■ exclamation archaic used to draw attention to an interesting event.
Phrases
~ and behold used to present a new scene or situation.
Origin
natural exclamation: first recorded as lā in OE; reinforced in ME by a shortened form of ~ke '~ok!'
■ exclamation archaic used to draw attention to an interesting event.
Phrases
~ and behold used to present a new scene or situation.
Origin
natural exclamation: first recorded as lā in OE; reinforced in ME by a shortened form of ~ke '~ok!'
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004