| 单词 | wood lay |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswood lay f. In Middle English poetry, in combinations wood bough, wood lay (lea n.1) = ? glade or grove, wood lind (= tree), wood rise (rice n.1, small branch), esp. in under wood bough, etc. = in the woods, in the leafy shade: sometimes with allusion to secret love-making.Cf. J Hall's ed. of King Horn 1227 note. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > clearing sladec893 riddingOE wood lay?c1225 wood lind?c1225 wood rise?c1225 laund1340 cockshoot1353 gladea1535 cock-glade1574 nether vert1598 cock-roada1613 opening1678 opening1743 patana1854 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > coppice or grove hurst822 grove889 wood bough?c1225 wood lay?c1225 wood lind?c1225 wood rise?c1225 spring1396 firth?a1400 berwec1440 spring?c1475 grovet1504 coppice1538 copsewood1543 sherwood1562 hewt1575 copse1578 grove-crop1582 berrie1591 low wood1591 spinney1597 spinet1604 spring wood1607 roughet1616 oart1690 toft1706 under-grove1731 bosket1737 busket1803 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 76 Eauer is þe echȝe to þe wodeleȝe [a1250 Nero wude leie]. a1290 S. Eustace 20 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 212 Þe hert wes muchel..þer he wes ounder wode linde. a1290 S. Eustace 20 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 32 Þere he wes ounder wode leye. a1290 S. Eustace 20 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 76 [He] wes ounder wode-bowe. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2485 Vnder wode bouȝ Þai knewen day and niȝt. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4734 Wylde walkande by wode lyndes. a1400 K. Horn (Harl.) 1160 Ȝef þou horn euer seȝe vnder wode leȝe. c1400 Gamelyn 633 Adam loked tho vndir wode bough. c1400 Gamelyn 676 As men that ben..hard be-stad vnder wode lynde. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. diiiiv Rachis can ryn vndir the wod rise. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclviii Beware of thy lyfe, that thou no wodelay vse, as in askyng of thynges that stretchen in to shame. < as lemmas |
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