† fever-lurdenn.

Forms:

α. see fever n.¹ and lurdan n. and adj.

β. English regional (south-western) 1800s fever-largin, 1800s fever-lurgan.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fever n.¹, lurdan n.

Etymology: < fever n.¹ + lurdan n., after names of fevers, e.g. fever ague n., fever hectic n., fever lent n. at fever n.¹ Compounds 1.The β. forms probably show alteration after fever-lurgy n. Compare (with inversion of elements) lurden fever (also lurgan fever) laziness, idleness, (also) a fit of depression:1826 Vulgarities Speech Corrected 168 The Lombard, or Lurgan, fever, idleness, or laziness.1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Suppl. 35 I'd never the lurdam fever.1896 G. Hughes tr. Shanfara Lamiyyat Ul 'Arab 12 Blackest thoughts meantime beset me, and unceasing visits pay, Punctual as a lurdan fever, ay! and more oppressive they!1902 G. E. Dartnell in Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 695/1 [N. Wiltshire] He've a got the lurden-fever, bad s'marnin'.

Obsolete. English regional.

Laziness, indolence, esp. regarded as a medical condition; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > as a disease

fever-lurdenc1500

lither lurdena1590

Lombard fever1678

c1500 Blowbols Test. 25 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 93 I trow he was infecte certeyn With the faitour, or the fever lordeyn.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. lxv^v I had almost forgoten the feuer lurden with the which many..yonge persons be sore infected nowe a dayes.

1636 P. Heylyn Hist. Sabbath ii. 149 They have a feaver-lurdane, and they cannot stirre.

1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 172 He that's sick of a feaver lurden must be cured by the hasel gelding.

1846 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. 355/1 Fever-lurden, the disease of idleness. This curious phrase..is still current in the West of England. ‘You have the fever-lurgan’, you are too lazy to work.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 228 You're good for nothing today; you've got the fever-lurden.

1876 Family Herald 10 June 88/2 I hope..that you have recovered from those frequent and serious attacks of fever lurgan you used to have.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	fever-lurden
释义	† fever-lurdenn. Forms: α. see fever n.¹ and lurdan n. and adj. β. English regional (south-western) 1800s fever-largin, 1800s fever-lurgan. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fever n.¹, lurdan n. Etymology: < fever n.¹ + lurdan n., after names of fevers, e.g. fever ague n., fever hectic n., fever lent n. at fever n.¹ Compounds 1.The β. forms probably show alteration after fever-lurgy n. Compare (with inversion of elements) lurden fever (also lurgan fever) laziness, idleness, (also) a fit of depression:1826 Vulgarities Speech Corrected 168 The Lombard, or Lurgan, fever, idleness, or laziness.1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Suppl. 35 I'd never the lurdam fever.1896 G. Hughes tr. Shanfara Lamiyyat Ul 'Arab 12 Blackest thoughts meantime beset me, and unceasing visits pay, Punctual as a lurdan fever, ay! and more oppressive they!1902 G. E. Dartnell in Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 695/1 [N. Wiltshire] He've a got the lurden-fever, bad s'marnin'. Obsolete. English regional. Laziness, indolence, esp. regarded as a medical condition; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > as a disease fever-lurdenc1500 lither lurdena1590 Lombard fever1678 c1500 Blowbols Test. 25 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 93 I trow he was infecte certeyn With the faitour, or the fever lordeyn. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. lxv^v I had almost forgoten the feuer lurden with the which many..yonge persons be sore infected nowe a dayes. 1636 P. Heylyn Hist. Sabbath ii. 149 They have a feaver-lurdane, and they cannot stirre. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 172 He that's sick of a feaver lurden must be cured by the hasel gelding. 1846 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. 355/1 Fever-lurden, the disease of idleness. This curious phrase..is still current in the West of England. ‘You have the fever-lurgan’, you are too lazy to work. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 228 You're good for nothing today; you've got the fever-lurden. 1876 Family Herald 10 June 88/2 I hope..that you have recovered from those frequent and serious attacks of fever lurgan you used to have. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1500
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