueþ vntil þe ȝate. < as lemmas |
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