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名詞

holour

1. alternative form of holer
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 253-256:

     ‘And if that she be fair, thou verray knave,
     Thou seyst that every holour wol hir have;
     She may no whyle in chastitee abyde,
     That is assailled up-on ech a syde.’

     ‘And if she be fair, thou utter knave,
     Thou sayest that every lecher wants to have her;
     She can not remain chaste for any length of time,
     Who is assailed on every side.’