† thevis nekn.

Forms: pre-1700 theuis nek, pre-1700 thevis nek.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: thief n., neck n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of thief n. + neck n.¹

Scottish. Obsolete.

= ‘Thief's neck’, one fit for the gallows: a term of opprobrium. In quots. represented as the cry of the tewhit or lapwing.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging

wickhals?a1400

crack-rope?a1500

widdieneck?a1500

widdiefu?a1513

thevis neka1525

stretch-hemp1532

man of death1535

slip-string1546

waghalter1546

ropeful1567

gallows-clapper1570

hang-rope1570

rope-ripe1570

crack-halter1573

hempstring1573

wag-string1578

stretch-halter1583

gallows1598

halter-sack1598

wag-with1611

crack-hempa1616

roper1615

halter-sick1617

gallows-climber1668

hang-string1675

hempy1718

gallows-face1725

gallows-bird1785

hang-gallows1785

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 823 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 120 The tuchet and ye gukkit golk...callit him [sc. the rook] thryss thevisnek to thrawe in a widdy.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The tuechitis cryit theuis nek, quhen the piettis clattrit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	thevis nek
释义	† thevis nekn. Forms: pre-1700 theuis nek, pre-1700 thevis nek. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: thief n., neck n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of thief n. + neck n.¹ Scottish. Obsolete. = ‘Thief's neck’, one fit for the gallows: a term of opprobrium. In quots. represented as the cry of the tewhit or lapwing. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging wickhals?a1400 crack-rope?a1500 widdieneck?a1500 widdiefu?a1513 thevis neka1525 stretch-hemp1532 man of death1535 slip-string1546 waghalter1546 ropeful1567 gallows-clapper1570 hang-rope1570 rope-ripe1570 crack-halter1573 hempstring1573 wag-string1578 stretch-halter1583 gallows1598 halter-sack1598 wag-with1611 crack-hempa1616 roper1615 halter-sick1617 gallows-climber1668 hang-string1675 hempy1718 gallows-face1725 gallows-bird1785 hang-gallows1785 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 823 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 120 The tuchet and ye gukkit golk...callit him [sc. the rook] thryss thevisnek to thrawe in a widdy. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The tuechitis cryit theuis nek, quhen the piettis clattrit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1525
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