pucklen.

Brit.

/ˈpʌkl/, U.S.

/ˈpək(ə)l/

Forms: Old English pucel, Middle English poucle, 1500s 1800s– puckle.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puck n.¹, -le suffix 1

Etymology: < puck n.¹ + -le suffix 1.Attested early in place names, as Puclancyrce (c1050 in an annal for the year 946; now Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire), Pokelston (1240; now Puxton, Worcestershire), Puchelahole (1301; now Putshole, Devon). The first of these examples probably reflects an unattested Old English byname *Pucela. Compare also use as a surname in Middle English: Ricardus Puchel (1199), Nicholas Pokel (1275), John le Pochel (1297).

A malevolent spirit or demon, a ‘bugbear’ or bogey. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin

thursec725

puckOE

puckleOE

goblina1350

hurlewaynes kin1399

Hoba1500

bogle?1507

chimera?1521

hobgoblin1530

chyppynutie?1553

bearbug1560

boggard1570

bugbear?c1570

empusa1572

puckerelc1580

puck bug1582

imp1584

urchin1584

fear-babea1586

hob-thrush1590

hodge-poker1598

lar1598

poker1598

bogle-bo1603

mormo1605

foliot1621

mormolukee1624

buggle-boo1625

pug1631

black man1656

feind1659

Tom Poker1673

duende1691

boodie?a1700

worricow1711

bolly1724

Tom Po1744

fleying1811

pooka1824

booger1827

alp1828

boll1847

bogy1857

beastie1867

boogie1880

shag boy1882

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > a small number of

some fewOE

puckleOE

a litec1290

couple1365

a…or twoa1400

handfulc1443

a wheen (of)1487

and odd1548

sprinkling1561

pair1611

scattering1628

sprinkle1754

OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 43 Faunos : wudewasan. Priapos : pucelas.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. xv. 153 The hell waine, the fierdrake, the puckle, Tom thombe, hob gobblin,..and such other bugs.

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft 180 That Phuca is a Celtic superstition from which the word Pook or Puckle was doubtless derived.

1944 in Comments on Etymol. (1986) 1–15 Feb. 14 The words puck, puckle, pixy, of Irish origin..often are applied to anything uncanny or devilish, infernal, wicked.

Compounds

† puckle's needle n. [ < the genitive of puckle n. + needle n.] Obsolete rare = pookneedle n.

ΚΠ

a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 2 Acus muscata major, anglice pouclesnedele.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puckle
释义	pucklen. Brit. /ˈpʌkl/, U.S. /ˈpək(ə)l/ Forms: Old English pucel, Middle English poucle, 1500s 1800s– puckle. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puck n.¹, -le suffix 1 Etymology: < puck n.¹ + -le suffix 1.Attested early in place names, as Puclancyrce (c1050 in an annal for the year 946; now Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire), Pokelston (1240; now Puxton, Worcestershire), Puchelahole (1301; now Putshole, Devon). The first of these examples probably reflects an unattested Old English byname Pucela. Compare also use as a surname in Middle English: Ricardus Puchel* (1199), Nicholas Pokel (1275), John le Pochel (1297). A malevolent spirit or demon, a ‘bugbear’ or bogey. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > imp, goblin, or hobgoblin thursec725 puckOE puckleOE goblina1350 hurlewaynes kin1399 Hoba1500 bogle?1507 chimera?1521 hobgoblin1530 chyppynutie?1553 bearbug1560 boggard1570 bugbear?c1570 empusa1572 puckerelc1580 puck bug1582 imp1584 urchin1584 fear-babea1586 hob-thrush1590 hodge-poker1598 lar1598 poker1598 bogle-bo1603 mormo1605 foliot1621 mormolukee1624 buggle-boo1625 pug1631 black man1656 feind1659 Tom Poker1673 duende1691 boodie?a1700 worricow1711 bolly1724 Tom Po1744 fleying1811 pooka1824 booger1827 alp1828 boll1847 bogy1857 beastie1867 boogie1880 shag boy1882 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] > a small number of some fewOE puckleOE a litec1290 couple1365 a…or twoa1400 handfulc1443 a wheen (of)1487 and odd1548 sprinkling1561 pair1611 scattering1628 sprinkle1754 OE Prudentius Glosses (Boulogne 189) in H. D. Meritt Old Eng. Prudentius Glosses (1959) 43 Faunos : wudewasan. Priapos : pucelas. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vii. xv. 153 The hell waine, the fierdrake, the puckle, Tom thombe, hob gobblin,..and such other bugs. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft 180 That Phuca is a Celtic superstition from which the word Pook or Puckle was doubtless derived. 1944 in Comments on Etymol. (1986) 1–15 Feb. 14 The words puck, puckle, pixy, of Irish origin..often are applied to anything uncanny or devilish, infernal, wicked. Compounds † puckle's needle n. [ < the genitive of puckle n. + needle n.] Obsolete rare = pookneedle n. ΚΠ a1400 Alphita (Selden) (1887) 2 Acus muscata major, anglice pouclesnedele. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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