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单词 would…nould
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would…nould
(ii) In past tense, in would…nould…. Now rare and archaic.The present form is normally used even when the principal verb is in the past tense (see quots. 1600, 1753 at Phrases 1b(a)(i)).
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the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] > whether one will or not
would…nouldOE
whether he (etc.) will or nillOE
will I (or) nill I (he, they, etc.)OE
maugre1340
nill he, will hea1400
who(ever) will or nillc1449
bongre maugrec1450
whether‥yea or no (also nay)1515
nolens volens1547
willing or nilling1578
volens nolens1602
willy-nilly1608
nilling, willing1657
nilly-willy1662
bon gré mal gré1818
wilta shalta1824
william-nilliam1907
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxiv. 225 Se brym hwoðerode under his fotswaðum, ac swa ðeah he hine bær, wolde he, nolde he.
a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 7 Summe hit sungen þurh þene halie gast walden heo naldden heo.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 13219 Þe Romeyns.., wild þei ne wold [a1450 Lamb. wold ho, ne wolde], fled.
1596 T. Danett in tr. P. de Commynes Hist. Ep. Ded. sig. A2 So that would I nould I to the presse the booke must go.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 248 ‘You were rather obliged to the old lord, I think,’ said Ravenswood. ‘Was I? my sartie! first for bringing me into jeopardy, would I nould I.’
1889 A. H. Wratislaw tr. Sixty Folk-tales 65 The good prince—would he, nould he—was obliged to put some of the leaden dumplings into his pocket.
1946 A. . Mackenzie Sc. Pageant I. 175 He brought all the great men of Scotland under his leadership, would they or nould they.
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