Talk:belast
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Kiwima in topic RFV discussion: April–May 2019
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1892 citation "belasted with rockes" does not seem to make sense with the given meaning; might be an unrelated "blasted" or similar. 2009 citation says "belasted, as the German language has it": awful. Also please mark as obsolete if needed. Equinox ◑ 22:26, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
- This one needs work. belast is an obsolete adjective that survived in to very early Modern English with the meaning of "charged, burdened, bound". Fixing... Leasnam (talk) 22:52, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
- Done. Leasnam (talk) 23:03, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
- The 1892 (?, appears older) does make sense to me in that one should not use only rocks to build a pier, but that it needs wood also loaded (i.e. be-last (etym_4)-ed) with rocks to make it secure. Not sure where this fits in to the whole picture...if it's a separate creation or what. Leasnam (talk) 23:10, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
- Done. Leasnam (talk) 23:03, 23 April 2019 (UTC)
- What we see in the quoted posy “Dulce bellum inexpertis” by George Gascoyne is clearly a case of code switching to Dutch, the term used being a Dutch past participle meaning something like “ordered”. Present-day Dutch would be gelast. I see nothing wrong with the 1892 (actually 1596) citation; the meaning there is that just rocks won’t do to build a good pier; for that one needs a timber frame loaded with rocks. --Lambiam 09:40, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
- Other usable cites: [1], [2]. --Lambiam 10:39, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
- Very good. Thanks. Leasnam (talk) 17:14, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 21:27, 1 May 2019 (UTC)