单词 | to lay a wed |
释义 | > as lemmasto lay a wed a. With adverbial phrase as complement, e.g. to wed, to pledge, in pawn: To deposit as a pledge or in pawn; hence, to mortgage (lands). Also, to lay a wed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] setc1000 plight?c1225 lay1297 wagec1330 to lay to borrowc1405 pledgea1475 impledge1548 pawn1570 impawn1598 deposita1640 the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > a person to set, put, lay to or in wed?a900 lay1297 hostage1624 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 8083 He..leide willam is broþer to wedde normandye. c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 205 They myghten lyghtly ley hire hede to borowe. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 31 Lyf..leyth his lif to wedde, þat [etc.]. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 8 Þat þey leye a suffisaunt wed. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) ii. 6 Þe emperour had layd þam [þise relyques] in wedd for a grete soume of gold. 1461 King Edward IV Grant in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 243 A dyamaunt and a gret perle, which were leyd to plegge by oure fader. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 39 Sum bydand the law layis land in wed. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxlvi. 552 Without..laynge to plegge any fote of londe pertenynge to my churche. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 603/1 I lay to morgage, as one dothe his herytage. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxlvjv That he laie to them againe in mortgage so mutch of hys owne landes. 1587 R. Hakluyt tr. R. de Laudonnière Notable Hist. Foure Voy. Florida Ded. p. iii She layde part of her owne Iewels..to gage. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. ii. 7 I haue beene content you shuld lay my countenance to pawne. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 49 Ane thing is laid in wad to ane certaine day. 1698 R. Ferguson View Ecclesiastick 53 (61) I do pledge and lay my Word to pawn that [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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