thwaiten.

/θweɪt/

Forms: Also 1600s twaite; also thwait.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse þveit.

Etymology: < Old Norse þveit, þveiti a piece of land, a paddock, lit. a cutting, cut-piece, < *þvíta = Old English þwítan to cut, cut off, thwite v.

dialect.

A piece of ground; esp. a piece of ground cleared from forest or reclaimed from waste. Now rare or Obsolete as a separate word. (Hence the surname Thwaites.) Entering into numerous place-names, esp. in Cumbria, and North Lancashire, as Applethwaite, Crosthwaite, Dowthwaite, Ormthwaite, Seathwaite, etc.

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1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 4 b Twaite signifieth a wood grubbed up and turned to arable.

1670 in T. Blount Law Dict. (at cited word)

1777 J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland II. 14 Several parts and parcels,..differing in form and quality of soil, or otherwise inclosed by the inhabitants from the barren waste of the fells, such parts and parcels are..called thwaits.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Thwaite, a level pasture field.

1832 J. Bree St. Herbert's Isle 125 A thwaite was a portion of ground cleared of wood for residence or cultivation.

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

单词	thwaite
释义	thwaiten. /θweɪt/ Forms: Also 1600s twaite; also thwait. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse þveit. Etymology: < Old Norse þveit, þveiti a piece of land, a paddock, lit. a cutting, cut-piece, < þvíta = Old English þwítan* to cut, cut off, thwite v. dialect. A piece of ground; esp. a piece of ground cleared from forest or reclaimed from waste. Now rare or Obsolete as a separate word. (Hence the surname Thwaites.) Entering into numerous place-names, esp. in Cumbria, and North Lancashire, as Applethwaite, Crosthwaite, Dowthwaite, Ormthwaite, Seathwaite, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cleared land fellingOE sartc1290 assarta1450 thwaite1628 essart1656 beat-field1808 clearing1817 clearage1827 assartment1829 clearancea1839 burn1839 joom1855 swidden1868 screef1934 screef mark1950 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 4 b Twaite signifieth a wood grubbed up and turned to arable. 1670 in T. Blount Law Dict. (at cited word) 1777 J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland II. 14 Several parts and parcels,..differing in form and quality of soil, or otherwise inclosed by the inhabitants from the barren waste of the fells, such parts and parcels are..called thwaits. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Thwaite, a level pasture field. 1832 J. Bree St. Herbert's Isle 125 A thwaite was a portion of ground cleared of wood for residence or cultivation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1628
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