| 单词 | wed-fee |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswed-fee wed-fee n. a wager, the prize in a contest. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > stake wager1303 wedc1330 wed-feec1475 stake1540 lay1584 lake1636 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > prize prizea1275 wagerc1450 fee1488 premie?1548 premium1601 wed-feea1605 bravy1663 brabeum1676 premio1728 c1475 (?c1425) Avowing of King Arthur (1984) l. 159 Butte carpe we now of þer othir thre, How þay preuyd hor wedde-fee. 1504–5 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 128 Item, to Dande Doule, that the King tynt on ane wedfee, xiiij s. a1605 A. Montgomerie Devotional Poems in Poems (1910) iii. 7 Sleep na mair in sleuth and sin, Bot..richtly rin That hevinly wedfie for to win Vhilk he prepairs for his. 1620 in A. Maxwell Hist. Old Dundee (1884) 408 [He] put in the hands of Thomas Scot..twa double-angels of gold upon ane woodfie betwix himself and Alexander Hering. 1664 Rutherford's Joshua Redivivus i. xxviii. 66 It is folly then for men to say, this is not Christs plea, he will lose the wed-fee, men are like to beguile him: that were indeed a strange play. < as lemmas |
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