Talk:belast

RFV discussion: April–May 2019

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belast

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)

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)