POBIEalso (for n.1.) POBE
NOUN 1. a father or foster-father ...1822 Scot. 2. a peak or high hill ...Bk1905 Scot. ETYMOLOGY (for n.1) Jamieson suggests it is probably from Islandic (Icelandic) papi, pappas, papa, pater FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1822 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...asked Swene if he could not prevail upon his wife to go to her pobe the devil, and bid him loose a knot..." (Note: in the above example, the author gives the definition for 'pobe' as "Foster-father, or nurse's husband") From: A Description of the Shetland Islands By: Samuel Hibbert, 1822 SOURCES • The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905 • Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language, John Jamieson, John Johnstone, 1867
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