pough
.
Searchable Lemmata: pohha (OE), poughe (ME), pough (MdE).
Alternate Forms: pocca, pogh, poghe, pohchan, pohhan, pouhȜ, powhe.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Accessory;
a pouch or bag. This word is cognate with poke (q.v.), and early Northumbrian forms such as pocca (cf. ON poki) are recorded.(ante 900 - circa 1700)
1. Forðæm hie doð swelce hie hit on ðyrelne pohchan fæten, forðæm hie gemunan ðone tohopan ðe hie to ðæm gestreonum habbað, & forgietað hira demm ðe him of ðæm gestreonum cymð, oððe coom.
Philosophy.
[DOE CP (1690 (45.343.24)) circa 890/899]
2. Et ait ad illos nihil tolleretis in uia neque uirgam neque peram neque panem neque peccuniam neque duos tunicas abetis : & cwæð to ðæm noht ginime iow on woege ne in gerde ne in pohha ne hlafas ne feh ne twoege cyrtlas habbas ge.
[DOE LkGl (Ru) (0209 (9.3))]
3. Et ait ad illos nihil tuleritis in uia neque uirgam neque peram neque panem neque pecuniam neque duas tunicas habeatis & cuoeð to ðæm noht gie nime on woege ne gerd ne pocca ł posa ne hlaf ne feh ne tuoege cyrtlas habas gie.
Biblical/Hagiographic, Gloss.
[DOE LkGl (Li) (0412 (9.3)) ante 1000]
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
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2(n.)
Utilisation;
by extension, a purse for money; in one gloss, equated with Latin terms referring to the royal wealth or treasury; equvalent to Modern English 'public purse'.(ante 1100)
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, native Old English word; from the Germanic root underlying the cognate poke (q.v.) and seen in words such as pock. The word continued in Middle English alongside poke, and seems to have gone out of use c. 1700. The word is also attested in Older Scots, though not until the later sixteenth century.
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