Dead but not buried. Anglo-Saxon, wæl (death). He is lying with the dead. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lying for the WhetstoneLying Traveller A B C D…
To waste time in gossip. (Anglo-Saxon, $$$ to talk; methél, a discourse.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894MardoniusMardi Gras A B C D E F G H I J…
= money. (See Coal) Cole (King). A legendary British king, described as “a merry old soul” fond of his pipe, fond of his glass, and fond of his “fiddlers three.” (Kg. Coïl, i.)…
A lady of Duxford left a sum of money to be given away annually in the parish, and to be called Doll Money. Doll is a corruption of dole, Saxon dál (a share distributed). Source:…
for l e'sous, CH ristos, TH eou U ios, S oter. This notarica is found on many seals, rings, urns, and tombstones, belonging to the early times of Christianity, and was supposed to be a “…
Health, an exclamation of welcome, like the Latin Salve (Anglo-Saxon, hél, health; but hail=frozen rain is the Anglo-Saxon hægl.) “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Glamis.”…
“Ful” is the Anglo-Saxon fúl (foulness), not ful (full); “some” is the affix meaning united with, the basis of something; as, gladsome, mettlesome, gamesome, lightsome, frolicsome, etc.,…
lamentation, from the Latin doleo, to grieve. “He [the dwarf] found the dead bodies, wherefore he made great dole” —S. Lanier: King Arthur, book i. chap. xiv. Dole a portion allotted…
(A). A faggot or bundle of firewood. To kid is to bind up faggots. In the parish register of Kneelsal church there is the following item: “Leading kids to church, 2s. 6d.,” that is,…
A hutkin, a cover for a sore finger. The Germans call a thimble a finger-hut, where hut is evidently the word hut or huth (a tending, keeping, or guarding), from the verb huten (to keep…
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