单词 | church hay |
释义 | church hayn. Now chiefly English regional (south-western, esp. Cornwall). Now rare. A churchyard. Cf. church haw n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > land > [noun] > churchyard church townOE churchyard?a1160 church hayc1175 kirkyardc1175 kirk-garth1298 purseynta1325 church hawc1330 sanctuary garth1412 procinct1422 precinctc1425 sanctuary1432 church-earth1449 church-littena1450 church garth1484 cemetery1485 church acre1596 God's acre1605 kirk shot1935 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] > churchyards church townOE churchyard?a1160 church hayc1175 church hawc1330 church-earth1449 church-littena1450 spiritualitiesa1470 church garth1484 church acre1596 yard1792 c1175 ( Homily (Cambr. Ii.1.33) in A. M. Luiselli Fadda Nuove Omelie Anglosassoni (1977) 183 Deade he byrige on Godes cyricheige. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 143 Ich..eode oðe pleouwe ine chircheie [c1230 Corpus chirchȝard]. a1300 ( Declaration of Indulgences, Crediton, Devon in Britannica: M. Förster zum Sechzigsten Geburtstage (1929) 115 Þo hich com hom to þan ȝete on þan cherchay..þo hich halȝede þane cherichay. 1415 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 401 My wyll is that my body be beryed in the churchehey of the parysh churche of Thornecombe. a1425 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 1900) (1879) VII. 511 Fiftene men and thre wymmen ladde a daunce in the chirche heye in a mydwynter nyȝt. 1450 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 90 (MED) Schrydyng of treyes yn church hay j d. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 626 Chyrche-haye, cimiteriumque. 1790 W. Pryce Alphabet. List Cornish Brit. Names Villages, at Hay, in Archæologia Cornu-Britannica The walled church-yard is called, the church hay. 1873 W. Bottrell Trad. & Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall (ed. 2) 114 You'll see that none in the church-hay have been more lovingly tended, for I and others have planted on his grave fresh flowers when old ones died. 1880 T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words E. Cornwall in Gloss. Cornwall (E.D.S.) (at cited word) This word is dropping out of use, but is often heard in the adage, A hot May Makes a fat Church-hay. 1903 M. Baldwin Sunset Rock xii. 152 Alice gave a peal of laughter. ‘Oh Evie! Miss Edith thinks they are coffins out of the church hay.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1175 |
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