pelfn.

Brit.

/pɛlf/, U.S.

/pɛlf/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s pelfe, late Middle English– pelf, 1500s pylfe, 1700s pelse (English regional (Yorkshire); probably transmission error), 1800s– pilf (English regional (south-western)), 1800s– pilth (English regional (south-western)).

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymons: French pelf, pelfre, peufre.

Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman pelf (c1272: see below), variant of Anglo-Norman pelfre booty (c1139), frippery (1212) and Old French peufre rubbish, frippery (1274, in a single source; compare French regional (Normandy) peufre , and forms without -r- cited below), probably ultimately < a metathesized variant of the Romance base of frippery n.: see Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch at falŭppa. Compare post-classical Latin pelfra , pelfrum (from 1203 in British sources), pelfa (1243 in a British source: see below) stolen goods, forfeited goods. For related verbal forms in Anglo-Norman, Old French, post-classical Latin, and Middle English see pelf v.; compare also pilfer n., pilfer v., pilferer n.The only evidence for Anglo-Norman pelf is given below. Compare Middle French peuffe (1370 in an apparently isolated example), French regional (Normandy) peufe , peuffe old clothes, rubbish, and compare also corresponding verbal forms without -r- cited s.v. pelf v. c1272 in M. Bateson Borough Customs (1904) I. 65 Ballivi ejusdem ville, si aliquem felonem ceperint..postea reddent eum ad castrum nostrum..cum catallis secum inventis, salvo eis le pelf que pertinent serjancie. The earliest examples of post-classical Latin pelfra and pelfa are as follows (in senses 2 and 1 respectively):1203 in F. W. Maitland Select Pleas Crown (1888) I. 34 Ei dederunt pelfram quam ipsa habuit.1243 in C. E. H. C. Healey Somersetshire Pleas (1897) 267 [Isabella, wife of Warin de Harewode, found certain cloths and] pelfam furatam [in the court house].

†1. Stolen goods; booty, spoil. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder

reifOE

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fengc1175

purchasec1325

predec1330

robberyc1330

robbingsc1330

spoila1340

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waitha1400

fee14..

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spreathc1425

butinc1450

emprisec1450

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bootinga1572

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boot1598

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bootyn1635

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filch1798

spreaghery1814

stake1819

a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 16 (MED) Þe theuis..Partid þaire pelf bi a wud side.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 5989 (MED) Þair schipp, with all þair pelf, To þe mynster þai [sc. pirates] betake, Full amendis forto make.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 287 (MED) Thou shall parte from that pelfe thar thou not pleyte.

1568 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Bannatyne) l. 2325 in Wks. (1931) II. 162 Latt ws now pairt this pelf amang ws.

1603 Prophecie of Bertlington in Whole Prophesie Scotl. sig. A7 Take thy part of the Pelfe, when the pack opens.

†2. Property, material possessions; objects of value. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property

feec888

goodOE

chateus1297

moblea1325

farec1330

harness1340

gearc1380

plentiesc1384

goods and cattel1418

pelfa1425

testament1424

movables1428

personals1436

stuff1438

cattle1473

cabow1489

chattel1549

chattel personal1552

goods and chattels1576

luggage1624

corporeals1647

effects1657

chose1670

personalities1753

stock1776

plunder1780

personal effects1818

personalty1827

taonga1863

marbles1864

a1425 (?c1375) Barlaam & Josaphat (Harl.) 637 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 234 (MED) Þe first he had gyfen mekill pelf & lufed him wele more þan him self.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 7166 (MED) Þe monkes duelt be þaim self; Sa did þe nonnes, with all þair pelf.

1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. C.iiii Then muster thy folke, play the captaine thy selfe: prouiding them weapon, and such kinde of pelfe.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles v. 35 All perishen of man of pelfe, Ne ought escapend but himselfe.

1847 Mischief of Muses 17 And who, from managing his master's pelf Had now begun to manage for himself.

3. Chiefly depreciative. Money, riches (esp. viewed as a corrupting influence); lucre.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun]

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richdomc1225

richesses?c1225

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aver1330

richesc1330

substancea1382

abundancec1384

suffisance1390

talenta1400

pelf?a1505

opulence?1518

wealthsa1533

money bag1562

capital1569

opulency1584

affluency1591

affluence1593

exuberance1675

nabobism1784

money1848

a1505 R. Henryson Abbey Walk 51 in Poems (1981) 158 Thy power and thy warldlie pelf Is nocht bot verry vanitie.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. James iv. f. xxxviii You..whiske about by sea and by lande, to get pelfe for your olde age.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 217 A misers mynde thou hast, thou hast a Princes pelfe. A lewd terme to be giuen to a Princes treasure.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 203 Ye rich men cannot think to carry your pelfe with you into Heaven.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem 77 The love of pelf comes from the devil.

1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xvi. 422 The Covetous Man looks upon his Pelf, and adores it as his God.

1787 C. Dibdin Harvest-home ii. iii. 24 Is there a wretch, with all his pelf, So poor as a rich miser?

1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea ix. 130 Too busy after his pelf to bestow any thought on the first marriage celebration.

1874 L. Morris Professor iii As blind to all that passes self As any churl that slaves for pelf.

1952 E. J. Pratt Towards Last Spike 15 At least they knew His personal pockets were not lined with pelf, Whatever loot the others grabbed.

1993 Guardian 19 Aug. ii. 2/1 An eager face that promises to ‘share’—for a goodly price—the happiness that pelf alone can bring.

a. A worthless person, a good-for-nothing. Now English regional (Yorkshire).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun]

ribalda1250

brethelingc1275

filec1300

waynouna1350

waster1352

lorel1362

losel1362

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javelc1400

leftc1400

lorerc1400

shackerellc1420

brethel1440

never-thrift1440

ne'er-thrifta1450

never-thrivinga1450

nebulona1475

breelc1485

naughty pack?1534

brathel1542

unsel155.

pelf1551

wandrel?1567

land-loper1570

scald1575

baggage1594

arrant1605

good-for-nothing1611

hilding1611

vauneant1621

idle-pack1624

thimble-maker1654

never-do-well1664

ne'er-be-good1675

shack1682

vagabond1686

shag-bag1699

houndsfoot1710

blackguard1732

ne'er-do-well1737

trumpery1738

rap1742

good-for-naught1773

rip1781

mauvais sujet1793

scamp1808

waffie1808

loose fish1809

ne'er-do-good1814

hard bargain1818

vaurien1829

sculpin1834

shicer1846

wastrel1847

scallywag1848

shack-bag1855

beat1865

rodney1877

git1939

no-hoper1944

piss artist1962

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person

brethelingc1275

filec1300

dogc1330

ribald1340

waynouna1350

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losel1362

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javelc1400

leftc1400

lorerc1400

shackerellc1420

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never-thrift1440

vagrant1444

ne'er-thrifta1450

never-thrivinga1450

nebulona1475

breelc1485

naughty pack?1534

brathel1542

carrion1547

slim1548

unsel155.

pelf1551

shifterc1562

rag1566

wandrel?1567

land-loper1570

nothing-worth1580

baggage1594

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bash-rag1603

arrant1605

ragabash?1609

flabergullion1611

hilding1611

hard bargain1612

slubberdegullion1612

vauneant1621

knick-knacker1622

idle-pack1624

slabberdegullion1653

thimble-maker1654

whiffler1659

never-do-well1664

good-for-nought1671

ne'er-be-good1675

shack1682

vagabond1686

shabaroon1699

shag-bag1699

houndsfoot1710

ne'er-do-well1737

trumpery1738

rap1742

hallion1789

scamp1808

waffie1808

ne'er-do-good1814

vaurien1829

sculpin1834

shicer1846

good-for-nothing1847

wastrel1847

scallywag1848

shack-bag1855

beat1865

toe-rag1875

rodney1877

toe-ragger1896

low-lifer1902

punk1904

lowlife1909

ringtail1916

git1939

no-hoper1944

schlub1950

piss artist1962

dead leg1964

1551 Sir J. Mason Let. (S.P. Foreign, Edw. VI) VI. f. 287 The olde worne pelff [sc. Diane of Poictiers] fearing ther by to lefe some parte of her credite.

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 94/1 Pelse, a bad, or good-for-nothing person.

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Pelf, a term bestowed on a worthless person.

†b. Junk, trash, rubbish; frippery. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless

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turdc1275

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lead1303

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fartc1390

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shalec1400

yardc1400

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pelfrya1529

trasha1529

dreg1531

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beggary?1548

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chip1556

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paltry?1566

rubbish1566

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bran1574

baggage1579

nihil1579

trush-trash1582

stubblea1591

tartar1590

garbage1592

bag of winda1599

a cracked or slit groat1600

kitchen stuff1600

tilta1603

nothing?1608

bauble1609

countera1616

a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop1620

buttermilk1630

dross1632

paltrement1641

cattle1643

bagatelle1647

nothingness1652

brimborion1653

stuff1670

flap-dragon1700

mud1706

caput mortuuma1711

snuff1778

twaddle1786

powder-post1790

traffic1828

junk1836

duffer1852

shice1859

punk1869

hogwash1870

cagmag1875

shit1890

tosh1892

tripe1895

dreck1905

schlock1906

cannon fodder1917

shite1928

skunk1929

crut1937

chickenshit1938

crud1943

Mickey Mouse1958

gick1959

garbo1978

turd1978

pants1994

a1555 J. Bradford in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) III. 1814/1 Forked caps, tipets, shauen crounes, or such other baggage & Antichristian pelfe.

1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare To Rdr., sig. ¶ 3^v It is not sufficient..to condemne our Bookes for pelfe, and trasshe, and fardles of lies, before he see them.

1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. A4 All this new pelfe, now solde in shoppes in vallue true, not worth a lowse.

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. ii. iv. 264 Which to her gestes she shewes, withall her pelfe.

c. Dust; fluff. Now English regional (south-western).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dust or fluff

dustc825

mow?a1500

pelf1584

slut's wool1841

beggar's velvet1847

dowl1879

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxxiv. 228 Gather it..picke it cleane from dyrt and pelfe.

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 42/2 Pilf, Pilm, Pillem, light dust or fluff.

1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 112 When yu'm sewping out tha chimmer, 'Liza, duee mind an' sewp up awl tha pilth vrom under tha beyds.

1993 K. C. Phillipps Gloss. Cornish Dial. 45 Pilf, pilth, pillum, fluff under the bed; dust.

d. Refuse, detritus; (British regional) spec. plant refuse, weeds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun]

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mullockc1390

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drossc1440

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gear1489

garblec1503

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raffle1543

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garbage1549

peltry1550

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ross1577

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ket1586

scouring1588

pelf1589

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dog's meat1606

retriment1615

spitling1620

recrement1622

mundungus1637

sordes1640

muskings1649

rejectament1654

offscouring1655

brat1656

relicts1687

offage1727

litter1730

rejectamenta1795

outwale1825

detritus1834

junk1836

wastements1843

croke1847–78

sculch1847

debris1851

rumble1854

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pelt1880

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rubbishry1894

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muckings1898

wastage1898

dreck1905

bruck1929

crap1934

garbo1953

clobber1965

dooky1965

grot1971

tippings-

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 230 Pelfe is properly the scrappes or shreds of taylors and of skinners.

1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. B1 We of all people once that were the pelfe,..Almightie Ioue hath chosen to himselfe.

1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John xv. 20 Our memories are as..nets that keep the pelf, let go the clean water.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Pelf..in Faulconry, is the refuse and broken remains left after the Hawk is relieved.

1828 Farm Jrnl. 21 Jan. (E.D.D.) Which is the best means of clearing a wood from roots and pelf?

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 42/2 Pilf, light grass and roots raked together to be burnt.

1895 J. Thomas Randigal Rhymes 6 And I raked all the pilf off the land.

1910 W. G. Collingwood Dutch Agnes 30 They had been heaping dried brackens and whins, with peats here and there among the pelf.

1971 G. Kinnel Bk. of Nightmares 41 A piece of flesh gives off smoke in the field—carrion, caput mortuum, orts, pelf, fenks, sordes, gurry dumped from hospital trashcans.

Compounds

C1.

† pelf-licker n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. liv. 237 Here enter not base pinching Usurers, Pelf-lickers, everlasting gatherers.

C2.

† pelf-loving adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1804 J. Collins Eye Posth. Reputation in Scripscrapologia 20 Robbing one's Heir may be deem'd somewhat wrong, By the gold-grasping, fast-holding, pelf-loving throng.

1825 T. Carlyle Let. 7 Mar. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) III. 298 Their pelf-loving speculations.

† pelf-spurning adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1870 J. Hamilton Moses iv. 78 The high-souled, pelfspurning Abraham.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† pelfv.

Forms: Middle English pelf, 1500s pelfe, 1500s pielf.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymons: French pelfir, pelfer.

Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman pelfir, pelfrir, pelfrer, pelefrer (12th cent.), Old French pelfer (12th cent. in an isolated example in a text showing Anglo-Norman influence) to loot, plunder, pillage, to destroy, to pluck bare, strip < Anglo-Norman pelfre (see pelf n.). Compare post-classical Latin pelfare (1211, 1218 in British sources), pelfrare (1218 in a British source) to pilfer, rob. Compare pilfer v.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To rob (a person); to steal (a thing) away.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (transitive)]

mitcha1393

pelfa1400

purloinc1475

prowl?1529

finger1530

pilfer1532

lurchc1565

filch1567

filch1574

proloyne1581

nim1606

hook1615

truff1718

snaffle1725

crib1735

pettifog1759

magg1762

niffle1785

cabbage1793

weed1811

nibble1819

cab1825

smouch1826

snuga1859

mooch1862

attract1891

souvenir1897

rat1906

snipe1909

promote1918

salvage1918

smooch1941

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)]

reaveeOE

benima1325

berob1340

pelfa1400

distress1490

derob1546

heave1567

shrive1630

strubc1680

spung1719

to do over1785

strong-arm1896

make1926

heist1930

to take off1937

to knock off1960

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 6149 (MED) Godd þat grace til his folk gaue..For to pelf [a1400 Trin. Cambr. reue] þat folk vnlel And help his folk of israel.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 105 A poore sely folle that hath percase pielfed away tenne grotes [L. qui decem drachmas sustulit].

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 126 The one partie had pielfed, or embesleed awaye a thyng of the others.

2. intransitive. To steal, pilfer.In quots. a1400 at sense 1, a1475 in legal phraseology.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (intransitive)]

pelfa1400

picka1555

befilch1566

filch1567

pilch1573

lurch1593

purloin1611

nim1622

shirk1709

pilfer1729

maraud1770

souvenir1897

a1400 R. Higden Polychron. (Cambr. Ii.3.1) (1869) II. 94 Infangthef pelfinde inward [v.rr. pelffindinward, pelfande in warde; thelfind], id est, infra suum [attachiamentum] capere reum; Gallice, dedeinz le soen attachement de laroun [?a1475 anon. tr. to take a gilty man within his lordeschippe].

a1475 Legal Gloss. Bokenham's Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 21 (MED) In-fange the[f] pelfind inwarde, is a tachynge of a theef in propir cloos.

?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. Bvij^v If ye knewe how he coulde pelfe.

c1565 T. Palmer Emblems: 200 Poosees (1988) 80 To pycke and pelfe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pelf
释义	pelfn. Brit. /pɛlf/, U.S. /pɛlf/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s pelfe, late Middle English– pelf, 1500s pylfe, 1700s pelse (English regional (Yorkshire); probably transmission error), 1800s– pilf (English regional (south-western)), 1800s– pilth (English regional (south-western)). Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymons: French pelf, pelfre, peufre. Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman pelf (c1272: see below), variant of Anglo-Norman pelfre booty (c1139), frippery (1212) and Old French peufre rubbish, frippery (1274, in a single source; compare French regional (Normandy) peufre , and forms without -r- cited below), probably ultimately < a metathesized variant of the Romance base of frippery n.: see Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch at falŭppa. Compare post-classical Latin pelfra , pelfrum (from 1203 in British sources), pelfa (1243 in a British source: see below) stolen goods, forfeited goods. For related verbal forms in Anglo-Norman, Old French, post-classical Latin, and Middle English see pelf v.; compare also pilfer n., pilfer v., pilferer n.The only evidence for Anglo-Norman pelf is given below. Compare Middle French peuffe (1370 in an apparently isolated example), French regional (Normandy) peufe , peuffe old clothes, rubbish, and compare also corresponding verbal forms without -r- cited s.v. pelf v. c1272 in M. Bateson Borough Customs (1904) I. 65 Ballivi ejusdem ville, si aliquem felonem ceperint..postea reddent eum ad castrum nostrum..cum catallis secum inventis, salvo eis le pelf que pertinent serjancie. The earliest examples of post-classical Latin pelfra and pelfa are as follows (in senses 2 and 1 respectively):1203 in F. W. Maitland Select Pleas Crown (1888) I. 34 Ei dederunt pelfram quam ipsa habuit.1243 in C. E. H. C. Healey Somersetshire Pleas (1897) 267 [Isabella, wife of Warin de Harewode, found certain cloths and] pelfam furatam [in the court house]. †1. Stolen goods; booty, spoil. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stolen goods > [noun] > spoil or plunder reifOE fang1016 fengc1175 purchasec1325 predec1330 robberyc1330 robbingsc1330 spoila1340 spoila1382 chevisance1393 waitha1400 fee14.. pilferc1400 pelfa1425 spreathc1425 butinc1450 emprisec1450 gain1473 despoil1474 pelfry?a1475 pilfery1489 spulyie1507 cheat1566 bootinga1572 booty1574 escheat1587 boot1598 exuvial1632 bootyn1635 polling1675 expilation1715 prog1727 swag1794 filch1798 spreaghery1814 stake1819 a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 16 (MED) Þe theuis..Partid þaire pelf bi a wud side. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 5989 (MED) Þair schipp, with all þair pelf, To þe mynster þai [sc. pirates] betake, Full amendis forto make. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 287 (MED) Thou shall parte from that pelfe thar thou not pleyte. 1568 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Bannatyne) l. 2325 in Wks. (1931) II. 162 Latt ws now pairt this pelf amang ws. 1603 Prophecie of Bertlington in Whole Prophesie Scotl. sig. A7 Take thy part of the Pelfe, when the pack opens. †2. Property, material possessions; objects of value. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property feec888 goodOE chateus1297 moblea1325 farec1330 harness1340 gearc1380 plentiesc1384 goods and cattel1418 pelfa1425 testament1424 movables1428 personals1436 stuff1438 cattle1473 cabow1489 chattel1549 chattel personal1552 goods and chattels1576 luggage1624 corporeals1647 effects1657 chose1670 personalities1753 stock1776 plunder1780 personal effects1818 personalty1827 taonga1863 marbles1864 a1425 (?c1375) Barlaam & Josaphat (Harl.) 637 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 234 (MED) Þe first he had gyfen mekill pelf & lufed him wele more þan him self. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 7166 (MED) Þe monkes duelt be þaim self; Sa did þe nonnes, with all þair pelf. 1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. C.iiii Then muster thy folke, play the captaine thy selfe: prouiding them weapon, and such kinde of pelfe. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles v. 35 All perishen of man of pelfe, Ne ought escapend but himselfe. View more context for this quotation 1847 Mischief of Muses 17 And who, from managing his master's pelf Had now begun to manage for himself. 3. Chiefly depreciative. Money, riches (esp. viewed as a corrupting influence); lucre. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] wealc888 ednessa1200 richessea1200 richdomc1225 richesses?c1225 wealtha1275 richesc1275 winc1275 warison1297 wonea1300 merchandisec1300 aver1330 richesc1330 substancea1382 abundancec1384 suffisance1390 talenta1400 pelf?a1505 opulence?1518 wealthsa1533 money bag1562 capital1569 opulency1584 affluency1591 affluence1593 exuberance1675 nabobism1784 money1848 a1505 R. Henryson Abbey Walk 51 in Poems (1981) 158 Thy power and thy warldlie pelf Is nocht bot verry vanitie. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. James iv. f. xxxviii You..whiske about by sea and by lande, to get pelfe for your olde age. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 217 A misers mynde thou hast, thou hast a Princes pelfe. A lewd terme to be giuen to a Princes treasure. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 203 Ye rich men cannot think to carry your pelfe with you into Heaven. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem 77 The love of pelf comes from the devil. 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xvi. 422 The Covetous Man looks upon his Pelf, and adores it as his God. 1787 C. Dibdin Harvest-home ii. iii. 24 Is there a wretch, with all his pelf, So poor as a rich miser? 1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea ix. 130 Too busy after his pelf to bestow any thought on the first marriage celebration. 1874 L. Morris Professor iii As blind to all that passes self As any churl that slaves for pelf. 1952 E. J. Pratt Towards Last Spike 15 At least they knew His personal pockets were not lined with pelf, Whatever loot the others grabbed. 1993 Guardian 19 Aug. ii. 2/1 An eager face that promises to ‘share’—for a goodly price—the happiness that pelf alone can bring. 4. a. A worthless person, a good-for-nothing. Now English regional (Yorkshire). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun] ribalda1250 brethelingc1275 filec1300 waynouna1350 waster1352 lorel1362 losel1362 land-leaper1377 javelc1400 leftc1400 lorerc1400 shackerellc1420 brethel1440 never-thrift1440 ne'er-thrifta1450 never-thrivinga1450 nebulona1475 breelc1485 naughty pack?1534 brathel1542 unsel155. pelf1551 wandrel?1567 land-loper1570 scald1575 baggage1594 arrant1605 good-for-nothing1611 hilding1611 vauneant1621 idle-pack1624 thimble-maker1654 never-do-well1664 ne'er-be-good1675 shack1682 vagabond1686 shag-bag1699 houndsfoot1710 blackguard1732 ne'er-do-well1737 trumpery1738 rap1742 good-for-naught1773 rip1781 mauvais sujet1793 scamp1808 waffie1808 loose fish1809 ne'er-do-good1814 hard bargain1818 vaurien1829 sculpin1834 shicer1846 wastrel1847 scallywag1848 shack-bag1855 beat1865 rodney1877 git1939 no-hoper1944 piss artist1962 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person brethelingc1275 filec1300 dogc1330 ribald1340 waynouna1350 waster1352 lorel1362 losel1362 land-leaper1377 triflera1382 brothelc1390 javelc1400 leftc1400 lorerc1400 shackerellc1420 brethel1440 never-thrift1440 vagrant1444 ne'er-thrifta1450 never-thrivinga1450 nebulona1475 breelc1485 naughty pack?1534 brathel1542 carrion1547 slim1548 unsel155. pelf1551 shifterc1562 rag1566 wandrel?1567 land-loper1570 nothing-worth1580 baggage1594 roly-poly1602 bash-rag1603 arrant1605 ragabash?1609 flabergullion1611 hilding1611 hard bargain1612 slubberdegullion1612 vauneant1621 knick-knacker1622 idle-pack1624 slabberdegullion1653 thimble-maker1654 whiffler1659 never-do-well1664 good-for-nought1671 ne'er-be-good1675 shack1682 vagabond1686 shabaroon1699 shag-bag1699 houndsfoot1710 ne'er-do-well1737 trumpery1738 rap1742 hallion1789 scamp1808 waffie1808 ne'er-do-good1814 vaurien1829 sculpin1834 shicer1846 good-for-nothing1847 wastrel1847 scallywag1848 shack-bag1855 beat1865 toe-rag1875 rodney1877 toe-ragger1896 low-lifer1902 punk1904 lowlife1909 ringtail1916 git1939 no-hoper1944 schlub1950 piss artist1962 dead leg1964 1551 Sir J. Mason Let. (S.P. Foreign, Edw. VI) VI. f. 287 The olde worne pelff [sc. Diane of Poictiers] fearing ther by to lefe some parte of her credite. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. 94/1 Pelse, a bad, or good-for-nothing person. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Pelf, a term bestowed on a worthless person. †b. Junk, trash, rubbish; frippery. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless hawc1000 turdc1275 fille1297 dusta1300 lead1303 skitc1330 naught1340 vanityc1340 wrakea1350 rushc1350 dirt1357 fly's wing1377 goose-wing1377 fartc1390 chaff?a1400 nutshella1400 shalec1400 yardc1400 wrack1472 pelfrya1529 trasha1529 dreg1531 trish-trash1542 alchemy1547 beggary?1548 rubbish1548 pelfa1555 chip1556 stark naught1562 paltry?1566 rubbish1566 riff-raff1570 bran1574 baggage1579 nihil1579 trush-trash1582 stubblea1591 tartar1590 garbage1592 bag of winda1599 a cracked or slit groat1600 kitchen stuff1600 tilta1603 nothing?1608 bauble1609 countera1616 a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop1620 buttermilk1630 dross1632 paltrement1641 cattle1643 bagatelle1647 nothingness1652 brimborion1653 stuff1670 flap-dragon1700 mud1706 caput mortuuma1711 snuff1778 twaddle1786 powder-post1790 traffic1828 junk1836 duffer1852 shice1859 punk1869 hogwash1870 cagmag1875 shit1890 tosh1892 tripe1895 dreck1905 schlock1906 cannon fodder1917 shite1928 skunk1929 crut1937 chickenshit1938 crud1943 Mickey Mouse1958 gick1959 garbo1978 turd1978 pants1994 a1555 J. Bradford in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) III. 1814/1 Forked caps, tipets, shauen crounes, or such other baggage & Antichristian pelfe. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare To Rdr., sig. ¶ 3^v It is not sufficient..to condemne our Bookes for pelfe, and trasshe, and fardles of lies, before he see them. 1595 Pleasant Quippes for Vpstart Gentle-women sig. A4 All this new pelfe, now solde in shoppes in vallue true, not worth a lowse. 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) ii. ii. iv. 264 Which to her gestes she shewes, withall her pelfe. c. Dust; fluff. Now English regional (south-western). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > [noun] > dust or fluff dustc825 mow?a1500 pelf1584 slut's wool1841 beggar's velvet1847 dowl1879 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxxiv. 228 Gather it..picke it cleane from dyrt and pelfe. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 42/2 Pilf, Pilm, Pillem, light dust or fluff. 1892 S. Hewett Peasant Speech Devon 112 When yu'm sewping out tha chimmer, 'Liza, duee mind an' sewp up awl tha pilth vrom under tha beyds. 1993 K. C. Phillipps Gloss. Cornish Dial. 45 Pilf, pilth, pillum, fluff under the bed; dust. d. Refuse, detritus; (British regional) spec. plant refuse, weeds. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] wrakea1350 outcastingc1350 rammel1370 rubble1376 mullockc1390 refusec1390 filtha1398 outcasta1398 chaff?a1400 rubbishc1400 wastec1430 drossc1440 raff?1440 rascal1440 murgeonc1450 wrack1472 gear1489 garblec1503 scowl1538 raffle1543 baggage1549 garbage1549 peltry1550 gubbins?1553 lastage1553 scruff1559 retraict1575 ross1577 riddings1584 ket1586 scouring1588 pelf1589 offal1598 rummage1598 dog's meat1606 retriment1615 spitling1620 recrement1622 mundungus1637 sordes1640 muskings1649 rejectament1654 offscouring1655 brat1656 relicts1687 offage1727 litter1730 rejectamenta1795 outwale1825 detritus1834 junk1836 wastements1843 croke1847–78 sculch1847 debris1851 rumble1854 flotsam1861 jetsam1861 pelt1880 offcasting1893 rubbishry1894 littering1897 muckings1898 wastage1898 dreck1905 bruck1929 crap1934 garbo1953 clobber1965 dooky1965 grot1971 tippings- 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 230 Pelfe is properly the scrappes or shreds of taylors and of skinners. 1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. B1 We of all people once that were the pelfe,..Almightie Ioue hath chosen to himselfe. 1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John xv. 20 Our memories are as..nets that keep the pelf, let go the clean water. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Pelf..in Faulconry, is the refuse and broken remains left after the Hawk is relieved. 1828 Farm Jrnl. 21 Jan. (E.D.D.) Which is the best means of clearing a wood from roots and pelf? 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 42/2 Pilf, light grass and roots raked together to be burnt. 1895 J. Thomas Randigal Rhymes 6 And I raked all the pilf off the land. 1910 W. G. Collingwood Dutch Agnes 30 They had been heaping dried brackens and whins, with peats here and there among the pelf. 1971 G. Kinnel Bk. of Nightmares 41 A piece of flesh gives off smoke in the field—carrion, caput mortuum, orts, pelf, fenks, sordes, gurry dumped from hospital trashcans. Compounds C1. † pelf-licker n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. liv. 237 Here enter not base pinching Usurers, Pelf-lickers, everlasting gatherers. C2. † pelf-loving adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1804 J. Collins Eye Posth. Reputation in Scripscrapologia 20 Robbing one's Heir may be deem'd somewhat wrong, By the gold-grasping, fast-holding, pelf-loving throng. 1825 T. Carlyle Let. 7 Mar. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) III. 298 Their pelf-loving speculations. † pelf-spurning adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1870 J. Hamilton Moses iv. 78 The high-souled, pelfspurning Abraham. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pelfv. Forms: Middle English pelf, 1500s pelfe, 1500s pielf. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymons: French pelfir, pelfer. Etymology: Apparently < Anglo-Norman pelfir, pelfrir, pelfrer, pelefrer (12th cent.), Old French pelfer (12th cent. in an isolated example in a text showing Anglo-Norman influence) to loot, plunder, pillage, to destroy, to pluck bare, strip < Anglo-Norman pelfre (see pelf n.). Compare post-classical Latin pelfare (1211, 1218 in British sources), pelfrare (1218 in a British source) to pilfer, rob. Compare pilfer v. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To rob (a person); to steal (a thing) away. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (transitive)] mitcha1393 pelfa1400 purloinc1475 prowl?1529 finger1530 pilfer1532 lurchc1565 filch1567 filch1574 proloyne1581 nim1606 hook1615 truff1718 snaffle1725 crib1735 pettifog1759 magg1762 niffle1785 cabbage1793 weed1811 nibble1819 cab1825 smouch1826 snuga1859 mooch1862 attract1891 souvenir1897 rat1906 snipe1909 promote1918 salvage1918 smooch1941 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > rob [verb (transitive)] reaveeOE benima1325 berob1340 pelfa1400 distress1490 derob1546 heave1567 shrive1630 strubc1680 spung1719 to do over1785 strong-arm1896 make1926 heist1930 to take off1937 hit1955 to knock off1960 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 6149 (MED) Godd þat grace til his folk gaue..For to pelf [a1400 Trin. Cambr. reue] þat folk vnlel And help his folk of israel. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 105 A poore sely folle that hath percase pielfed away tenne grotes [L. qui decem drachmas sustulit]. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 126 The one partie had pielfed, or embesleed awaye a thyng of the others. 2. intransitive. To steal, pilfer.In quots. a1400 at sense 1, a1475 in legal phraseology. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > petty theft or pilfering > pilfer [verb (intransitive)] pelfa1400 picka1555 befilch1566 filch1567 pilch1573 lurch1593 purloin1611 nim1622 shirk1709 pilfer1729 maraud1770 souvenir1897 a1400 R. Higden Polychron. (Cambr. Ii.3.1) (1869) II. 94 Infangthef pelfinde inward [v.rr. pelffindinward, pelfande in warde; thelfind], id est, infra suum [attachiamentum] capere reum; Gallice, dedeinz le soen attachement de laroun [?a1475 anon. tr. to take a gilty man within his lordeschippe]. a1475 Legal Gloss. Bokenham's Mappula Angliae in Englische Studien (1887) 10 21 (MED) In-fange the[f] pelfind inwarde, is a tachynge of a theef in propir cloos. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. Bvij^v If ye knewe how he coulde pelfe. c1565 T. Palmer Emblems: 200 Poosees (1988) 80 To pycke and pelfe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425v.a1400
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