英语词汇st uncumber的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

St. Uncumber. St. Wilgefortes, who might be called the pa- tron saint of unhappily married women, is a mythical saint, who, tradition says, prayed to grow a beard so that she could live her life “uncumbered with men.” The prayer was granted and the ruse worked well until one of her enraged former lov- ers had her crucified. According to Sir Thomas More “women [later] changed her name [to St. Uncumber] because they reken that for a pecke of oats she will not faile to uncumber them of their husbondys.”

词汇	st uncumber
词源	St. Uncumber. St. Wilgefortes, who might be called the pa- tron saint of unhappily married women, is a mythical saint, who, tradition says, prayed to grow a beard so that she could live her life “uncumbered with men.” The prayer was granted and the ruse worked well until one of her enraged former lov- ers had her crucified. According to Sir Thomas More “women [later] changed her name [to St. Uncumber] because they reken that for a pecke of oats she will not faile to uncumber them of their husbondys.”
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