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† grasshop Obs.
Forms: 1 gershoppe, gærs-, græshoppa, 3 gresseoppe, 3–4 gresshop(p)e, 5 gyrssoppe, 4–6 gres-, grishop, grysope, 4, 6 gressop, 6 grass-, gressoppe, 6–7 grashop.
[OE. gærs-hoppe, -hoppa, f. gærs grass n.1 + hoppa, related to hoppian hop v.1 Cf. Sw. gräshoppa, Da. græshoppe.]
A grasshopper, locust.
c825Vesp. Psalter cviii. 23 Ascecen eam swe swe gershoppe [c 1000 Ags. Ps. gærshoppa]. c975Rushw. Gosp. Matt. iii. 4 His mete þanne wæs græshoppa. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3065 Moyses siðen and aaron Seiden..To-morȝen sulen gresseoppes cumen. a1387Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 16 Cicada, gressehope. 14..Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 707/7 Hec cicada, a grysope. 1496Bk. St. Albans, Fishing i j b, A grete greshop. a1529Skelton P. Sparowe 134 Lorde, how he wolde hop After the gressop! 1565Cooper Thesaurus, Achetæ,..greshops that chirpe lowde and pleasantly. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 32 Phydias merited great praise for his Scarabee, his Grashop, his Bee. |