Talk:belast

RFV discussion: April–May 2019
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. 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--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 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 . 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:, . --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)