corbien.

Brit.

/ˈkɔːbi/, U.S.

/ˈkɔrbi/, Scottish English

/ˈkɔrbɪ/

Forms: Also Middle English–1800s corby, 1500s corbe.

Etymology: < Old French corb, or its derivatives corbin , corbel : in Scots the ending seems to be assimilated to the hypocoristic -y suffix⁶, -ie suffix, in Robbie, Sandie, etc.

Scottish.

a. A raven; also, often, the carrion crow.

ΚΠ

?a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Sheep & Dog l. 1160 in Poems (1981) 48 Schir Corbie Rauin wes maid apparitour.

a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 174 Quhil corby gaspyt for the fervent heit.

1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 60 A corbie wes sitting on the houses top, crying, Croup, Croup, Croup.

1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 568 In quest of..the Corbie, the Glede, and the Hawk.

b. Also corbie-crow n.

ΚΠ

a1811 J. Leyden Ld. Soulis Nothing I wot he saw, Save a pyot upon a turret that sat, And beside it a corbie craw.

1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 498.

1837 R. Dunn Ornithol. Orkney & Shetl. 81.

2. corbie messenger n. one who returns too late, or not at all: in allusion to the raven in Genesis viii. 7. (Cf. quot. a1400² at corbin n.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > lateness > one who is late

raven messengera1400

corbie messengera1525

latecomer1599

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 812 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 120 How corby messingere..Thow Ischit owt of noyes ark..Taryit as a tratour and brocht na tythingis.

c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1683) 170 (Jam.) His Majesty alledging that I was Corbie's Messenger.

1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 448 He proved Corbie messenger (as it is in the proverb) to his master the Pope; for he himselfe..wes converted to the trueth; and..became one of the Reformers.

1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man II. 91 I wadna like that we were trowed to be corbie messengers.

Compounds

corbie-gable n. a gable having corbie-steps.

ΚΠ

1853 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. II. 25 That corbie-gables should be so common in Scotland is readily accounted for.

corbie-steps n. projections in the form of steps on the sloping sides of a gable; occurring in old houses in Scotland, the north of England, and on the Continent.This term appears in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Scottish Lang. (1808) as a modern Scottish vernacular name, with the synonym cat-steps (also German katzentreppe); another form, not given by Jamieson, is craw- or crow-steps, used in the south of Scotland. These names have apparently no literary history, and are evidently popular designations, meaning steps such as only a perching or climbing animal, like a crow or cat, could get at or use. Jamieson, however, offered the conjecture that corbie-steps might be a corruption of ‘corbel-steps’ (of the existence of which he had no evidence whatever), and this merely fictitious form has been adopted in some Dictionaries, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > coping > on gable > crow-step

kneeler1688

corbie-steps1808

crow-step1824

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Corbie-steps, the projections of the stones, on the slanting part of a gable, resembling steps of stairs.

1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. i. 24 Gable ends..are not unfrequently drawn with corbie-steps.

1888 Freeman in Jrnl. Archæol. Institute 45 16 The slope of the aisles is cut into two stages so as to give the whole rather the air of great corbie-steps.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	corbie
释义	corbien. Brit. /ˈkɔːbi/, U.S. /ˈkɔrbi/, Scottish English /ˈkɔrbɪ/ Forms: Also Middle English–1800s corby, 1500s corbe. Etymology: < Old French corb, or its derivatives corbin , corbel : in Scots the ending seems to be assimilated to the hypocoristic -y suffix⁶, -ie suffix, in Robbie, Sandie, etc. Scottish. 1. a. A raven; also, often, the carrion crow. ΚΠ ?a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Sheep & Dog l. 1160 in Poems (1981) 48 Schir Corbie Rauin wes maid apparitour. a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. Prol. 174 Quhil corby gaspyt for the fervent heit. 1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 60 A corbie wes sitting on the houses top, crying, Croup, Croup, Croup. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 568 In quest of..the Corbie, the Glede, and the Hawk. b. Also corbie-crow n. ΚΠ a1811 J. Leyden Ld. Soulis Nothing I wot he saw, Save a pyot upon a turret that sat, And beside it a corbie craw. 1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 498. 1837 R. Dunn Ornithol. Orkney & Shetl. 81. 2. corbie messenger n. one who returns too late, or not at all: in allusion to the raven in Genesis viii. 7. (Cf. quot. a1400² at corbin n.) ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > lateness > one who is late raven messengera1400 corbie messengera1525 latecomer1599 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 812 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 120 How corby messingere..Thow Ischit owt of noyes ark..Taryit as a tratour and brocht na tythingis. c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1683) 170 (Jam.) His Majesty alledging that I was Corbie's Messenger. 1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 448 He proved Corbie messenger (as it is in the proverb) to his master the Pope; for he himselfe..wes converted to the trueth; and..became one of the Reformers. 1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man II. 91 I wadna like that we were trowed to be corbie messengers. Compounds corbie-gable n. a gable having corbie-steps. ΚΠ 1853 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. II. 25 That corbie-gables should be so common in Scotland is readily accounted for. corbie-steps n. projections in the form of steps on the sloping sides of a gable; occurring in old houses in Scotland, the north of England, and on the Continent.This term appears in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Scottish Lang. (1808) as a modern Scottish vernacular name, with the synonym cat-steps (also German katzentreppe); another form, not given by Jamieson, is craw- or crow-steps, used in the south of Scotland. These names have apparently no literary history, and are evidently popular designations, meaning steps such as only a perching or climbing animal, like a crow or cat, could get at or use. Jamieson, however, offered the conjecture that corbie-steps might be a corruption of ‘corbel-steps’ (of the existence of which he had no evidence whatever), and this merely fictitious form has been adopted in some Dictionaries, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > coping > on gable > crow-step kneeler1688 corbie-steps1808 crow-step1824 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Corbie-steps, the projections of the stones, on the slanting part of a gable, resembling steps of stairs. 1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. i. 24 Gable ends..are not unfrequently drawn with corbie-steps. 1888 Freeman in Jrnl. Archæol. Institute 45 16 The slope of the aisles is cut into two stages so as to give the whole rather the air of great corbie-steps. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1500
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