c 1555 - A Treatise on the Pretended Divorce between Henry VIII and Catharine of Aragon, Nicholas Harpsfield; see Example below From: A Treatise on the Pretended Divorce between Henry VIII and Catharine of Aragon
By Nicholas Harpsfield Printed for the Camden Society, 1878 P. 146 from Latin ignōscibilis (rare), from ignōscĕre to pardon + -ble 1656 - Glossographia, Thomas Blount; "Ignoscible, tollerable, to be pardoned" From: Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature:
A Melange Excerpta, Collated by Charles Carroll Bombaugh, 1890 P. 219 1682 - The Holy War made by Shaddai upon Diabolus, John Bunyan; see Example below From: The Holy War made by Shaddai upon Diabolus,
By John Bunyan New Edition, 1782 P. 329 From: Supplement to the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language By John Jamieson, Volume II, 1825 From: The Truth About Camilla
By Gertrude Hall, 1913 Chapter IX. P. 200 from jolly + nob (n.) the head 1785 - A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, Francis Grose; "Jolly, or Jolly Nob. the head. I'll lump your jolly nob for you; I'll give you a knock on the head" From: An Historical Sketch of the Art of Caricaturing
By James Peller Malcolm Printed 1813 P. 86/87 from Old French abober, abaube, also abaubier, abaubir to astonish, astound, frighten:—Latin *adbalbāre to strike speechless, from ad to + balbus stammering c 1330 - Arthour and Merlin;
see below From: Arthour and Merlin Edited by Eugen Kölbing Printed 1890 P. 57 from quaff (vb.) to drink deeply + tide (n.) 1582 - Thee First Foure Bookes of Virgil his Æneis Translated, wyth oother
Poetical Diuises, Richard Stanyhurst; see below From: The English Scholar's Library of Old and Modern Works Edited by Edward Arber 1879 Edition Thee Fourth Booke of Virgil His Æneis P. 105 from slotter (vb.) to make foul or dirty (obsolete except dialect) c 1440 - Promptorium Parvulorum Sive Clericorum, Lexicon Anglo-Latinum Princeps;
see below From: Promptorium Parvulorum Sive Clericorum, Dictionarius Anglo-Latinum Princeps Circa A.D. M.CCCC.XL. (1440) Printed for the Camden Society, 1865 NOUN 1. a large marble of stone, clay, pot, etc. ...1883 Eng. dial. 2. anything large of its kind ...1885 Eng. dial. 3. an explosive shell ...1918 Aust. sl. 4. the penis ...1947 sl. 5. a foolish person ...1966 Brit. sl. From: The English Dialect Dictionary,
Joseph Wright, 1898-1905 from other + gate (n.) way, matter or method of doing or behaving, with adverb genitive -es a 1300 - Cursor Mundi (The Cursor O The World). A Northumbrian Poem of the 14th Century; see below From: Cursor Mundi (The Cursor of the World): A Northumbrian poem of the XIVth century Edited by Richard Morris Printed for the Early English Text Society, 1874 P. 98 From: Dramatic Works of Shakespeare
The Text of the First Edition Edited by William Paterson, Volume Third, 1883 Twelfe Night, or What You Will Act V. Scene I. P. 153 From: Cornish Tales, In Prose and Verse.
Truro: James R. Netherton, 1867 A Dialogue Between Penstraze and Sally Trembath P. 138 from Laputa, the flying island in Gulliver's Travels, whose inhabitants were addicted to visionary projects 1726 - Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts, by Lemuel Gulliver, Jonathan Swift; see Example below From: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
in Four Parts, by Lemuel Gulliver Printed 1896 Part III. A Voyage to Laputa, etc. P. 167 from Latin incōgitāntem unthinking, from in- (in-) + cōgitāns, pres. pple. of cōgitāre to think 1628 - Commentaries upon the Apostles Creed, Thomas Jackson; see Example below From: A Treatise of the Divine Essence and Attributes
By Thomas Jackson The First Part 1628 Chapter 10. Of the Eternall and immutable Decree. P. 121 1531 - The Exposition of the Fyrste Epistle of Seynt Ihon, William Tindale; see below from E-NED From: The Works of Thomas Adams
Vol I. Containing Sermons from from Texts in The Old Testament, &c., 1861 Sermon XIV. The Fatal Banquet. The Second Service. P. 186 From: An Exmoor Scolding:
In the Propriety and Decency of Exmoor Language, Between Two Sisters, Wilmot Moreman and Thomasin Moreman as they were Spinning A New Edition, 1818 Bout the Second P. 14 DEFINITIONS CONTINUED VERBS to be vexed or displeased; to fret; to anger, grieve, vex, annoy (obsolete) also GRAM, GRAIM, GRAMA, GRAMM, GROME CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES adjective: Old English gram, grǫm = Old High German, Old Saxon gram, Old Norse gramr, from Teutonic root *gram-, grem- noun: Old English grama, related to gram grame (adj.) verb: from grame (adj.) c 1000 - Ælfric, Genesis; see below from E-NED From: Select Pieces of Early Popular Poetry
Re-Published Principally From Early Printed Copies in the Black Letter Vol II, 1817 The Proude Wyues Pater Noster. P. 151 variant of knurly (knotted, gnarly); or/and corrupt pronunciation of gnarly 1806 - Original Poems, Thomas G. Fessenden; see Example below From: Original Poems
By Thomas Green Fessenden Printed 1806 Love's Labour Lost Peter Pumpkin-Head Defeated by Tabitha Towzer P. 136 from French putrédineux (Cotgrave 1611), from French putrédinal (16th c. in Godef.), from late Latin putrēdo, -inem + -ous 1641 - Sermon, to the Commons, Cornelius Burges; see below From: The Dissenter's Sayings: In Requital for L'Estrange's Sayings By Roger L'Estrange The Third Edition, 1681 Sect. 3. The DIssenters Harmony among themselves P. 10 From: Botanick Essays
By Patrick Blair Printed 1720 Of Flowers P. 13 |
Archives
September 2021
|