porknell
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
porknell
- A little pig.
- A fat person.
- c. 1300s, unknown poet (possibly Sir Hugh Eglintoun), The 'Gest hystoriale' of the destruction of Troy, Early English Text Society (1869, 1874), page 206:
- Polidarius, the porknell, and his pere Machaon, / Suet with the xvij, sad men & noble.
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- c. 1300s, unknown poet (possibly Sir Hugh Eglintoun), The 'Gest hystoriale' of the destruction of Troy, Early English Text Society (1869, 1874), page 206:
Usage notes edit
- Various sources indicate that this word survived into Modern English, but is now obsolete.
References edit
- “porknell”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.