单词 | woodwose |
释义 | † woodwosewoodhousen. Obsolete (exc. Historical). a. A wild man of the woods; a satyr, faun; a person dressed to represent such a being in a pageant. Cf. wild man n.Sometimes taken for or construed as plural. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > fabulous or mythical human > miscellaneous (types of) walkyrieeOE woodwosea1100 mugglingc1275 Sciapodes1568 Arimasp1579 acephali1600 hyperborean1601 Arimaspian1667 golem1732 Lorelei1878 menehune1895 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [noun] > uncivilized person wild mana1400 woodwose?a1400 savaginec1450 woodward1488 savagea1544 woodman1601 barbarian1604 woodist1613 wilding1621 brutigenist1631 catamountaina1640 Caliban1678 semi-barbarian1692 Hottentot1710 semi-savage1807 pagan1879 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > parade or procession > pageant > participant > specific character woodman1442 woodwosea1464 woodist1613 a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 108/22 Satiri, uel fauni,..uel fauni ficarii, unfæle men, wudewasan, unfæle wihtu. 13.. Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.) in Herrig Archiv LVII. 261 Þis Breusteres douhtur..tolde þe folk as wodewose wilde Who gat on hire þis forseyde childe. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xv. xix. (Tollem. MS.) Þerin [sc. in Africa] ben satires, wodewoses, tigris, and oþer horrible bestes. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3817 Alls vnwyse wodewyse he wente at þe gayneste. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 721 Sumwhyle wyth wormeȝ he werreȝ,..Sumwhyle wyth wodwos þat woned in þe knarreȝ. c1440 Partonope 7691 [4737] in Anglia XII. 616 Partanope hath now forsake The wodwous [v.rr. wodwoys, wodwose, wodwouse] lyfe. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 201 Þe kyng of Frauns daunsed in his halle with iiii knites, and was arayed lich a wodwous. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope xxii A wodewose named Satyre. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria ix. f. 109v Woode wosis be vpwarde nostrelde. Satyri sunt sili. 1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 15v/1 A wodewose, satyrus. 1555 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 96 Men lyke wodys alle in gren. b. A figure of such a being, as a decoration, a heraldic bearing or supporter, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of human or divine beings > [noun] > savage woodwose1355 woodward1488 savage mana1656 savage1673 woodman1780 1355 in W. H. Stevenson Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) 465 Item j. botoner de roses, pris xl s. Item j. botoner de wodewoses, pris c s. 1381 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 121 Lectum..broudatum cum signis de wodewese. a1400–50 Wars Alex. 1540 A vestoure..Wroȝt full of wodwose & oþer wild bestis. 1498 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1869) IV. 133 Sex cocliaria optima arg[entea] cum wodwoshes. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > disorder or riot > riot [verb (intransitive)] > behave in disorderly fashion woodwosea1400 rantipole1650 scour1673 bear-fight1884 a1400 Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.) in Herrig Archiv LVII. 274 Ho is wodore þen þat mon Þat muche skile and resun con..And goþ siþen wod wosande? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1100 |
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