| 单词 | thy ——, thy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthy ——, thy —— a. Used with a following comparative adjective or adverb to emphasize the effect of circumstances indicated by the context. Also in the correlative construction thy ——, thy ——, denoting proportional dependence between the notions expressed by two clauses which each contain a comparative. Cf. the adv. 1a, 1c. ΚΠ eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) Pref. 5 Hie..woldon ðæt her ðy mara wisdom on londe wære ðy we ma geðeoda cuðon. eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xvii. 123 [Oft] sio wund bið ðæs ðe wierse & ðy mare, gif h[i]o bið unwærlice gewriðen. OE Riddle 9 11 Mec seo friþe mæg fedde siþþan, oþþæt ic aweox, widdor meahte siþas asettan. Heo hæfde swæsra þy læs suna ond dohtra, þy heo swa dyde. OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Vitell.) xii. 268 Wifgemanan to donne, nim drige fearres sceallan, wyrc to dust[e], oððe elcor gnid on win, & drince gelome, he bið þy gearwra [?a1200 Harl. 6258B þe ȝearra] to wifþingum. < as lemmas |
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