单词 | to get the waur |
释义 | > as lemmasto get (also have) the waur = worse n. 1, worse n. 3. In early use frequently in to get (also have) the waur: to get the worst of it; cf. to have (also get) the worse at worse adj. and n. Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] to have (also get) the worsec1275 leesec1300 to lick the dust, the earth1382 to get (also have) the waura1393 to go downa1400 to go away (also flee) with the worsea1413 to have the worsta1470 to go to (also unto) the worse1485 to go by the worse (also worst)1528 to have the overthrow1536 lose1548 tine1681 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. l. 1646 (MED) Who mai to love make a werre That he ne hath himself the werre? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7579 Fle þat wynnes to haue þe warr, For ar i fle i sal cum nerr. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1588 Lest felle hym þe worre. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 159 Bot thar bowmen the wer had ay. 1568 Wyf of Auchtirmwchty 116 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 345 For and we fecht I ill gett the woir. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. l. 20310 Than tha misknaw God and Fortoun so far, Na wounder is suppois tha get the war. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 351 War, and mair o't. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. v. 81 ‘Vanity and waur,’ said the Dominie; ‘it is a trafficking with the Evil One.’ 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. x. 215 If ye expect to be ranting amang the queans o' lasses..ye will come by the waur. 1901 Shetland News 17 Aug. Hit's a gude job 'at doo kens wha doo's spaekin' till, an' at William taks nae waur wi' dee. 1952 Buchan Observer 11 Mar. Came there ‘waur on waur's back’. 2001 R. Fairnie Wee Scran o Herrin (SCOTS) The'r some o thaim'll try an screw ye doon tae a hap'ny or waur but dinnae you gie intae thaim. < as lemmas |
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