单词 | why-for |
释义 | why-foradv.conj.ΚΠ ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 67 An aungelle shewed hym the payne..that she was made to suffre.., the cause why for he sawe perfitly, how a deuelle helde her bi..the here of her hede. ΚΠ c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 254 Many of ȝow be dome; why? for ȝe wole not redresse, Be mowthe ȝour dedys mortal. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 545 Ye have lerned a fowle crafte, that ys, that ye can speke shrewdly wythoute a cause lawfull. why for I have herde that ye have called me & my broder the sones of a traytour. 3. as dependent interrogative.adv.: = for why adv. 2, wherefore adv. 2, why adv. 2. dialect. ΚΠ 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Why-vore, or For why-vore, wherefore. 1801 E. Wright Marvellous Pleasant Love-story II. 232 Some folks calls't Crazy Castle, but I never could larn whyfore. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.conj.?c1450 |
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