| 释义 |
ˈshoupiltin Shetland. ? Obs.
Also 9 shoupeltin, shoopiltee, -ie.
[Derivative of ON. *sjó-piltr, f. sjó-r sea + pilt-r boy.]
(See quots.)
1711Sir R. Sibbald Descr. Orknay & Zetland 9 Some⁓times they catch with their Nets and Hooks Tritons, they call them Shoupiltins and Mermaids. 1821Scott Pirate xvi, The Tritons..called by Zetlanders of that time, Shoupeltins, were represented by young men grotesquely habited. 1822S. Hibbert Descr. Shetl. Isl. 526 In Shetland, the same deity [Neptune], the Shoopiltee, assumes the form of a beautiful shelty, inviting some one to mount him, when he immediately runs into the sea and drowns his rider. |