† uponlandadv.
Obsolete.
a. In the country, as opposed to the town.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > country as opposed to town > [adverb]
uponlanda900
uplandc1380
upaland?a1513
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adverb] > in the land or country
uponlanda900
alanda1225
on (in, Sc. to) landc1405
α.
β. c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 763 Gode paniers..to beren fish inne, Vp o-londe to selle and fonge.14.. Burgh Laws Scotland xxxiv It is for to wyt that men upolande may borow thair pundis thryis.γ. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 173 On a tyme he was lugid on a night in a howse vp of land. ?a15001 [see α. ]. a900 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) I. 118 Be ciepe-monna fore uppe on londe.
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 702 A poure person dwellyng vp on lond.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes Prol. 84 Folkis that duellyn vp-on lande.
?a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Sheep & Dog l. 1268 in Poems (1981) 52 Ane schiref stout Quhilk..dytis all the pure men vp on land.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 165 in Poems (1981) 10 The vther [mouse] wynnit vponland.
b. John Uponland n. a rustic (cf. Jock upaland n. at upaland adv. b).
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the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > rustic or peasant
tillman940
churla1000
ploughman1223
bondmanc1250
bondc1275
ploughswain1296
countrymanc1300
boundec1320
Hobc1325
charla1400
landmana1400
Jack (John) Upland1402
carlc1405
bowerc1430
peasanta1450
rurala1475
agrest1480
bergier1480
carlleina1500
rustical?1532
ploughboy1544
boor1548
rusticc1550
kern1556
tillsman1561
clown1563
Jocka1568
Jock upalanda1568
John Uponlanda1568
russet coat1568
rustican1570
hind?1577
swain1579
Corydon1581
mountain man1587
Phillis1589
sylvan1589
russeting1597
Joan1598
stubble boy1598
paysan1609
carlota1616
swainling1615
raiyat1625
contadino1630
under-swaina1644
high shoe1647
boorinn1649
Bonhomme1660
high-shoon-man1664
countrywoman1679
villan1685
russet gown1694
ruralist1739
paysanne1748
bauer1799
bonderman1804
bodach1830
contadina1835
agrestian1837
peasantess1841
country jake1845
rufus1846
bonder1848
hayseed1851
bucolic1862
agricole1882
country jay1888
child (son, etc.) of the soil1891
hillbilly1900
palouser1903
kisan1935
woop woop1936
swede-basher1943
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > country dweller > [noun]
countrymanc1300
landmana1400
Jack (John) Upland1402
rurala1475
rustical?1532
rusticc1550
Jock upalanda1568
John Uponlanda1568
rustican1570
countrywoman1679
country cousin1692
ruralist1739
country mouse1750
backwoodsman1774
back-countryman1796
mountaineer1837
ruralite1841
mountain man1847
smock-frock1858
way back1890
woop woop1936
swamp Yankee1941
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun]
churlc1275
Hobc1325
Hodgec1386
charla1400
carlc1405
peasanta1450
hoggler1465
agrest1480
hoggener1488
rustical?1532
boor1548
rusticc1550
kern1556
clown1563
Jocka1568
John Uponlanda1568
russet coat1568
rustican1570
hind?1577
Corydon1581
gaffer1589
gran1591
russeting1597
dunghill1608
hog rubber1611
carlota1616
high shoe1647
Bonhomme1660
high-shoon-man1664
cot1695
ruralist1739
Johnnya1774
Harry1796
bodach1830
bucolic1862
cafone1872
bogman1891
country bookie1904
desi1907
middle peasant1929
woodchuck1931
swede-basher1943
moegoe1953
shit-kicker1961
a1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) IV. 269/26 This said Johnne vponland.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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