| 释义 |
thurse Obs. exc. Hist.|θɜːs|
Forms: 1 þyrs, 3 þurs(e, 4 thirs, 5 thursse, thyrce, thirse, thrus(se, thrusche, thrwsse, trusse, (6 thrust, 7–9 thrush, in hobthrush), 7– thurse.
[OE. þyrs = OHG. duris, turs, str. m. (MHG. dürse, türse, turse, wk. m.), OS. thuris the rune þ; ON. þurs:—*þursaz:—OTeut. *þurisoz. Cf. Finnish tursa-s sea-monster, from ON.]
A giant of heathen mythology; in mediæval times, often, the devil, a demon; later, a goblin or hobgoblin of rustic superstition.
Beowulf 426 Ond nu wið Gren-del sceal wið þam aglæcan ana ᵹe-hegan ðing wið þyrse. c725Corpus Gloss. (O.E.T.) 1457 Orcus, ðyrs, heldiobul. a1225Leg. Kath. 1880 Com þe þurs Maxence, þe wed wulf, þe heaðene hund aȝein to his kineburh. a1225Juliana 42 (R. MS.) Beelzebub þe alde þurs of helle. 1382Wyclif Isa. xxxiv. 15 Ther shal lyn lamya [Gloss., that is, a thirs, or a beste hauende the bodi lic a womman and horse feet]. a1400Morte Arth. 1100 Thykke theese as a thursse,..Greesse growene as a galte, fulle grylych he lukez! c1440Promp. Parv. 491/2 Thyrce, wykkyd spyryte (K. thirse, goste, S., A. tyrce). 1468Medulla Gram. (Promp. Parv.) Dusius, i. demon, a thrusse, þe powke. c1700[see b]. [ 1886Corbett Fall of Asgard (1889) I. 59 Never would land-wight, be he troll, thusse, vœtte, or dwarf, harm you.]
b. Comb. thurse-hole, thurse-house: see quot. c 1700; thurse-louse, a wood-louse (see also thrush-louse and thurstlaas in Eng. Dial. Dict.).
c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 2180 A place with oute his cell, Now calde þe thrus house. 1658J. Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 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. c1700Bp. Kennett Lansd. MS. 1033, lf. 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. |