daytaln.adj.

Brit.

/ˈdeɪtl/, U.S.

/ˈdeɪd(ə)l/

Forms:

α. late Middle English– daytale, 1500s dayetale, 1500s dayetall, 1600s daytaile, 1700s–1800s daital, 1700s– daytall, 1800s– daahtal, 1800s– datal, 1800s– daytal.

β. 1700s– daitle, 1700s– dattle, 1800s deightle, 1800s– datel, 1800s– datle, 1800s– daytle.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., tale n.

Etymology: < day n. + tale n. In sense A. 1 apparently after nightertale n.; there appears to be no direct connection between this and sense A. 2 Compare Middle Low German dachtal (in the phrase nā dachtalen according to the number of days).The β. forms show reduction of the second element; they usually occur in combinations (compare the noun phrases at sense B. 1). N.E.D. (1894) gives the pronunciation as (dēⁱ·tēⁱl, dēⁱ·tĕl, dēⁱ·t'l) /ˈdeɪteɪl/, /ˈdeɪtəl/, /ˈdeɪt(ə)l/.

A. n.

†1. Daytime, the day. a daytal: by day, during the day. Cf. nightertale n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > [adverb]

dayseOE

adayc1275

adaysc1400

a daytala1500

from sun to suna1500

up-sun1825

a1500 St. Barbara (Lamb. 72) in R. Hamer & V. Russell Suppl. Lives ‘Gilte Legende’ (2000) 389 To haue the sunne schynynge in the day tale, the mone in the nyght tale.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 699/2 A daye tale he scoulketh in corners and a nyghtes he gothe a thevyng.

2. The calculation of work or wages by the day; the wages of a person paid by the day (also in plural). Also: a day labourer. Now rare (in later use regional).More common in adjectival use: see sense B. 1. G. Watson (1923) marks this sense as ‘but occasionally heard’.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > hireling > hired by the day

journeyman1463

day labourer1528

daytal1548

serviceman1582

dayman1584

dayworker1587

daysman1617

journeywoman1733

journey-workman1756

darger1803

peon1826

jour1835

dataller1844

dargsman1845

journey-worker1887

journalier1891

1548 Accts. 19 Jan. in Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) Paid to Pole and his feylows for dryvynge of a thyrle [=shaft] in the newe leyvell, by daytale, for iiij dayes..iiijs. vjd.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 47 It shall bee accounted but for halfe a day with those that worke with yow by daytaile.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Day-tale, or Dattle-man, a day-labourer. Yorksh.

1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ ii. 43 A poor daital, wheea's i' naa girt addle, cannot scraap togither enif for his cravin an hungry barns.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 43 Daytal, tale or reckoning by the day.

a1860 J. Younger Autobiogr. (1881) iv. 36 She went to Bewlie Hill, about a mile's distance, where the farmer was in want of hands, and paid his day tales every evening.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 108 Day-tale, the wage of a day-labourer, etc.

B. adj.

1. Of work or wages: arranged or paid by the day. Of a worker, esp. a manual worker: hired or paid by the day; (more loosely) hired on a casual basis. In later use chiefly English regional (northern).Some quotations may be interpreted as attributive uses of sense A. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > by the day

daytal1560

1560 Sum. Certain Reasons in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 478 Men that tooke dayetall wages.

1663 C. Hoole tr. Terence Adelphi iv. ii, in Six Comedies 290 A day tale man Coming from my farm.

1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. vii. 74 'Tis not enough for the Hireling in his day-tale work to strive the pleasing of By-standers only, and not at all the pleasing of his Master who hires him to do his work.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. 104 Holla!—you chairman!—here's sixpence—do step into that bookseller's shop, and call me a day-tall critick.

1770 Holmesfield Court Rolls in S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (1888) 304 Addenda, Being daytall-man to Mathias Webster.

1780 ‘L. Lackrent’ Yorks. Freeholder 27 Jan. 10 What, if..the Head-Man..should be..neglecting in the mean-while to pay his daytale People on the Saturday Night?

1874 City-road Mag. Dec. 562/1 The toils of such a stalwart, hardy personage as Mary Barritt, who had in youth worked in the fields as ‘a daytal labourer’.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Day-tale fellow, Day-tale man, a labourer hired by the day. Hence a term of reproach, meaning a lazy, slack workman whose only care is to have his wages, and to do as little as he can to earn them.

1894 Gloss. Terms Evid. Royal Comm. Labour 35/2 in Parl. Papers 1893–4 (C. 7063–VC) XXXVIII. 411 Datal Hands, hands employed in cotton mills at a fixed rate per week of 56½ hours.

1914 Econ. Jrnl. 24 274 By the side of the fully-skilled craftsman we find the datal man or journeyman working in a team.

1980 P. Wright Yorkshireman's Dict. at Daytalman Ah warked theer..as a daytalman.

2010 M. Rutter Coals to Calcutta 25 He was on datal work which meant that he was paid by the day rather than piece.

2. English regional (northern). Of a pace or rate: slow. rare.

ΚΠ

1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. 29 A day-tale-pace is a slow pace.

1900 M. Powley in Eng. Dial. Dict. II. 37/1 [Cumberland] Aye, I saw ye was gaun at t'daytal step.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	daytal
释义	daytaln.adj. Brit. /ˈdeɪtl/, U.S. /ˈdeɪd(ə)l/ Forms: α. late Middle English– daytale, 1500s dayetale, 1500s dayetall, 1600s daytaile, 1700s–1800s daital, 1700s– daytall, 1800s– daahtal, 1800s– datal, 1800s– daytal. β. 1700s– daitle, 1700s– dattle, 1800s deightle, 1800s– datel, 1800s– datle, 1800s– daytle. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., tale n. Etymology: < day n. + tale n. In sense A. 1 apparently after nightertale n.; there appears to be no direct connection between this and sense A. 2 Compare Middle Low German dachtal (in the phrase nā dachtalen according to the number of days).The β. forms show reduction of the second element; they usually occur in combinations (compare the noun phrases at sense B. 1). N.E.D. (1894) gives the pronunciation as (dēⁱ·tēⁱl, dēⁱ·tĕl, dēⁱ·t'l) /ˈdeɪteɪl/, /ˈdeɪtəl/, /ˈdeɪt(ə)l/. A. n. †1. Daytime, the day. a daytal: by day, during the day. Cf. nightertale n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > [adverb] dayseOE adayc1275 adaysc1400 a daytala1500 from sun to suna1500 up-sun1825 a1500 St. Barbara (Lamb. 72) in R. Hamer & V. Russell Suppl. Lives ‘Gilte Legende’ (2000) 389 To haue the sunne schynynge in the day tale, the mone in the nyght tale. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 699/2 A daye tale he scoulketh in corners and a nyghtes he gothe a thevyng. 2. The calculation of work or wages by the day; the wages of a person paid by the day (also in plural). Also: a day labourer. Now rare (in later use regional).More common in adjectival use: see sense B. 1. G. Watson (1923) marks this sense as ‘but occasionally heard’. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > hireling > hired by the day journeyman1463 day labourer1528 daytal1548 serviceman1582 dayman1584 dayworker1587 daysman1617 journeywoman1733 journey-workman1756 darger1803 peon1826 jour1835 dataller1844 dargsman1845 journey-worker1887 journalier1891 1548 Accts. 19 Jan. in Rep. MSS Ld. Middleton (1911) Paid to Pole and his feylows for dryvynge of a thyrle [=shaft] in the newe leyvell, by daytale, for iiij dayes..iiijs. vjd. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 47 It shall bee accounted but for halfe a day with those that worke with yow by daytaile. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Day-tale, or Dattle-man, a day-labourer. Yorksh. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ ii. 43 A poor daital, wheea's i' naa girt addle, cannot scraap togither enif for his cravin an hungry barns. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 43 Daytal, tale or reckoning by the day. a1860 J. Younger Autobiogr. (1881) iv. 36 She went to Bewlie Hill, about a mile's distance, where the farmer was in want of hands, and paid his day tales every evening. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 108 Day-tale, the wage of a day-labourer, etc. B. adj. 1. Of work or wages: arranged or paid by the day. Of a worker, esp. a manual worker: hired or paid by the day; (more loosely) hired on a casual basis. In later use chiefly English regional (northern).Some quotations may be interpreted as attributive uses of sense A. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > by the day daytal1560 1560 Sum. Certain Reasons in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 478 Men that tooke dayetall wages. 1663 C. Hoole tr. Terence Adelphi iv. ii, in Six Comedies 290 A day tale man Coming from my farm. 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. vii. 74 'Tis not enough for the Hireling in his day-tale work to strive the pleasing of By-standers only, and not at all the pleasing of his Master who hires him to do his work. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. 104 Holla!—you chairman!—here's sixpence—do step into that bookseller's shop, and call me a day-tall critick. 1770 Holmesfield Court Rolls in S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (1888) 304 Addenda, Being daytall-man to Mathias Webster. 1780 ‘L. Lackrent’ Yorks. Freeholder 27 Jan. 10 What, if..the Head-Man..should be..neglecting in the mean-while to pay his daytale People on the Saturday Night? 1874 City-road Mag. Dec. 562/1 The toils of such a stalwart, hardy personage as Mary Barritt, who had in youth worked in the fields as ‘a daytal labourer’. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Day-tale fellow, Day-tale man, a labourer hired by the day. Hence a term of reproach, meaning a lazy, slack workman whose only care is to have his wages, and to do as little as he can to earn them. 1894 Gloss. Terms Evid. Royal Comm. Labour 35/2 in Parl. Papers 1893–4 (C. 7063–VC) XXXVIII. 411 Datal Hands, hands employed in cotton mills at a fixed rate per week of 56½ hours. 1914 Econ. Jrnl. 24 274 By the side of the fully-skilled craftsman we find the datal man or journeyman working in a team. 1980 P. Wright Yorkshireman's Dict. at Daytalman Ah warked theer..as a daytalman. 2010 M. Rutter Coals to Calcutta 25 He was on datal work which meant that he was paid by the day rather than piece. 2. English regional (northern). Of a pace or rate: slow. rare. ΚΠ 1829 J. Hunter Hallamshire Gloss. 29 A day-tale-pace is a slow pace. 1900 M. Powley in Eng. Dial. Dict. II. 37/1 [Cumberland] Aye, I saw ye was gaun at t'daytal step. 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