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Danish, a. and n.|ˈdeɪnɪʃ|
In OE. Denisc; 3–4 Denshe, Dench, Danshe; 6 Sc. Dence, Dens, Densch. Also ME. Danais, Danoys, and 6–7 Dansk, q.v.
[OE. Dęnisc:—OTeut. *danisk-, whence ON. Danskr, f. Dani-, Dęne, Danes + -ish. Thence ME. Densh, etc. In Danish, the vowel is changed as in Dane. The ME. Danais was immed. from OF. daneis, danoys (:—L. Danēnsis); and the late Dansk directly from Danish.]
Of or belonging to the Danes and to Denmark. subst. The language of Denmark. Danish axe: a kind of battle-axe with very long blade, and usually without a spike on the back. Danish blue (cheese): see quot. 1948; Danish dog: see Dane. Danish embroidery: see quot. 1882; Danish modern: a modern style of furniture, characterized by simple clear lines, light woods, and lack of carved or painted decoration; Danish pastry: a yeast cake garnished with sugar, spice, nuts, icing, etc.; also ellipt.
833O.E. Chron., Þa Denescan ahton wælstowe ᵹewald. 845Ibid. [Hi] ᵹefuhton æt Pedridan muþan wiþ Deniscne here. 1297R. Glouc (1724) 299 Atte laste myd a denchax me smot hym to grounde. c1300Havelok 1403 Mi fader was king of denshe lond. c1314Guy Warw. A. 3585 A danisax [ed. damsax] he bar on his hond. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2223 A felle weppen A denez ax nwe dyȝt. 1398Trevisa Barth. de P.R. xv. lxi. (1495) 510 Frisia..endyth atte Danysshe see. 1500–20Kennedy Flyting w. Dunbar 356 Densmen of Denmark ar of the kingis kyn. 1545Aberdeen Reg. V. 19 (Jam.) Ane densh aix. a1578Gude & Godly Ball. (1868) 159 Inglis prelatis, Duche and Dence For thair abuse ar rutit out. 1602Shakes. Ham. iv. iv. 1 Go Captaine, from me greet the Danish King. 1643in Statist. Acc. Moray V. 16 note, Furnished with..halberds, densaixes, or Lochaber aixes. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. III. viii. 284 The Grey Matin Hound..transported to the north, becomes the great Danish dog..The Mastiff..transported into Denmark, becomes the little Danish dog. 1825Scott Note in Jamieson (Suppl.) s.v. Densaixes, A Danish axe was the proper name of a Lochaber⁓axe; and from the Danes the Isles-men got them. 1870D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rur. Sports 394 The Danish dog is considered as the largest dog known; probably it would be more correct to call it the tallest. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework, Danish Embroidery, this is an embroidery on cambric, muslin, or batiste, and is suitable for handkerchief borders, necktie ends, and cap lappets..[Also] a variety of the work only useful for filling in spaces left in Crochet, Tatting, and Embroidery. 1934Webster, Danish pastry. 1948Good Housek. Cookery Bk. 383 Danish Blue, a soft white cheese with a blue mould veining, made in Denmark in imitation of Roquefort. 1948A. H. Rutt Home Furnishing (ed. 2) xiii. 217 Finnish, Norwegian, and Danish Modern employ laminated wood and bentwood effectively. 1950B. Schulberg Disenchanted (1951) v. 50 The waitress..brought him..Danish pastry and coffee. 1953R. Fuller Second Curtain I think I shall have just a little cheese. They often have Danish blue. 1955D. Barton Glorious Life 27 Their Danish Blue sandwiches and bitter arrived. 1963‘M. Albrand’ Call from Austria i. 12 ‘I could do with another cup of coffee.’ ‘And a Danish?’ 1969S. Greenlee Spook who sat by Door xv. 133 He entered the panelled reception room, decorated in Danish modern. 1970New Yorker 26 Sept. 33/2 She stopped at a delicatessen along the way to pick up a Danish pastry ring. Ibid., When the Danish was finished..she ran the palms of her hands along the sides of her chair.
† (β) Danais, Danoys.
a1300Cursor M. 24796 (Cott.) To spek a-bute sum pais, bituix him and þe danais. c1450Merlin 42 The Danoys, that Vortiger hadde brought in to the londe. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. xci. 73 Kyng Adelbright that was a danoys helde the countie of norfolk and southfolk.
Hence ˈDanishry Obs. exc. Hist. [cf. Irishry, etc.], the people of Danish race (in Britain).
c1470Harding Chron. cviii. x, Where Alurede had the victorie, And slewe that daye al the Danyshrye. Ibid. cxix. xiii, A duke of the Danishrie. 1857Fraser's Mag. LVI. 27 The Danishry rose en masse. |