单词 | to swear on |
释义 | > as lemmasto swear on (or upon) —— to swear on (or upon) —— To take an oath, symbolically touching or placing the hand on (a sacred object); †formerly also, to swear by (a deity, etc.) = to swear by —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 1: cf. on prep. 1f. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] > swear an oath or take an oath > by touching sacred object to swear on ——c950 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxiii. 18 Quicumque iurauerit in altari, seðe suerias on wig-bed. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11407 Bringeð þene halidom and ich wulle swerien [c1300 Otho swerie] þer-on. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1077 The king aþelwald me dide swere Vpon al þe messegere Þat [etc.] c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 1082 Þat gart he me sweren on þe bok. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. i. 97 Dauid..Dubbede knihtes, Dude hem swere on heor swerd to serue treuþe euere. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11381 All sweire þai, full swiftly, vpon swete haloues. ?1553 Respublica (1952) iv. iv. 39 For my parte I will sware the gosspell booke vppon. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 123 I'le sweare vpon that Bottle, to be thy true subiect. View more context for this quotation 1821 J. Baillie Ld. John in Metrical Legends xiv Were I on my father's sword to swear. < as lemmas |
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