Folevyles lawesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• ffolvyles lawes, foleviles lawes, folevyles lawes, folvyles lawes (manuscript forms)

語源

From the surname Folevyle (itself from Old French Folevile, from the village of Folleville, Picardy) + lawes, plural of lawe (“law”), after the Folville gang, perceived as providing more effective justice than official authorities.

発音

• IPA: /ˌfɔl(ə)ˌviːləs ˈlau̯əs/, /ˌfɔl(ə)vil(ə)s ˈlau̯əs/

名詞

Folevyles lawes

1. (hapax legomenon) lynch law, vigilante justice
   • c. 1390, [William Langland], “Paſſus scdu͞s de dobeſt”, in Peres plouhman (X, C-text), southwest Worcestershire, published c. 1395, folio 98, recto; republished as MS. HM 143, San Marino, CA: Huntingdon Digital Library, p. 2011:

     He wıſſede men wynne hıt aȝeyn thoꝛw wyͪttneſſe of handes / And fechen hit fro falſe men w foleuıles lawes.

     He taught men to get it again through force of arms / and take it from lying men with Folville's laws.

参照

• Bowers, R. H. (September 1961), ““Foleuyles Lawes” (“Piers Plowman”)”, in Notes and Queries, volume 8, number 9, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 327–328.