death belln.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθ bɛl/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθ ˌbɛl/

Forms:

α. 1800s– dead bell; Scottish pre-1700 1700s– dead bell, pre-1700 1700s– deid bell, 1800s deide bell; Irish English 1900s– dead bell.

β. 1600s– death bell.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., bell n.¹; dead n., bell n.¹; dead adj., bell n.¹

Etymology: Originally < death n. + bell n.¹ (compare forms and discussion at death n.). Later instances of α. forms may partly show a new formation < either dead n. or dead adj. (compare sense 8 at that entry) + bell n.¹, or may in some cases reflect reanalysis of earlier forms that show death n. Compare earlier death's bell at death n. Compounds 3b, and also mort bell n. at mort n.¹ Compounds.

1. A bell rung at a person's death or funeral; a passing bell. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. Now chiefly historical.See note at passing bell n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > bell > passing-bell

passing bell1526

passing peal1533

forthfare1551

death bell1554

soul bell1599

welcome home1878

α.

1554 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 196 That the dewite of the thre bellis and deid bell be vsit of the auld vs.

1614 Edinb. Test. XLVIII. f. 42^v I leiue to the sessioun of the kirk of Calder ane dead bell beiring my name vpone the instap toune thairof.

1664 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1905) III. 44 That Iohne Clark..get the charge of the keiping of the deid bell.

1710 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1889) II. 124 To paye to William Smith, hammerman, nyne pound..Scots for makeing the new dead bell.

1737 Bonny Barbara Allan viii, in A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. IV. 47 She heard the dead Bell ringing.

1862 J. G. Whittier Cry of Lost Soul in Independent (N.Y.) 25 Dec. 1/1 The guide, as if he heard a dead-bell toll, Starts.

1883 W. Thomson Leddy May (ed. 2) 19 The deid-bell rings wi' solemn jowl.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xii. 195 The dead-bell rang hourly.

1999 C. Nolan Banyan Tree (2000) cx. 359 Her soul heard the dead-bell now.

β. 1632 W. Colman Dance Machabre 6 And heare the Sextons Death-bell when it toules.1781 C. J. Fielding Brothers 13 The Village death-bell's distant sound.1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 51 A world that seems To toll the death-bell of its own decease.1828 Amer. Masonick Rec. 8 Mar. 45/3 We hear the deathbell of our hopes on every passing breeze.1840 H. Lawrance Hist. Mem. of Queens of Eng. II. xv. 19 Preceded by the sexton ringing the ‘death-bell’, or by priests with chant and taper, they bore him to his last resting-place.1889 E. Peacock in Catholic Househ. 5 Jan. 13/3 The custom of ringing the death-bell at night.1922 F. Hackett Story Irish Nation xii. 377 It was the bell of Ireland's history which General Maxwell had tolled, the death-bell of Emmet and Tone.1982 M. Hill in M. J. McDonald & J. Muldowny TVA & Dispossessed i. ii. 40 The way they rang the death bell was different from any other... Everybody'd recognize the death bell.2004 E. Gage North of Ithaka x. 261 We're going to ring the death bell this afternoon, after the celebration at the house.

2. A sound in the ears like the ringing of a bell or (in plural) bells, supposed by some people to portend death.

ΚΠ

1804 J. Hogg in Scots Mag. Nov. 855/1 O, Lady! 'tis dark! an' I heard the dead bell: I darena gang yonder for goud nor fee.

1807 J. Hogg Mountain Bard 17 O lady, 'tis dark, and I heard the dead bell, And I darna gae yonder for goud nor fee.

1888 L. A. Smith Music of Waters 342 Occasionally, during a hurricane, the death-bell is clearly heard borne along the angry billows.

1924 A. F. Shannon in J. F. Dobie Legends of Texas 142 But I still hear the death bell ringing in my ears and feel Mammy Kitty's hand passing over my head.

1949 J. Stuart Thread that runs so True i. 32 I heard the death bells ringing in my ears after all the clatter his car engine had made climbing the steep hills.

2005 Jet 24 July 50/1 I hear death bells ringing.

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

单词	death bell
释义	death belln. Brit. /ˈdɛθ bɛl/, U.S. /ˈdɛθ ˌbɛl/ Forms: α. 1800s– dead bell; Scottish pre-1700 1700s– dead bell, pre-1700 1700s– deid bell, 1800s deide bell; Irish English 1900s– dead bell. β. 1600s– death bell. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., bell n.¹; dead n., bell n.¹; dead adj., bell n.¹ Etymology: Originally < death n. + bell n.¹ (compare forms and discussion at death n.). Later instances of α. forms may partly show a new formation < either dead n. or dead adj. (compare sense 8 at that entry) + bell n.¹, or may in some cases reflect reanalysis of earlier forms that show death n. Compare earlier death's bell at death n. Compounds 3b, and also mort bell n. at mort n.¹ Compounds. 1. A bell rung at a person's death or funeral; a passing bell. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. Now chiefly historical.See note at passing bell n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > bell > passing-bell passing bell1526 passing peal1533 forthfare1551 death bell1554 soul bell1599 welcome home1878 α. 1554 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 196 That the dewite of the thre bellis and deid bell be vsit of the auld vs. 1614 Edinb. Test. XLVIII. f. 42^v I leiue to the sessioun of the kirk of Calder ane dead bell beiring my name vpone the instap toune thairof. 1664 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1905) III. 44 That Iohne Clark..get the charge of the keiping of the deid bell. 1710 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1889) II. 124 To paye to William Smith, hammerman, nyne pound..Scots for makeing the new dead bell. 1737 Bonny Barbara Allan viii, in A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. IV. 47 She heard the dead Bell ringing. 1862 J. G. Whittier Cry of Lost Soul in Independent (N.Y.) 25 Dec. 1/1 The guide, as if he heard a dead-bell toll, Starts. 1883 W. Thomson Leddy May (ed. 2) 19 The deid-bell rings wi' solemn jowl. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xii. 195 The dead-bell rang hourly. 1999 C. Nolan Banyan Tree (2000) cx. 359 Her soul heard the dead-bell now. β. 1632 W. Colman Dance Machabre 6 And heare the Sextons Death-bell when it toules.1781 C. J. Fielding Brothers 13 The Village death-bell's distant sound.1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 51 A world that seems To toll the death-bell of its own decease.1828 Amer. Masonick Rec. 8 Mar. 45/3 We hear the deathbell of our hopes on every passing breeze.1840 H. Lawrance Hist. Mem. of Queens of Eng. II. xv. 19 Preceded by the sexton ringing the ‘death-bell’, or by priests with chant and taper, they bore him to his last resting-place.1889 E. Peacock in Catholic Househ. 5 Jan. 13/3 The custom of ringing the death-bell at night.1922 F. Hackett Story Irish Nation xii. 377 It was the bell of Ireland's history which General Maxwell had tolled, the death-bell of Emmet and Tone.1982 M. Hill in M. J. McDonald & J. Muldowny TVA & Dispossessed i. ii. 40 The way they rang the death bell was different from any other... Everybody'd recognize the death bell.2004 E. Gage North of Ithaka x. 261 We're going to ring the death bell this afternoon, after the celebration at the house. 2. A sound in the ears like the ringing of a bell or (in plural) bells, supposed by some people to portend death. ΚΠ 1804 J. Hogg in Scots Mag. Nov. 855/1 O, Lady! 'tis dark! an' I heard the dead bell: I darena gang yonder for goud nor fee. 1807 J. Hogg Mountain Bard 17 O lady, 'tis dark, and I heard the dead bell, And I darna gae yonder for goud nor fee. 1888 L. A. Smith Music of Waters 342 Occasionally, during a hurricane, the death-bell is clearly heard borne along the angry billows. 1924 A. F. Shannon in J. F. Dobie Legends of Texas 142 But I still hear the death bell ringing in my ears and feel Mammy Kitty's hand passing over my head. 1949 J. Stuart Thread that runs so True i. 32 I heard the death bells ringing in my ears after all the clatter his car engine had made climbing the steep hills. 2005 Jet 24 July 50/1 I hear death bells ringing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1554
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