单词 | pedaile |
释义 | † pedailen. Obsolete. 1. The common people; the populace. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 112 (MED) Þet bread..ne is naȝt mete to gromes ne to yeue, ne to piecaille [read pietaille]..ne to cherles ac to noble herten. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 6510 In no countre þei ne fond bot husband men..& werkmen & oþer pedail þat couthe not werre no of batail. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 111 (MED) Þis is no mete to ȝyue knaues and pitaile, ne to houndes, ne to cherles. 2. Infantry, foot soldiers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > infantry foot folkc1325 pedaile?a1400 putaylea1425 foot band1517 fanterie1575 foot1578 foot troop1579 infantry1579 tolpatchery1864 PBI1916 a1350 Lament in MS Harl. 2253 f. 59 Par vn mardi firent la bataile, Tot a cheual, fust le mal, sauntz nulle pedaile.] ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 191 (MED) Þe duke at þat bataile lost sex & þritty knyghtes, Þre hundreth of pedaile, a hundreth sergeanz. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 891 Seuen thousand now we are of knyghtes redy to bataile ȝare, without sergeantes & oþer pedale [a1450 Lamb. pytaille]. a1425 (c1333–52) L. Minot Poems (1914) 23 (MED) Þare was slayne and wounded sore Thretty thowsand..Of pitaile was þare mekill more. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 4000 (MED) He broght..to that batayle..men of Armes and other pedayle. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 253 (MED) Orienx chese oute of peple..wele xl ml., with-outen the petaile [Fr. pietaille], that after hem folowed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1340 |
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