| 释义 |
trowie, a. Orkney and Shetland.|ˈtrouɪ|
[f. trow n.4 + -ie, -y.]
Of or pertaining to the ‘trows’ or trolls; elfin; also, influenced by a ‘trow’. So ˈtrowist (nonce-wd.), a person credited with acquaintance with ‘trows’ and power to avert their influence.
1793Statist. Acc. Scotl. VII. 396 Sponges are found upon the shore in great plenty, shaped like a man's hand, and called by the people Trowie Gloves. 1825Jamieson, Trowie adj., sickly, Orkn... Shall we view this as signifying ‘under the malign influence of the Trow, or daemon’? 1840New Statist. Acc. Scot. (1845) XV. 142 (Shetland) When a cow or sheep happens to turn sick or die, it is firmly believed..that the real animal has been taken away and something of a trowie breed substituted in its place. 1895J. J. H. Burgess Shetland Folklore 99 He at once sent for an old woman who was celebrated as a ‘trowist’. Ibid. 101 He..found lying on the ground and half-hidden among the heather, a beautifully-wrought ‘trowie’ dart or arrow. |