ewdendriftn.

Forms: 1600s ewindrift, 1700s ewdendrift, 1700s–1800s youdendrift, 1800s yowndrift, 1800s– yowdendrift.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, drift n.

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin + drift n.The first element shows considerable variation or alteration and it is difficult to determine the original form. Later forms appear to have been influenced by yowden , Scots past participle of yield v., although there is no obvious semantic connection. Perhaps compare rare Scots (Aberdeenshire) styfe eyne (also styth endrift ), in the same sense, apparently literally ‘choke breath (drift)’ ( < stife to choke (19th cent.; < stife n.) + aynd n.), although this is first attested much later:1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 40 The first thing meets him, is a dose Of styth endrift and hail.It is nevertheless possible that a form of aynd n. may perhaps be reflected in the first element of the present word, either as the relic of a longer compound, the original first element of which (stife or a word of similar meaning) has been lost, or perhaps even standing alone (compare English regional (East Anglian) use of aynd n. in the sense ‘sea-mist’ (19th cent.)).

Scottish (chiefly northern).

‘Snow raised, and driven by the wind’ (Jamieson).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > the falling of snow > snow driven by wind

ewdendrift1630

yird-drift1820

snowdrift1836

reek1894

spindrift1961

scud1969

1630–56 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom Sutherland 246 Their fell such ane extream tempest, ewindrift, sharp snow, and wind, full in their faces.

1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 285 When to my Meg I bend my tour, Thro' Ewden drift, or snawy~show'r.

1790 Morrison Poems 121 (Jam.) The strongest wind..Tho' mixt wi' hail, wi' rain or youden drift, Brings ay a calm at last.

1818 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' 58 Choakin' thick as yowden drift.

1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xvii. 291 I'll be lost, I'm feared, in the yowndrift.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ewdendrift
释义	ewdendriftn. Forms: 1600s ewindrift, 1700s ewdendrift, 1700s–1800s youdendrift, 1800s yowndrift, 1800s– yowdendrift. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, drift n. Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin + drift n.The first element shows considerable variation or alteration and it is difficult to determine the original form. Later forms appear to have been influenced by yowden , Scots past participle of yield v., although there is no obvious semantic connection. Perhaps compare rare Scots (Aberdeenshire) styfe eyne (also styth endrift ), in the same sense, apparently literally ‘choke breath (drift)’ ( < stife to choke (19th cent.; < stife n.) + aynd n.), although this is first attested much later:1801 W. Beattie Fruits Time Parings 40 The first thing meets him, is a dose Of styth endrift and hail.It is nevertheless possible that a form of aynd n. may perhaps be reflected in the first element of the present word, either as the relic of a longer compound, the original first element of which (stife or a word of similar meaning) has been lost, or perhaps even standing alone (compare English regional (East Anglian) use of aynd n. in the sense ‘sea-mist’ (19th cent.)). Scottish (chiefly northern). ‘Snow raised, and driven by the wind’ (Jamieson). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > the falling of snow > snow driven by wind ewdendrift1630 yird-drift1820 snowdrift1836 reek1894 spindrift1961 scud1969 1630–56 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom Sutherland 246 Their fell such ane extream tempest, ewindrift, sharp snow, and wind, full in their faces. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 285 When to my Meg I bend my tour, Thro' Ewden drift, or snawy~show'r. 1790 Morrison Poems 121 (Jam.) The strongest wind..Tho' mixt wi' hail, wi' rain or youden drift, Brings ay a calm at last. 1818 G. Beattie John o' Arnha' 58 Choakin' thick as yowden drift. 1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xvii. 291 I'll be lost, I'm feared, in the yowndrift. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1630
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