单词 | ovest |
释义 | ovestn. Now rare (English regional (Hampshire) in later use). Originally: †fruit (obsolete). In later use spec.: acorns and oak mast. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > edible product or fruit > [noun] ovesteOE fruit?c1225 the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > pig fodder > mast mastOE buck-masta1425 acornc1425 pannage?c1425 beech-applec1450 mastage1532 beech-mast1577 buck1664 pawn1664 ovest1866 eOE Épinal Gloss. (1974) 23 Fraga, obtt [eOE Erfurt Gloss. obea]. eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 57/2 Fraga, obet. OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) iii. 80 Swa lange swa Adam hine gehæfde þæt he þæs æples ne abyrgde.., sona swa he þæs ofætes onþah. OE Genesis B 655 Adam, frea min, þis ofet is swa swete. OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 200 Fruges, frumenta, ofet, wæstm. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 143 Legumen, ofet. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3712 Ðe lond is god, Ful of erf and ofuetes brod. c1350 Ayenbite (1866) App. 262 Y-blissed þou ine wymmen, and y-blissed þet ouet of þine wombe. c1350 Ayenbite (1866) App. 267 (MED) Hy yzeþ þet ine longe anoy onderuynge þet ouet of blysse wyþ-oute ende chongeden. 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell (1883) xxxi. 176 The hogs skittered home from the ovest. 1871 J. R. Wise New Forest 183 in W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words (1883) 65 The mast and acorns of the oak are collectively known as the turn-out or ovest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE |
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