单词 | wally fall |
释义 | > as lemmaswally fall † wally fall and variants: may good fortune befall (someone or something); good luck to; cf. fair fall —— at fall v. Phrases 4b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > in prosperous condition [phrase] > fortunately > wish for another's good fortune well worthc1275 winc1400 fair fall ——c1430 wally fall1568 more power to a person (also a person's elbow, arm)1831 1568 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Bannatyne) l. 2559 in Wks. (1931) II. 236 Gudday, gudday. Grit god saive baith ȝour gracis. Wally, wally faw tha twa weill fard facis. ?c1625 in E. Beveridge & J. D. Westwood Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (1924) No. 1517 Wallie fa yow if yow fart not quod Fairlie to his fair wyf. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Waly fa me, is a phrase not yet entirely obsolete. 1834 J. G. Dalyell Darker Superstitions Scotl. 491 Wally fall that quhyt head of thine. < as lemmas |
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