earn-bleatern.

Brit.

/əːnˈbliːtə/, U.S.

/ˌərnˈblidər/, Scottish English

/(j)ɛrnˈblitər/,

/(j)ɛrnˈblɪtər/

Forms: 1700s earn-bliter, 1700s yern-bliter, 1700s yern-blitter, 1700s– earn-bleater, 1800s iron-bleater, 1800s– ern-bleater, 1900s girn-bleater (probably transmission error).

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain.Perhaps ultimately an alteration of Old English hæferblǣte (also as hæfenblǣte), denoting a kind of bird, probably the snipe (see heather-bleat n.), with remodelling of the second element by association with bleater n., although the model for the form of the first element would then be unclear. Compare other names for the snipe with similar remodelling of the second element, as e.g. heather-bleater n., heron-bluter n. at heron n. Compounds 4; perhaps compare also bog-blitter n. at bog n.¹ Compounds 4. Compare also with various remodellings of the first element English regional (northern) hammerbleat , weather-blate n. In form iron-bleater remodelled after iron n.¹ (compare δ. forms at that entry).

Scottish (chiefly north-eastern). Now rare.

The snipe, Gallinago gallinago. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Aberdeenshire in 1942.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Gallinago > galinago gallinago (common snipe)

snitec725

snipec1325

brewea1475

mire-snipea1525

heather-bleater?1590

jack snipe1664

earn-bleater1754

weather-blate1802

full snipe1824

heather-bleat1824

shad-bird1879

gutter-snipe-

1754 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 35 Afore the levrick or yern-bliter began to sing.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 54 The earn bleater, or the muirfowls cra', Was like to melt her very heart awa'.

1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin iv. 31 I never..heard ought mair frichtsome than the scream o' an earn-bleater.

1891 G. W. Anderson Lays of Strathbogie 227 The eerie cry of the curlew and the dismal drumming of the iron-bleater.

1923 Swatches o' Hamespun 69 Lookin for water-hens' nests, harkenin tull the cries o' the girn-bleaters [prob. read yirn-bleaters], or feedin gorblins oot o's bait-can.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earn-bleater
释义	earn-bleatern. Brit. /əːnˈbliːtə/, U.S. /ˌərnˈblidər/, Scottish English /(j)ɛrnˈblitər/, /(j)ɛrnˈblɪtər/ Forms: 1700s earn-bliter, 1700s yern-bliter, 1700s yern-blitter, 1700s– earn-bleater, 1800s iron-bleater, 1800s– ern-bleater, 1900s girn-bleater (probably transmission error). Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain.Perhaps ultimately an alteration of Old English hæferblǣte (also as hæfenblǣte), denoting a kind of bird, probably the snipe (see heather-bleat n.), with remodelling of the second element by association with bleater n., although the model for the form of the first element would then be unclear. Compare other names for the snipe with similar remodelling of the second element, as e.g. heather-bleater n., heron-bluter n. at heron n. Compounds 4; perhaps compare also bog-blitter n. at bog n.¹ Compounds 4. Compare also with various remodellings of the first element English regional (northern) hammerbleat , weather-blate n. In form iron-bleater remodelled after iron n.¹ (compare δ. forms at that entry). Scottish (chiefly north-eastern). Now rare. The snipe, Gallinago gallinago. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this sense as still in use in Aberdeenshire in 1942. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Gallinago > galinago gallinago (common snipe) snitec725 snipec1325 brewea1475 mire-snipea1525 heather-bleater?1590 jack snipe1664 earn-bleater1754 weather-blate1802 full snipe1824 heather-bleat1824 shad-bird1879 gutter-snipe- 1754 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 35 Afore the levrick or yern-bliter began to sing. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 54 The earn bleater, or the muirfowls cra', Was like to melt her very heart awa'. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin iv. 31 I never..heard ought mair frichtsome than the scream o' an earn-bleater. 1891 G. W. Anderson Lays of Strathbogie 227 The eerie cry of the curlew and the dismal drumming of the iron-bleater. 1923 Swatches o' Hamespun 69 Lookin for water-hens' nests, harkenin tull the cries o' the girn-bleaters [prob. read yirn-bleaters], or feedin gorblins oot o's bait-can. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1754
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