| 单词 | halywark-folk |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalywark-folk 2. In some 14th cent. documents (after wer was obsolete), misunderstood and corrupted as halywark-folk, i.e. people who had the holy work of defending the body etc. of St. Cuthbert. ΚΠ 1311 Reg. Pal. Dunelm. (Rolls) I. 8 A senioribus de Aliwarkfolk' et Northumbriæ. 1316 Rot. Parl 9 Edw. II No. 8 (Rolls) IV. 137 In libertate episcopi Dunolmensis de Haliwarcfolks. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 736 They pleaded..That they were Haliwerke folkes, and held their lands to defend the Corps of Saint Cuthbert. 1627 J. Speed Eng. Abridged (1666) P b Whose charge..was to keep and defend the corps of S. Cuthbert their great adored Saint, and therefore they termed themselves, The holy work folks. 1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) I. at Halmot-court The Halywercfolk or holy work people. < as lemmas |
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