单词 | to be redd |
释义 | > as lemmasto be (also get) redd (of) 2. transitive. To rid (a person or thing) of some obligation, burden, or difficulty. Also reflexive. Frequently in to be (also get) redd (of). to redd one's hands (or feet) (of): to free oneself from difficulty; to get by, to pay one's way. ΚΠ 1450 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) 12 It sall be lefull to thame to red their handis of it..betwix this and Candilmes. ?1481 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 666 My lady is nere wery of hyr parte [in a dispute between two Pastons]..for fayne she wold be redde of it, wyth hyr onowre sauyd, but yette money she wold haue. a1500 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 130 (MED) Sonne, all the saintes that bethe in hevyn..For to redde me of this payne, They haue no power for to helpe me. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. x. 50 We haif him taine out of that wickit lyfe, And red him of all miserie and stryfe. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 108 Be quhat moyane sall I red me of this mischeif. a1656 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom of Sutherland (1813) 141 Seing himself now red of his impediment. 1726 in A. Mitchell Inverness Kirk-session Rec. (1902) 183 To Redd the place of a person so Infamous and Incorrigable. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 45 (Jam.) But to get red, the lad contrives a sham, To send her back for something. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 309 I could hardly get red on em. 1862 St. Andrews Gaz. 15 Aug. What for do you meddle wi' things, if you canna red your feet? 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie vi Gien he red himsel' o' a' 'at was left, it was sma' won'er. 1914 J. S. Angus Gloss. Shetland Dial. I warran shu hes no mukkel to red her haand upon, puir boddi. 1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Feb. 16 It is time that we flitted from Parliament House and left Edinburgh quit and redd of us. 2004 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 14 Feb. (Features) 26 Yins raired aboot oor enn cannae get redd o' tha thocht. < as lemmas |
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