† noltn.

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Forms: Scottish pre-1700 noalt, pre-1700 nolte, pre-1700 noltt, pre-1700 nould, pre-1700 noult, pre-1700 noulte, pre-1700 nowlt, pre-1700 1700s–1800s nolt.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nowt n.¹

Etymology: Originally a graphic variant of nowt n.¹ by analogy with words with vocalized l ; compare slightly later bowt , variant of bolt n.¹, or cowt , cout , modern regional variants of colt n.¹ Compare also slightly later dowf adj. and n., which is earliest recorded in the form dolf. Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. nowt records the word in use from Cumberland. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (nō^ult, nǫlt) /noult/ /nɔlt/.

Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

Cattle, oxen. Also: an individual ox, a bullock. Cf. nowt n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun]

neateOE

oxeOE

rother beast1375

nolt1437

beef1583

beeve1847

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > oxen or cattle

rothereOE

neateOE

orfOE

erf1154

nowtsc1175

field beasta1382

nolt1437

cattle1555

neat cattle1619

chattel1627

beefc1706

horned cattle1781

cows1869

bullamacow1887

beeves-

1437 Ayr Burgh Court Bks. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1973) 602/1 To kepe the toune nolt for the ȝher.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 551 Off nolt and scheip thai tuk at sufficiens.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 227 Twa curis or thre hes vplandis Michell..Thocht he fra nolt had new tane leif.

1565 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 237 To Isabell Lysle my nece foure kye and foure yownge nowlt.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 218 Baith scheip and nolt, gait and all vther gair.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem f. 155 Na maner of gudes, horse, meiris, nolt, sheip, or vther cattell.

1665 Forbes Baron Court Bk. in Publ. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1919) 2nd Ser. 19 259 Tuo shilling for ewry ox or cow or nolt.

1716 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 135 Nor did they spare the very nolt that were for plowing the ground.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 161 They not only intromitted with their whole goods and gear, corn, cattle, horse, nolt, sheep, outsight and insight plenishing, at their wicked pleasure, but moreover made prisoners.

1822 W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 254 Turning out a parcel of half-starved nolt upon the hill.

1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. v. 489 Who dares me..insult, Him I will serve like this fat head of nolt.

1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 356 A good stock both of nolt and sheep.

Compounds

C1.

nolt beast n.

ΚΠ

1681 in C. B. Gunn Rec. Baron Court Stitchill (1905) 89 Taking out of some nolt beasts out of..his stabls.

nolt byre n.

ΚΠ

1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Bubile, a nolte byer: boum stabulum.

nolt fold n.

ΚΠ

1537–8 in J. M. Webster & A. A. M. Duncan Regality of Dunfermline Court Bk. (1953) 151 His part of thair nolt fald.

1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 138 Ye vill that thair be na difference betuix your kirkis, and als monie noult faldis.

1693 in N. P. Brown Decisions Court of Session Suppl. (1826) IV. 84 The Lords..found..that his infestment, though it was in the nolt-fauld, yet not bearing to be in the market-place, it did not hinder the town of Ayr to alter their market-place.

nolt foot n.

ΚΠ

1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 254 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 268 Ane sowsit nolt fute and scheipheid.

a1666 Househ. Bks. J. Sharp f. 31, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Nowt For nolt foot oyll to the cherrut 18 s.

nolt-hide n.

ΚΠ

c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches VI. 194 [That loading] was of nolt-hides; that is, of cow-hides, oxen-hides, bull-hides and all sorts of hides.

C2.

nolt-herd n. a cowherd.

ΚΠ

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xv. 100 Quhen that he hes..weryit the nolt herd on the plane.

1739 A. Nicol Nature without Art 85 That Station now had been much better Than Nolt-herd or a Shepherd either.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nolt
释义	† noltn. Inflections: Plural unchanged. Forms: Scottish pre-1700 noalt, pre-1700 nolte, pre-1700 noltt, pre-1700 nould, pre-1700 noult, pre-1700 noulte, pre-1700 nowlt, pre-1700 1700s–1800s nolt. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nowt n.¹ Etymology: Originally a graphic variant of nowt n.¹ by analogy with words with vocalized l ; compare slightly later bowt , variant of bolt n.¹, or cowt , cout , modern regional variants of colt n.¹ Compare also slightly later dowf adj. and n., which is earliest recorded in the form dolf. Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. nowt records the word in use from Cumberland. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (nō^ult, nǫlt) /noult/ /nɔlt/. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. Cattle, oxen. Also: an individual ox, a bullock. Cf. nowt n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] neateOE oxeOE rother beast1375 nolt1437 beef1583 beeve1847 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > oxen or cattle rothereOE neateOE orfOE erf1154 nowtsc1175 field beasta1382 nolt1437 cattle1555 neat cattle1619 chattel1627 beefc1706 horned cattle1781 cows1869 bullamacow1887 beeves- 1437 Ayr Burgh Court Bks. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1973) 602/1 To kepe the toune nolt for the ȝher. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 551 Off nolt and scheip thai tuk at sufficiens. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 227 Twa curis or thre hes vplandis Michell..Thocht he fra nolt had new tane leif. 1565 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 237 To Isabell Lysle my nece foure kye and foure yownge nowlt. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 218 Baith scheip and nolt, gait and all vther gair. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem f. 155 Na maner of gudes, horse, meiris, nolt, sheip, or vther cattell. 1665 Forbes Baron Court Bk. in Publ. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1919) 2nd Ser. 19 259 Tuo shilling for ewry ox or cow or nolt. 1716 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 135 Nor did they spare the very nolt that were for plowing the ground. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 161 They not only intromitted with their whole goods and gear, corn, cattle, horse, nolt, sheep, outsight and insight plenishing, at their wicked pleasure, but moreover made prisoners. View more context for this quotation 1822 W. J. Napier Pract. Store-farming 254 Turning out a parcel of half-starved nolt upon the hill. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. v. 489 Who dares me..insult, Him I will serve like this fat head of nolt. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 356 A good stock both of nolt and sheep. Compounds C1. nolt beast n. ΚΠ 1681 in C. B. Gunn Rec. Baron Court Stitchill (1905) 89 Taking out of some nolt beasts out of..his stabls. nolt byre n. ΚΠ 1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Bubile, a nolte byer: boum stabulum. nolt fold n. ΚΠ 1537–8 in J. M. Webster & A. A. M. Duncan Regality of Dunfermline Court Bk. (1953) 151 His part of thair nolt fald. 1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. in T. G. Law Catholic Tractates (1901) 138 Ye vill that thair be na difference betuix your kirkis, and als monie noult faldis. 1693 in N. P. Brown Decisions Court of Session Suppl. (1826) IV. 84 The Lords..found..that his infestment, though it was in the nolt-fauld, yet not bearing to be in the market-place, it did not hinder the town of Ayr to alter their market-place. nolt foot n. ΚΠ 1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 254 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 268 Ane sowsit nolt fute and scheipheid. a1666 Househ. Bks. J. Sharp f. 31, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Nowt For nolt foot oyll to the cherrut 18 s. nolt-hide n. ΚΠ c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches VI. 194 [That loading] was of nolt-hides; that is, of cow-hides, oxen-hides, bull-hides and all sorts of hides. C2. nolt-herd n. a cowherd. ΚΠ a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. xv. 100 Quhen that he hes..weryit the nolt herd on the plane. 1739 A. Nicol Nature without Art 85 That Station now had been much better Than Nolt-herd or a Shepherd either. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1437
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