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† ˈthrillage Sc. Obs. Also 5 -ege. [f. thrill n.2 + -age.] Thraldom, bondage, subjection; = thirlage 1.1375 Barbour Bruce i. 101 Þat he put to swylk thrillage, That þai..Suld ryn on fute, as rebaldaill. c 1400 Sc. Trojan War ii. 984 They askede thame to be, As worthy, of all thrillege fre. Ibid. 278...
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Thirlage
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The term thirlage is a metathesis of Scots thrillage 'thralldom', derived from thril 'thrall', which was a body servant, retainer, or vassal
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thirlage Sc. (ˈθɜːlɪdʒ) [A metathetic variant of thrillage. Cf. thirl v.2] † 1. Thraldom, bondage, servitude; also, thirl-service. Obs.1513 Douglas æneis xi. iv. 61 This mysfortoun is myne of ald thirlage. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 170 The Romanis contending to saif thaim fra thirlage of ...
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segge
▪ I. † segge1 poet. Obs. Forms: 1 secg, 3 sæg, 3–4 (6) seg, 3–6 segge, 4–6 sege, 4 segg, (seegge, 5 seege, seghe, seige), 6 sedge. [OE. sęcg = OS. segg, ON. segg-r:—OTeut. *sagjo-z.] A man. (In the 16th c. only contemptuous.)Beowulf 208 (Gr.) Secg wisade, laᵹucræftiᵹ mon, land⁓ᵹemyrcu. Ibid. 633 Þa ...
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pousté
poustie, pousté Obs. (or Sc. arch.) (ˈpaʊstɪ) Forms: 4–5 pouˈste (also 6 Sc.), -stˈee, powˈste (5 -ee), poeste, poweste, poste (5 -ee), pauste (5 -i); 5 pooste, poˈstey, ˈpousty, 5–6 ˈpostie, -y (6 -ye), 5 (7 Sc.) pausty, 7 Sc. powstie, 7, 9 Sc. poustie. [ME. a. OF. poesté, pousté (a 1000 podestat):...
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heaven
▪ I. heaven, n. (ˈhɛv(ə)n) Forms: 1 heben, hefen, -on, heofon, -un, -en, hiofon, -un, heafen; heofene, -one; 2 heofone, hefene, 2–3 heofene, heouene, houene, 3 heauene, heofne, heoffne, heffene, heuone, 3–5 heuene, 4 hefen, heyuen, heiuen, -in; 4–5 hevyn, hewyn(e, -in(e, 4–6 heven, heuin, 5 heuon, -...
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