thoftn.

/θɒft/

Forms: Old English þofta, Middle English thoffte, Middle English– thoft, 1800s Scottish thaft (Shetland, Isle of Man taft, taff).

Etymology: Old English þofte (weak feminine), = Old Norse þopta (Norwegian, Danish tofte ), Old High German dofta ; Middle Low German, Low German ducht , whence German ducht (duft ), Middle Dutch dofte , dochte , Dutch doft < Old Germanic *þuftô < Indo-European *tuptâ , < root *tup to squat, sit low. Also Gaelic tobhta from Lowland Scots or Norse. See also thawt n.Þofta in quot. c1000 is either a scribal error for þoftan, or plural of a strong feminine þoft. It is remarkable that this word, which must have lived on in the north, should appear only once between 1336 and the 19th cent.

Now northern dialect.

A rower's bench; = thwart n.²

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > seat in a boat > for rower(s)

thoftc1000

thawt1589

bank1595

thwart1736

oar-bench1856

zygon1888

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 166/17 Transtra, scipsetl. Transtra, uel juga, þofta.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 182/5 Transtra, þoftan.

1307–8 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/14/14) In .C. bordis estricis emptis..ad faciendum inde Thoftes, Hurdys, et cotes pro dicta Bargia..xv. s... In .vj. bordis emptis..ad ponendum sub Thoftis..iij. s.

1336 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/19/31) m. 6 Et in xiiij lignis emptis pro Thofftes inde faciendis precium cuiuslibet .vj. d.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. iii. 63 The remanent of ye rowaris..Apon yair scyttis and thoftis all atanys Yair placis hynt. [Cf. Virg. v. 136 considunt transtris.]

1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Thafts, the benches of a boat, on which the rowers sit.

1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 859 This waterman on one ‘thoft’ presenting the breadth of his oar before the wind and with the stream.

1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xvi. 280 One of the poor fellows tumbled over the thaft.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Thofts, the thwarts, or plank-seats across a boat.

1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 21 Leapt lightly on the thoft.

1887 T. E. Brown Doctor & Other Poems 18 Sortin them out On the taff.

1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 51 Strik rouwin faider frae his taft.

1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 97/2 [Shetland] In a boat the thoft where the mast stands is called the sailing thoft.

in combination.1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Thoft-fellow, a fellow oarsman. [Cf. 1874 Vigfusson Icel. Dict., þóþti, a bench-fellow.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	thoft
释义	thoftn. /θɒft/ Forms: Old English þofta, Middle English thoffte, Middle English– thoft, 1800s Scottish thaft (Shetland, Isle of Man taft, taff). Etymology: Old English þofte (weak feminine), = Old Norse þopta (Norwegian, Danish tofte ), Old High German dofta ; Middle Low German, Low German ducht , whence German ducht (duft ), Middle Dutch dofte , dochte , Dutch doft < Old Germanic þuftô < Indo-European tuptâ , < root tup to squat, sit low. Also Gaelic tobhta* from Lowland Scots or Norse. See also thawt n.Þofta in quot. c1000 is either a scribal error for þoftan, or plural of a strong feminine þoft. It is remarkable that this word, which must have lived on in the north, should appear only once between 1336 and the 19th cent. Now northern dialect. A rower's bench; = thwart n.² ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > seat in a boat > for rower(s) thoftc1000 thawt1589 bank1595 thwart1736 oar-bench1856 zygon1888 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 166/17 Transtra, scipsetl. Transtra, uel juga, þofta. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 182/5 Transtra, þoftan. 1307–8 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/14/14) In .C. bordis estricis emptis..ad faciendum inde Thoftes, Hurdys, et cotes pro dicta Bargia..xv. s... In .vj. bordis emptis..ad ponendum sub Thoftis..iij. s. 1336 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/19/31) m. 6 Et in xiiij lignis emptis pro Thofftes inde faciendis precium cuiuslibet .vj. d. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. iii. 63 The remanent of ye rowaris..Apon yair scyttis and thoftis all atanys Yair placis hynt. [Cf. Virg. v. 136 considunt transtris.] 1808–18 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Thafts, the benches of a boat, on which the rowers sit. 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 859 This waterman on one ‘thoft’ presenting the breadth of his oar before the wind and with the stream. 1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xvi. 280 One of the poor fellows tumbled over the thaft. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Thofts, the thwarts, or plank-seats across a boat. 1885 J. Runciman Skippers & Shellbacks 21 Leapt lightly on the thoft. 1887 T. E. Brown Doctor & Other Poems 18 Sortin them out On the taff. 1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 51 Strik rouwin faider frae his taft. 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 97/2 [Shetland] In a boat the thoft where the mast stands is called the sailing thoft. in combination.1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Thoft-fellow, a fellow oarsman. [Cf. 1874 Vigfusson Icel. Dict., þóþti, a bench-fellow.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1000
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