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† ˈsharnbud Obs.
Forms: 1 scearnbudda, 4 ssarnbodde, scharnebude, 4–5 scherne-bodde, 5 scharnebodde, 7 shorn-bud, 6–7 sharnbud.
[OE. scearnbudda masc.; see sharn and budde beetle.]
A dung-beetle.
c1000ælfric Gloss. (Z.) 308 Scarabeus scernwibba [MS. W scearnbudda]. 1340Ayenb. 61 Þet byeþ þe ssarnboddes þet beuleþ þe floures and louieþ þet dong. 1390Gower Conf. I. 173 Lich to the Scharnebudes kinde. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xii. iv. (Tollemache MS.), Scherne-boddes beþ gendrid of careynes of horses. a1440Pallad. on Husb. ix. 60 Now sharnebodde encumberith the bee; Pursue on hym that slayn anoon he be. [c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 767/28 Hic stabo, a scarbude.] 1596L. Mascall Bk. Cattle i. 57 A bettle fly, cald of some a shumbarb [sic mispr.], which creepeth commonly on horse dung, or other dung. 1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. iv. §25 (1689) 56 A young Beetle, or Sharn-bud, which is found in a Cow-turd. 1688Holme Armoury ii. 213/1 The Sweet Scented Beetle, or Shorn-Bud. |