“theretoyens”的英英意思

单词 theretoyens
释义 theretoˈyens, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 þær toᵹeanes, þar toᵹenes, 3 þer to ȝenes, þertoȝeines, þerteyens.
[Orig. two words: OE. þǽr, there 17, toᵹenes, to-gains; if the compound had survived till 15th c. it would have become theretogainst.]
1. Against or in opposition to that.
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 236 Swilce hi wislice sprecon! Ac we cweðað þær toᵹeanes, þæt God is ælmihtiᵹ.a1225Ancr. R. 80 Nu we schullen sumhwat speken..aȝein vuel speche þæt ȝe þertoȝeines tunen ower earen.1340Ayenb. 11 Huo þet deþ þerteyens be his wytinde zenȝeþ dyadliche.
2. In return for that; in exchange therefor.
1066–9in Thorpe Charters (1865) 436 We habbaþ heom ᵹeunnen..and hi us þar toᵹenes ᵹifeþ.c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 203 Ech man þe for mine name..folȝeð me he shal fon þer to ȝenes hundredfeld mede.

 

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