单词 | thurse |
释义 | thursen. Obsolete exc. Historical. A giant of heathen mythology; in medieval times, often, the devil, a demon; later, a goblin or hobgoblin of rustic superstition. 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 c725 Corpus Gloss. (O.E.T.) 1457 Orcus, ðyrs, heldiobul. OE Beowulf 426 Ond nu wið Grendel sceal, wið þam aglæcan ana gehegan ðing wið þyrse. a1225 Leg. Kath. 1880 Com þe þurs Maxence, þe wed wulf, þe heaðene hund aȝein to his kineburh. a1225 Juliana 42 (R. MS.) Beelzebub þe alde þurs of helle. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxiv. 15 Ther shal lyn lamya [Gloss., that is, a thirs, or a beste hauende the bodi lic a womman and horse feet]. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1100 Thykke theese as a thursse,..Greesse growene as a galte, fulle grylych he lukez! c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 491/2 Thyrce, wykkyd spyryte (K. thirse, goste, S., A. tyrce). 1468 Medulla Gram. (Promp. Parv.) Dusius, i. demon, a thrusse, þe powke. a1728 [see thurse-house n. at Compounds]. 1886 J. S. Corbett Fall of Asgard (1889) I. 59 Never would land-wight, be he troll, thusse, vœtte, or dwarf, harm you.] Compounds thurse-house n. (also thurse-hole) see quot. a1728. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > cave covec950 denOE cavec1220 rochea1300 spelunk13.. cavernc1374 cabin1377 speke1377 antruma1398 minea1398 thurse-house?c1450 crypt?a1475 vault1535 chamber1575 antre1585 underground1594 Peak1600 lustre?1615 open?1644 cunicle1657 subterranean1714 subterrane1759 loch1767 purgatory1797 vug1818 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2180 A place with oute his cell, Now calde þe thrus house. a1728 W. Kennett MS Coll. Provinc. Words (BL Lansdowne MS 1033) f. 396 A Thurse, an Apparition, a Goblin. Lanc... A Thurs-house or Thurse-hole, a hollow vault in a rock or stony hill... These were lookd on as enchanted holes. thurse-louse n. a woodlouse (see also thrush-louse and thurstlaas in Eng. Dial. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Arthostraca > order Isopoda > family Oniscidae or genus Oniscus lockchestera1400 sow14.. lugdora1425 louk?a1450 lockchestc1450 cheslip1530 palmer1538 chestworm1544 Robin Goodfellow's louse1552 monk's peason1558 cheslock1574 porcelet1578 swine louse1579 hog-louse1580 multiped1601 kitchen-bob1610 woodlouse1611 loop1612 millipede1612 timber-sow1626 cheeselog1657 sow-louse1658 thurse-louse1658 onisc1661 monkey pea1682 slater1684 slatter1739 sow-bug1750 Oniscus1806 pig louse1819 hob-thrush1828 land-slater1863 pig's louse1888 wall-louse1899 oniscoid1909 chucky-pig1946 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1048 The English from the form call them Sowes... They are called also Thurslows..from a spirit that was not hurtful, to whom our Ancestors superstitiously imputed the sending of them to us. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c725 |
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