单词 | the auld goodman |
释义 | > as lemmasthe auld goodman a. The devil. In later use frequently in the auld goodman. Now archaic and historical. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun] devileOE Beelzebubc950 the foul ghosteOE SatanOE warlockOE SatanasOE worsea1200 unwinea1225 wondc1250 quedea1275 pucka1300 serpenta1300 dragon1340 shrew1362 Apollyon1382 the god of this worldc1384 Mahoundc1400 leviathan1412 worsta1425 old enemyc1449 Ruffin1567 dismal1570 Plotcocka1578 the Wicked One1582 goodman1603 Mahu1603 foul thief1609 somebody1609 legiona1616 Lord of Flies1622 walliman1629 shaitan1638 Old Nicka1643 Nick1647 unsel?1675 old gentleman1681 old boy1692 the gentleman in black1693 deuce1694 Black Spy1699 the vicious one1713 worricow1719 Old Roger1725 Lord of the Flies1727 Simmie1728 Old Scratch1734 Old Harry1777 Old Poker1784 Auld Hornie1786 old (auld), ill thief1789 old one1790 little-good1821 Tom Walker1833 bogy1840 diabolarch1845 Old Ned1859 iniquity1899 1603 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 114 The said Robert delatis the tennentis of Glakmarres to haue left a peice land to the gudmane (deuill) for the noltis caus. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Midlothian I. iv. 72 She'll hae had some quarrel wi' her auld gudeman—that's Satan, ye ken, sirs. 1828 W. Nicholson Tales in Verse (ed. 2) 124 E'en the auld gudeman himsel did sweat, To look at Aiken-drum. 1856 G. Henderson Pop. Rhymes Berwick 111 The Goodman will catch you in his net. 1929 J. M. McPherson Primitive Beliefs N.E. Scotl. 135 In the North-East of Scotland, so numerous were the fields dedicated to the ‘Auld Goodman’ that the Church resolved to apply to Parliament for an Act to deal with the owners of these uncultivated lands. < as lemmas |
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