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单词 whoso
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Brit. /ˈhuːsəʊ/, U.S. /ˈhuˌsoʊ/
Forms: see who pron. and n. and so adv. and conj.: also Middle English hwa se, hwase, (Middle English wa se), Middle English hw(a)o se, Orm. whas(e, Middle English wo se, Middle English Scottish quha se, ( woys), Middle English whos, Middle English–1500s whose, hose, Middle English Scottish quhais, (1800s dialect whos').
Etymology: Middle English wha swa , hwa se , reduced form of Old English swá hwá swá , generalized form of hwá who pron. and n.: see so adv. and conj. 17d.
archaic.
1. = whoever pron. 1: Any (one) who.
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1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1135 Wua sua bare his byrthen gold & sylure, durste nan man sei to him naht bute god.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 677 Wha sitt iss þatt wæpnedd iss. Wiþþ fulle trowwþe o criste.
?12.. in Kemble Cod. Dipl. V. 236 Ho so hit beo ðæt ðis my dede in oðere wise hit buturne oðer ȝewanye.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 38 Ed vtsong heschal seggen earest hwase con domine labia mea.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11132 Wha-swa [c1300 Otho wose] come glad-liche he sculden wurðe riche.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1827 Wha-swa wulle libba alde þas sibba. [c1300 Otho Wo-so wole libbe holde þus sibbe].
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6253 Ofte wo so coueiteþ al, al leseþ.
c1330 King of Tars 894 And hose nil not cristned be Hong hem heighe uppon a tre.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5829 Qua sua wil noght trou þe first, To trow þe toder him es best.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) iii. 10 Wha so weddes ofter þan anes, þaire childer er bastardes.
1498 in J. Bulloch Pynours (1887) 57 And quhais doys in the contrar..salbe punist.
c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 73 Now whoso seeth not, that his laughter is more madde than the laughter of the mad man, I hold him madder than they both.
1539 Bible (Great) John vi. 54 Whoso eateth my flesshe & dryncketh my bloude, hath eternall lyfe.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5551 Wo so staris on þis story, or stodis þerin, Take hede on þe harmys & the hard lures!
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. ii. 94 Who so please To stop Affliction, let him take his haste. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 724 This Tree, That whoso eats thereof, forthwith attains Wisdom. View more context for this quotation
1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 79 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Whoso loseth his Place..hath forfeited his Share of Publick Praise.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) Whos' wull may do that.
1859 J. G. Whittier On Prayer Bk. 12 Let whoso can before such praying-books Kneel on his velvet cushion.
1883 R. Whitelaw tr. Sophocles Antigone 35 Whoso does this deed, A public death by stoning is his doom.
1891 A. Conan Doyle White Company xxxvii The last stern welcome to whoso should join with them.
2. = whoever pron. 2: No matter who; †in early use often with mere unemphatic conditional force: If any one, if one.
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c1300 Beket (Percy Soc.) 35 Woldestou,..ho so it wolde bede the, Tholie deth for thi Louerdes love?
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 5 For quo-so suffer cowþe syt, sele wolde folȝe.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 677 With Dosouris to the duris dicht, quha sa wald deme.
1876 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids viii. 122 ‘Come forth’, he said, ‘whoso ye be’.
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