单词 | haliwerfolk |
释义 | Haliwerfolkn. Obsolete exc. Historical. 1. The folk of the holy man or saint (Cuthbert); those who held their lands by the service of defending the body, relics, and territory of St. Cuthbert; also the county of Durham wherein they dwelt. Called in Life of St. Cuthbert, c1450 (Surtees) 4608 ‘Cuthbert folk’, 7517 ‘þe saint pople’. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > particular saints > [noun] > disciples of Cuthbert Haliwerfolk1099 1099–1126 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) 20 Rannulfus..ominibus hominibus suis, Francis et Anglis, de Haliweresfolc, salutem. ?12.. in J. T. Fowler Chartularium Abbathiæ de Novo Monasterio (1878) 133 Unam bovatam terræ in Cunsdine, quæ est in Haliwerefolc. c1303 Reg. Pal. Dunelm. (Rolls) III. 39 Antiquiores totius Haliwarfolk' et Northumbriæ. 1430 in W. Greenwell Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis (1872) (passim) Haliwerfolc, Haliwaresfolc, Haliueresfolch. 1816 Surtees Hist. Durham I. xxxiii The tenants of St. Cuthbert, who pleaded their privilege of Halywerfolc. 1892 Boyle County of Durham 74 The tenants..on several occasions claimed that they were Haliwerfolk, the folk or men of the holy man (wer). 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1099 |
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