单词 | poustie |
释义 | poustien. Now Scottish and Irish English. Power; spiritual power; might; authority. See also liege poustie n. in poustie (in quot. a1500): in one's power, possible.In quot. 1877: a force, a body of people. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] i-waldeOE armOE craftOE mightOE poustiea1275 mound?a1300 powerc1300 force1303 mighta1325 wielda1325 mightiheada1382 mightinessc1390 mightheada1400 mightinga1400 puissance1420 mightfulnessa1425 vallente1475 potence1483 state1488 potencya1500 potestation?c1500 potent1512 puissantness1552 sinew1560 puissancy1562 potentness1581 powerableness1591 powerfulnessc1595 potestatea1600 pollency1623 potentiality1627 potentialness1668 poust1827 mana1843 magnum force1977 a1275 St. Margaret (Trin. Cambr.) l. 204 in A. S. M. Clark Seint Maregrete & Body & Soul (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Michigan) (1972) 68 A maidain hauet us ouercomen; noust nis oure pouste [a1450 Bodl. poste]. c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 309 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 12 (MED) Jesus, fol of pouste, Made þat watur drawe aȝe. a1350 (a1250) Harrowing of Hell (Harl.) (1907) 7 (MED) Þe deuel heuede so muche pouste þat alle mosten to helle te. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26140 To quam vr lauerd has giue[n] poste Bath to bind and also laus þe. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 69 Whan I submysed affryque in to your poeste. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 110 In-to swilk thrillage thaim held he That he ourcome throw his powste. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 610 (MED) Yef it were in poste, he wolde it not haue do for all the reme of grete Breteigne. a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. D.vii By..all the dedly names Of infernall posty where soules frye and rousty. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Iiii v/1 Postie, potestas atis. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall Ded. sig. B2 Statur & strength, so dexterously kythed by a peereles pausty in all campestrial prowes. 1789 C. Vallancey Vocab. Lang. Forth & Bargie in Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1788 2 Antiquities 38 T' brek up ee battres h' had na poustee..To break up the goal they had not power. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 147 Her weary knicht's ilk limb and lith Gat tenfauld poustie, pow'r, and pith. 1877 G. MacDonald Marquis of Lossie II. xvii But say 'at ye like, I s' uphaud Ma'colm again' the haill poustie o' ye. 1913 J. Service Memorables Robin Cummell 196 Something cam..and ‘took a' the fushion frae her tongue and a' the poustie frae her arm’. 1961 New Shetlander No. 56. 25 Dey wir never muckle pooster wi him. 2001 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 24 Feb. 16 Tha yairn o twa buiks, an o thir twa heid Ulster-Scotch scrievers an scholars, is tha historie o tha cum bak o Ulster-Scotch poustie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1275 |
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