单词 | to lay a hostage |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay a hostage ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge oneself [verb (reflexive)] to lay a hostagec1330 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 2476 My bodi þerfore in ostage y legge. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xiii. 37 Ye kyng sayd that Huon muost lay hostage. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xviii. 51 I wyll thou layest vnto me good hostages. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. lxxxviii. 110 He layed his sonne in hostage. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 10 The next yeir therefter he was redeemit and his tua sones laid for him. < as lemmas |
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