单词 | y'faith |
释义 | > as lemmasy'faith (b) in faith, i'faith y'faith: in truth, really, truly. Frequently used parenthetically as an oath or to emphasize the truth of a statement. Cf. sense B., in good faith at good faith n., int., and adj. Phrases. Now archaic. [Compare Old French en foi (late 12th cent.), Middle French en ma foi (a1400), both rare.] ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adverb] in truthc1330 in faitha1375 in good faitha1393 in casea1398 in effectc1405 indeed1412 effectually1420 actually?a1425 really?a1425 of a truth1494 bottom1531 for a truth?1532 in fact1592 authentically1593 in esse1597 de facto1602 essentially1604 in nature1605 in point of fact1628 positively1649 in point of event1650 effectively1652 honestly1675 entally1691 reely1792 objectively1796 fairlyc1804 in actual fact1824 factually1852 naturally1858 transactionally1866 'smatter of fact1922 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > in truth [interjection] by (formerly also upon) my truthc1330 i'faitha1375 sootha1400 truth1534 good faitha1566 trotha1616 n'est-ce pas1854 nicht wahr1871 the straight1900 verdad1969 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed soothlyc825 forsoothc888 wiselyc888 sooth to sayOE i-wislichec1000 to (‥) soothOE iwis?c1160 certesa1250 without missa1275 i-witterlic1275 trulyc1275 aplight1297 certc1300 in (good) fayc1300 verily1303 certain1330 in truthc1330 to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330 certainlya1375 faithlya1375 in faitha1375 surelya1375 in sooth1390 in trothc1390 in good faitha1393 to witc1400 faithfullyc1405 soothly to sayc1405 all righta1413 sad?a1425 in certc1440 wella1470 truec1480 to say (the) truth1484 of a truth1494 of (a) trotha1500 for a truth?1532 in (of) verity1533 of verityc1550 really1561 for, in, or into very?1565 indeed1583 really and truly1600 indeed and indeed1673 right enough1761 deed1816 just1838 of a verity1850 sho1893 though1905 verdad1928 sholy1929 ja-nee1937 only1975 deffo1996 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 858 Fayn sche wold þan in feiþ haue fold him in hire armes. c1475 (a1400) Sir Amadace (Taylor) in J. Robson Three Early Eng. Metrical Romances (1842) 31 Nedelonges most I sitte him by, Hi-fath, ther wille him non mon butte I. a1547 J. Redford Moral Play Wit & Sci. (1848) 11 Do ye fle, ifayth? 1598 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. (new ed.) f. 52 Ifaith her Queenship little rest should take. 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. v. sig. I4v Yfaith, we're well. 1823 J. Clare Let. 10 July (1985) 204 Why efeth as the quaker said thine is a riddle friend that I cannot expound. 1855 R. Browning Bishop Blougram in Men & Women I. 205 Cool i'faith! We ought to have our Abbey back you see. 1900 Living Age 6 Oct. 12/2 In faith I can see very little harm in it. 1922 E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros xvii. 234 ‘Mew!’ said she, ‘wittily spoke, i' faith; and right in the manner of a common horse-boy.’ 2002 ‘Avi’ Crispin 61 In faith, I did not know how to do otherwise. < as lemmas |
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