† alietn.

Forms:

α. Middle English–1500s alietus.

β. Middle English aliete, 1600s aliet, 1600s–1700s alet.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin haliāetus, alietus.

Etymology: < classical Latin haliāetus (in post-classical Latin also alietus) sea eagle, osprey, in post-classical Latin also applied to other birds of prey < ancient Greek ἁλιάετος sea eagle, osprey < ἁλ- , ἅλς sea (see halo- comb. form¹) + ἀετός eagle (see aetosaur n.).

Obsolete.

A bird of prey; esp. (in Wyclif) an osprey or a sea eagle; (Heraldry) a merlin or a sparrowhawk.

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. iv. 609 Oþir men meneþ þat alietus is a litil bridde and takeþ oþir smale briddes.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Lev. xi. 13 An egle, and a grippe, aliete [L. haliaetum], and a kyte.

?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. L i/2 Alietus is a sybbe to the egle and causeth his yonges to loke in the sonne, and they that can nat loke in ye sonne he casteth them out of the neste.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xx. 162 The Aliet is a Bird of little power; And little Birds are all he eats and doth deuour.

1783 Bailey's Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 25) Alet, the true falcon of Peru, that never lets her prey escape.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	aliet
释义	† alietn. Forms: α. Middle English–1500s alietus. β. Middle English aliete, 1600s aliet, 1600s–1700s alet. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin haliāetus, alietus. Etymology: < classical Latin haliāetus (in post-classical Latin also alietus) sea eagle, osprey, in post-classical Latin also applied to other birds of prey < ancient Greek ἁλιάετος sea eagle, osprey < ἁλ- , ἅλς sea (see halo- comb. form¹) + ἀετός eagle (see aetosaur n.). Obsolete. A bird of prey; esp. (in Wyclif) an osprey or a sea eagle; (Heraldry) a merlin or a sparrowhawk. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > member of eaglec1350 alieta1398 bird of preya1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. iv. 609 Oþir men meneþ þat alietus is a litil bridde and takeþ oþir smale briddes. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Lev. xi. 13 An egle, and a grippe, aliete [L. haliaetum], and a kyte. ?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. L i/2 Alietus is a sybbe to the egle and causeth his yonges to loke in the sonne, and they that can nat loke in ye sonne he casteth them out of the neste. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xx. 162 The Aliet is a Bird of little power; And little Birds are all he eats and doth deuour. 1783 Bailey's Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 25) Alet, the true falcon of Peru, that never lets her prey escape. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1398
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