单词 | to hold, keep, owe, swear fay |
释义 | > as lemmasto hold, keep, owe, swear (one's) fay a. Allegiance; = faith n. 1b; also in to hold, keep, owe, swear (one's) fay; = faith n. and int. Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > obligation of loyalty > to a superior, the government, etc. fayc1290 ligeance1377 lyance1390 allegiancea1425 fealtyc1460 allegiancy1577 subscription1608 ligeancy1643 c1290 S. Eng. Leg., St. Dominic 246 Bi þe fei, þat i schal to þe. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 318 Þe mariner swore his faye. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xli. 59 Þe Folk come to þe Fay. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 545 [He] held him lelely his fay. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Lion & Mouse l. 1618 in Poems (1981) 64 To pray That..lordis keip thair fay Vnto thair souerane lord. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. Yv Did foy and tribute raise. < as lemmas |
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