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b. Introducing adverbial phrases formed with prepositions. In the earliest periods chiefly in † what for (obsolete); later usually and now always in what with, implying (in early use only contextually) ‘in consequence of, on account of, as a result of; in view of, considering (one thing and another)’.

(a) With more than one what-phrase, each introducing an alternative.

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a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 145 Alle we beoð in monifald wawe..hwat for ure eldere werkes, hwat for ure aȝene gultes.

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 391 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 117 Ȝwat for eiȝe, ȝwat for loue, no man him ne with-seide.

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 7100 What for sorow, and what thurgh smoke And what thurgh cald, and what thurgh hete..þai salle ay grete.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1743 (MED) What for hungyr, what for thriste, Þe shipmen of na lykyng lyste.

1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 493 I ame some-whatt crased, what wyth the see and what wythe thys dyet heere.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Gv^v The .ii. corners, what wythe fordys & shelues, & what with rockes be very ieoperdous.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 209/2 What for the pillage of the Danes, and what by inward theues and bribers: this land was brought into great affliction.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 80 What with the war; what with the sweat, what with the gallowes, and what with pouerty, I am Custom-shrunke.

a1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. (1675) i. iii. 36 What through their vicious affections..; what through their inadvertency or neglect..they are not to be convinced.

1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 181 The Penalty of the Bonds should have differ'd, what in case he run the Subject only into Errour, and what in case of Sin.

1678 Bp. J. Williams Hist. Gunpowder-treason 18 What for avoiding the Report of too much Credulity,..what from the care of doing any thing that might redound to the blemish of the Earl of Northumberland,..it was resolved [etc.].

1756 Monitor No. 35. 1 325 What by..diminution of trade: what by the immense weight of taxes;..some were actually ruined.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xiv. 359 Athelstane's spirit of revenge, what between the natural indolent kindness of his own disposition, what through the prayers of his mother Edith..had terminated [etc.].

1842 T. De Quincey Mod. Greece in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 120/1 What through banks and what through policemen, the concern has dwindled to nothing.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. ii. 96 The track, what with pack-horses' feet, and what with the wear and tear of five hundred years' rainfall, was a rut three feet deep and two feet broad.

1980 M. Robinson Housekeeping (1991) ix. 177 What with the lake and the railroads, and what with blizzards and floods and barn fires and forest fires and the general availability of shotguns and bear traps and homemade liquor and dynamite, what with the prevalence of loneliness and religion and the rages and ecstasies they induce, and the closeness of families, violence was inevitable.

2000 Z. Smith White Teeth i. 17 But at the time it seemed impossible.., what with a young wife with one in the oven.., what with his dodgy leg, what with the lack of hills.

(b) With single what-phrase and no alternative.

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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 24 What for melodye þat þei made in þe mey sesoun, þat litel child listely lorked out of his caue.

1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xxx. 41 What by the wonderfulnesse and number of the woorkes, there was nothyng in all the whole world to be wondred at, but Rome.

1591 R. Greene Maidens Dreame 154 She..wrong out sighes so sore: That what for grief her tongue could speak no more.

1867 Littell's Living Age 14 Dec. 697/1 [She] stood a fair chance of being spoiled, what with suddenly finding herself transformed from a schoolroom Cinderella to a fairy-tale princess.

1955 M. Lowry Let. July (1967) 381 What with this eye business I have to revise entirely my method of writing and..reorient myself to it.

2016 Esquire (Nexis) May Worse still..I found—what with being nearly 50—that not all parts of my body were as up for it as I would have wished.

(c) With single what-phrase, followed by an alternative introduced with and.See also what with one thing and another at thing n.¹ Phrases 2c.

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?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 4166 Now has Kyng Richard of Cipres þe seignorie, what with nesshe & hard wonne þe maistrie.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xviii. l. 85 What þorw werre and wrake and wycked hyfdes.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 46 The foweles..What for the sesoun and the yonge grene Ful loude songen hir affeccions.

a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 3173 What by-cause of þe hele of þis gode wyff, & also of þe meracle þe whiche þer was do.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 13 What for calde & for holdyng in þe watir, I was nere-hand slayn.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 781 Quat of stamping of stedis & stering of bernes, All dymed þe dale.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 166 What by Themistocles on shore, and Leonidas at Sea, at Salamis and Thermopylæ, his huge Army melted away.

1702 D. Defoe Shortest-way with Dissenters 29 Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one Hand, and Schismaticks on the other; how has she been Crucify'd between two Thieves.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 106 What for poisons, conspiracies and assassinations.., there was no going there by day—'twas worse by night.

1822 W. Cobbett Cottage Econ. (1823) §108 What of Excise Laws and Custom Laws and Combination Laws and Libel Laws, a human being..scarcely knows what he dares do or..say.

1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. xxiii. 346 What with hunting, fishing, canoe-making, and bad weather, the progress of the august travellers was so slow.

1870 G. W. Dasent Ann. Eventful Life xxxvi Aunt Mandeville,..what between the White Lady and the warm verses, was quite upset.

1986 Christian Sci. Monitor 9 May 23/3 What with historians writing like novelists and novelists writing like historians..who can tell the difference?

2011 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Apr. The noise was terrific, what with telephone bells ringing and shells bursting nearby.

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释义	> as lemmas what with b. Introducing adverbial phrases formed with prepositions. In the earliest periods chiefly in † what for (obsolete); later usually and now always in what with, implying (in early use only contextually) ‘in consequence of, on account of, as a result of; in view of, considering (one thing and another)’. (a) With more than one what-phrase, each introducing an alternative. ΚΠ a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 145 Alle we beoð in monifald wawe..hwat for ure eldere werkes, hwat for ure aȝene gultes. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 391 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 117 Ȝwat for eiȝe, ȝwat for loue, no man him ne with-seide. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 7100 What for sorow, and what thurgh smoke And what thurgh cald, and what thurgh hete..þai salle ay grete. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1743 (MED) What for hungyr, what for thriste, Þe shipmen of na lykyng lyste. 1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 493 I ame some-whatt crased, what wyth the see and what wythe thys dyet heere. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Gv^v The .ii. corners, what wythe fordys & shelues, & what with rockes be very ieoperdous. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 209/2 What for the pillage of the Danes, and what by inward theues and bribers: this land was brought into great affliction. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 80 What with the war; what with the sweat, what with the gallowes, and what with pouerty, I am Custom-shrunke. View more context for this quotation a1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. (1675) i. iii. 36 What through their vicious affections..; what through their inadvertency or neglect..they are not to be convinced. 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 181 The Penalty of the Bonds should have differ'd, what in case he run the Subject only into Errour, and what in case of Sin. 1678 Bp. J. Williams Hist. Gunpowder-treason 18 What for avoiding the Report of too much Credulity,..what from the care of doing any thing that might redound to the blemish of the Earl of Northumberland,..it was resolved [etc.]. 1756 Monitor No. 35. 1 325 What by..diminution of trade: what by the immense weight of taxes;..some were actually ruined. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xiv. 359 Athelstane's spirit of revenge, what between the natural indolent kindness of his own disposition, what through the prayers of his mother Edith..had terminated [etc.]. 1842 T. De Quincey Mod. Greece in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 120/1 What through banks and what through policemen, the concern has dwindled to nothing. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. ii. 96 The track, what with pack-horses' feet, and what with the wear and tear of five hundred years' rainfall, was a rut three feet deep and two feet broad. 1980 M. Robinson Housekeeping (1991) ix. 177 What with the lake and the railroads, and what with blizzards and floods and barn fires and forest fires and the general availability of shotguns and bear traps and homemade liquor and dynamite, what with the prevalence of loneliness and religion and the rages and ecstasies they induce, and the closeness of families, violence was inevitable. 2000 Z. Smith White Teeth i. 17 But at the time it seemed impossible.., what with a young wife with one in the oven.., what with his dodgy leg, what with the lack of hills. (b) With single what-phrase and no alternative. ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 24 What for melodye þat þei made in þe mey sesoun, þat litel child listely lorked out of his caue. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xxx. 41 What by the wonderfulnesse and number of the woorkes, there was nothyng in all the whole world to be wondred at, but Rome. 1591 R. Greene Maidens Dreame 154 She..wrong out sighes so sore: That what for grief her tongue could speak no more. 1867 Littell's Living Age 14 Dec. 697/1 [She] stood a fair chance of being spoiled, what with suddenly finding herself transformed from a schoolroom Cinderella to a fairy-tale princess. 1955 M. Lowry Let. July (1967) 381 What with this eye business I have to revise entirely my method of writing and..reorient myself to it. 2016 Esquire (Nexis) May Worse still..I found—what with being nearly 50—that not all parts of my body were as up for it as I would have wished. (c) With single what-phrase, followed by an alternative introduced with and.See also what with one thing and another at thing n.¹ Phrases 2c. ΚΠ ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 4166 Now has Kyng Richard of Cipres þe seignorie, what with nesshe & hard wonne þe maistrie. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xviii. l. 85 What þorw werre and wrake and wycked hyfdes. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Squire's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 46 The foweles..What for the sesoun and the yonge grene Ful loude songen hir affeccions. a1450 St. Edith (Faust.) (1883) l. 3173 What by-cause of þe hele of þis gode wyff, & also of þe meracle þe whiche þer was do. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 13 What for calde & for holdyng in þe watir, I was nere-hand slayn. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 781 Quat of stamping of stedis & stering of bernes, All dymed þe dale. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 166 What by Themistocles on shore, and Leonidas at Sea, at Salamis and Thermopylæ, his huge Army melted away. 1702 D. Defoe Shortest-way with Dissenters 29 Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one Hand, and Schismaticks on the other; how has she been Crucify'd between two Thieves. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 106 What for poisons, conspiracies and assassinations.., there was no going there by day—'twas worse by night. 1822 W. Cobbett Cottage Econ. (1823) §108 What of Excise Laws and Custom Laws and Combination Laws and Libel Laws, a human being..scarcely knows what he dares do or..say. 1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. xxiii. 346 What with hunting, fishing, canoe-making, and bad weather, the progress of the august travellers was so slow. 1870 G. W. Dasent Ann. Eventful Life xxxvi Aunt Mandeville,..what between the White Lady and the warm verses, was quite upset. 1986 Christian Sci. Monitor 9 May 23/3 What with historians writing like novelists and novelists writing like historians..who can tell the difference? 2011 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Apr. The noise was terrific, what with telephone bells ringing and shells bursting nearby. extracted from whatpron.adv.int.adj.¹conj.n. < as lemmas
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