grandsiren.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɡran(d)sʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈɡræn(d)ˌsaɪ(ə)r/

Forms: Middle English granncesire, Middle English gransyr, Middle English grantesire, Middle English grantsire, Middle English grantsyre, Middle English graunser (in a late copy), Middle English graunsyre, Middle English grauntesyre, Middle English grauntser, Middle English grauntsir, Middle English grauntsire, Middle English gravndesyre, Middle English grawcyr (probably transmission error), Middle English grawncer, Middle English grawnesire, Middle English grawnsur, Middle English grawntsyer, Middle English–1600s graundsire, Middle English–1600s graunsir, Middle English–1600s graunsire, Middle English (1800s English regional (northern)) granser, Middle English– grandsire, 1500s grandschire, 1500s grandsier, 1500s graunsyr, 1500s–1600s grandsir, 1500s–1600s gransire, 1600s graynser, 1500s–1600s (1800s English regional) gransir; Scottish pre-1700 grandschir, pre-1700 grandser, pre-1700 grandshir, pre-1700 grandsir, pre-1700 grandsyr, pre-1700 grandsyre, pre-1700 gransir, pre-1700 grantschir, pre-1700 grantsire, pre-1700 grantsyr, pre-1700 grauntsire, pre-1700 1700s– grandsire, pre-1700 1800s– grandsher, 1800s gransher, 1800s grencher (Shetland), 1800s grensher (Shetland); also U.S. regional 1900s– gramsey, 1900s– gran'sir, 1900s– grancy, 1900s– grandsir, 1900s– gransa, 1900s– gransy; N.E.D. (1900) also records forms Middle English grawnesyre, Middle English grawnsire, Middle English grawnsyre.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French grantsire.

Etymology: < Old French grantsire (12th cent.) < grand grand adj. + sire sire n. Compare discussion at grand- comb. form.

A. n.

a. = grandfather n. 1. Now archaic. †first grandsire = great-grandsire n.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather

mother-fathereOE

eldfatherOE

grandsirec1300

aiela1325

belsirea1325

grandfather1424

belfatherc1440

goodsire?c1450

fore-grandsire1513

gutcher1523

granfer1564

granddaddy1648

grandpapa1680

grandada1699

grandad1764

grandpa?1785

grandpappy1857

grandpop1860

abuelo1876

dada1888

gramp1890

grampy1904

lolo1934

gramps1935

zayde1946

opa1948

opi1988

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather > great-grandfather

fore-grandsire1474

besaiel1480

great-grandfathera1513

beayellc1540

first grandsirec1540

grandsire1541

great-grandsire?1541

grandfathera1650

c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Harl.) l. 496 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 508 Þe kyng..aȝen Holi Churche was As þe kyng er his grandsire was aȝe seint Thomas.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 259 (MED) Sarug was Abraham his fader graunsire.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 65 Counceyllour of his fader his grauntsire, And of his grauntsirs fader.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 62^v Hys grauntsirs [printed gramitsirs] fader was an harper and meter of landes.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 194^v Aschatus..Þat is my fadur so fre and þi first graunser.

1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Cordila vi. 1 My grandsire Bladud hight.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 212 My father was King of England..and his father my grandsire was also king of England.

c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 151 All the estayts made by your graynser and father.

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. xxvi. 158 If an Heiress is contracted lawfully in full Marriage by a Father..or Grand-sire.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 465 His grandsire sent him to the sylvan chace.

1775 Sentence of Momus on Poet. Amusements 12 Well fam'd was his grandsire for smart repartees.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xxvii. 71 By Woden wild, (my grandsire's oath).

1863 H. W. Longfellow Prelude vii, in Tales Wayside Inn 7 And over this..Was hung the sword his grandsire bore In the rebellious days of yore.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Gransir, grandfather.

1926 E. F. Crosse Let. 23 Apr. in K. Gregory First Cuckoo (1978) 120 We always addressed our fathers and grandsires as ‘Sir’, and always rose when they entered the room where we were.

1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxii. 355 At best he could be no closer than a grandsire to yourself.

2009 Alcalde (Univ. Texas) Jan.–Feb. 24/2 He claims to have regarded his colorful grandsire as ‘a distant biological fact, nothing more’.

b. The male parent of the parent of an animal; spec. the sire of an animal's (esp. a horse's or dog's) sire. Cf. grandam n. 1b.

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the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > male > grandsire

grandsire1692

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > stallion or stud-horse > as father or grandfather

sire?1530

grandsire1692

1692 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy 3rd Pt. Ingenious & Diverting Lett. x. 23 The Grandsire or great Grandsire of these Bulls bravely kill'd such and such a one.

1729 R. Bradley Gentleman & Farmer's Guide iv. 252 We cannot be assured that such an Horse is of a true English Breed.., his Grandsire, or Grandam, might be perhaps both Foreigners.

1810 T. H. Morland Geneal. Eng. Race Horse 52 He never has been surpassed by any horse since the time of his grandsire Eclipse.

1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 184 Another chestnut [horse], but with the characteristic black spots of his grandsire.

1938 Life 9 May 55/2 At Long Island's Belmont track on May 30, he meets War Admiral, his grandsire's son.

2002 J. Cunliffe Encycl. Dog Breeds (new ed.) 173/2 If they go on to produce puppies of their own their offspring may not resemble them, possibly looking more like the grandsire or grand-dam.

2. A forefather, a male ancestor. Now archaic.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun]

elder-fathereOE

fatherOE

elder971

alderOE

eldfatherOE

forme-fadera1200

ancestorc1300

grandsirec1300

aiela1325

belsirea1325

predecessora1325

forefather1377

morea1382

progenitorc1384

antecessorc1400

forn-fatherc1460

forebear1488

ancient1540

antecestrec1550

fore-grandsirec1550

grandfather1575

ascendant1604

forerunnera1616

ancienter1654

tupuna1845

c1300 St. Edward Elder (Laud) 182 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 52 In-to þulke Abbeie of Schafteburij seint Edward huy ladde, For þe kyng Alfred, is graunt-sire, þat hous a-rerd hadde.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xx. 227 In sight if I were seyn, The granser of great Mahowne. My name Pylate has beyn.

1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil Æneid (1584) x. Q v Thy soule vnto thy grandsiers gosts..I send.

1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. Aa3 Our Grand-sire Adam.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 451 Our amaz'd first Grand-sires faintly fled, And like sprung Partridge euery-where did spred.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xx. 178 So did..our Gransire Papists in this Realm.

1784 W. Cowper Let. 10 Feb. (1981) II. 213 A long line of grandsires, who from generation to generation have been employed in deteriorating the breed.

1851 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 4) i. 14 Some sorcerer, whom a far-off grandsire burnt Because he cast no shadow.

1896 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 62 157/2 Our colonial grandsires of course stressed the first syllable in hired man.

1961 Prism Fall 37 Past the shrine where Nana Ayensu poured libation to the dead and guardian grandsires.

2014 St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press (Nexis) 4 Feb. The hocus-pocus and lurid sights that once titillated our grandsires.

3. Scottish. A great-grandfather. Cf. goodsire n., grandfather n. 3. Now rare or regional.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather > great-grandfather

fore-grandsire1474

besaiel1480

great-grandfathera1513

beayellc1540

first grandsirec1540

grandsire1541

great-grandsire?1541

grandfathera1650

1541 Bks. Council & Session B 18. 44 (Jam.) Be his fader, gudschir, grandshir, and forgrandshir, lardis of Fingiltoun.

1543 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1543/12/32 Oure soverane ledyis feder..hir guidschir and grantschir.

1592 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1592/4/177 His majesties umquhile darrest grandschir.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 91 The father, gudsher, and grandsher.

1641 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1641/8/110 The estate..hes beine..possest be me, my father, gudshir and grandshir thir thriescoir and ten yeires bygane.

1683 J. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session I. 392 If Persons might be lyable, not only to their immediat Predecessor, but to their Goodsire, Grandsire, or Fore-grandsires.

1761 J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council & Session 1678–1712 II. 316 His fore-grandsire's grandsire's grandsire, and his fore-grandsire's goodsire, who was Earl in King Alexander II.'s reign in 1245.

1806 Bogle-bo in R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads & Songs I. 292 His gransher, his gutsher, his daddie.

1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. Grencher, a great-grandfather.

1914 J. S. Angus Gloss. Shetland Dial. Grensher, a great-grandfather.

2008 R. Abrams Touching Distance i. 60 Wasn't there a bridge named after his grandsher, for heaven's sake!

4. A man of an age befitting a grandfather; an old man. Now archaic.

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the world > people > person > old person > old man > [noun]

old maneOE

bevara1275

beauperec1300

vieillard1475

Nestor?c1510

old gentleman1526

haga1529

velyarda1529

old fellow?1555

old sire1557

granfer1564

vecchioc1570

ageman1571

grave-porer1582

grandsire1595

huddle-duddle1599

elder1600

pantaloon1602

cuffc1616

crone1630

old boya1637

codger?1738

dry-beard1749

eld1796

patriarch1819

oubaas1824

old chap1840

pap1844

pop1844

tad1877

old baas1882

senex1898

finger1904

AK1911

alte kacker1911

poppa stoppa1944

madala1960

Ntate1975

1595 F. Sabie Fissher-mans Tale sig. B4 Thrise shoke this aged Grandsire his white head, And frost-white lockes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. vi. 51 Do good old grandsire, & withall make known Which way thou trauellest.

1684 J. Harington Grecian Story i. 64 Grandsires nodded off, talk'd are and o're.

1746 Gentleman's Mag. July 378/2 Prais'd by the grandsires of the present age, Shall Southern pass unnoted off the stage?

1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 10 Auld grandshers at their doors sat beikin'.

1863 P. Ruysdale Pilgrimage over Prairies II. 302 The grey and timebent grandsire.

1909 A. C. Benson Poems 273 On the casements of the aisle Pelted and tapped the driving shower: Old grandsires shivered at the sound.

1978 W. Styron in Esquire 21 Nov. 85/1 He was a black apparition of unbelievable antiquity.., a caricature of a caricature at a time when every creaky, superannuated Negro grandsire was.

2010 H. F. Mosher Walking to Gatlinburg x. 285 Old grandsires who had seen eighty winters and boys who had not seen fifteen.

5. Campanology. In later use chiefly with capital initials. A basic method of change-ringing, usually using an odd number of bells.Frequently with indication of the number of bells used, as in Grandsire Cinques on eleven bells, Grandsire Caters on nine, Grandsire Triples on seven, Grandsire Doubles on five, as well as a six-bell extension formerly named †Grandsire Bob, and now Plain Bob (cf. Plain Bob n. at plain adj.² Compounds 3).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > going through all the changes > changes > specific

set peal16..

grandsire1668

whole pull1668

bob1671

peal1671

course1677

set changes1677

single1684

single change1688

Plain Bob1702

Stedman1731

Superlative Surprise1788

touch1788

triple1798

triple bob major1809

maximus1813

royal1813

call changes1837

slam1854

cater1872

cinques1872

triple change1872

plain hunt1874

plain hunting1874

quarter peal1888

method1901

short course1904

1668 Tintinnalogia 95 Grandsire is the best and most ingenious Peal that ever was composed, to be rang on five bells.

1668 Tintinnalogia 102 This Peal of Grandsire..is the absolute foundation from whence the excellent Peal of Grandsire bob (on six bells) had its beginning and method.

1677 F. Stedman Campanalogia 82 Upon six bells there are also single and double Courses, viz. twelve changes in every single Course, as in Grandsire Bob, etc. and twenty four changes in every double Course, as in Colledg Bob, etc.

1702 J. D. & C. M. Campanalogia Improved 50 (heading) Grandsire Bob commonly called plain Bob.

1797 World & Fashionable Advertiser 20 Oct. 4/2 The College Youths..brought round a true and complete peal of 5183 Grandsire Cators.

1798 in Gentleman's Mag. (1825) Apr. 298/2 A full and compleat peal of grandsire tripples, consisting of 5040 changes.

a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 390/1 A peal of grandsire-bob-cators containing 126 changes.

1872 H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon iii. 40 The College Youths rang at..S. Bride's, London, the first peal of 5000 grandsire cinques on twelve bells.

1883 B'ham Daily Post 19 Oct. 7 A peal of 10,176 changes of grandsire majors..This is the longest peal ever rung..upon hand-bells.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 23 Oct. 12/2 A boy of fourteen..took part in ringing 1,260 changes, which constitutes a quarter-peal of Grandsire Triples.

1984 E. Sykes Great Crime of Grapplewick vii. 56 One night they were ringing a peal of Grandsire Caters.

2003 Church Times 7 Mar. 11/4 For the late Queen Mother, our tower rang ‘a half-muffled peal of 5040 Plain Bob Triples’, and for the Queen's Golden Jubilee ‘5040 Grandsire Triples’.

†B. adj.

Resembling or characteristic of a grandsire; old, ancient; venerable. Obsolete.

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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [adjective] > to a grandfather

grandsire1584

grandpaternal1728

grandfatherly1773

1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 110 Pan with the Ægyptians is a grandsire god, one of the most auncientst among them.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 37 For I am prouerbd with a Grandsire phrase.

1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 85 Yet had their pleasure not a grand-sire life.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. viii. iv. 44 Yon grey promontory, about whose grandsire knees the waves are gambolling.

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

单词	grandsire
释义	grandsiren.adj. Brit. /ˈɡran(d)sʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈɡræn(d)ˌsaɪ(ə)r/ Forms: Middle English granncesire, Middle English gransyr, Middle English grantesire, Middle English grantsire, Middle English grantsyre, Middle English graunser (in a late copy), Middle English graunsyre, Middle English grauntesyre, Middle English grauntser, Middle English grauntsir, Middle English grauntsire, Middle English gravndesyre, Middle English grawcyr (probably transmission error), Middle English grawncer, Middle English grawnesire, Middle English grawnsur, Middle English grawntsyer, Middle English–1600s graundsire, Middle English–1600s graunsir, Middle English–1600s graunsire, Middle English (1800s English regional (northern)) granser, Middle English– grandsire, 1500s grandschire, 1500s grandsier, 1500s graunsyr, 1500s–1600s grandsir, 1500s–1600s gransire, 1600s graynser, 1500s–1600s (1800s English regional) gransir; Scottish pre-1700 grandschir, pre-1700 grandser, pre-1700 grandshir, pre-1700 grandsir, pre-1700 grandsyr, pre-1700 grandsyre, pre-1700 gransir, pre-1700 grantschir, pre-1700 grantsire, pre-1700 grantsyr, pre-1700 grauntsire, pre-1700 1700s– grandsire, pre-1700 1800s– grandsher, 1800s gransher, 1800s grencher (Shetland), 1800s grensher (Shetland); also U.S. regional 1900s– gramsey, 1900s– gran'sir, 1900s– grancy, 1900s– grandsir, 1900s– gransa, 1900s– gransy; N.E.D. (1900) also records forms Middle English grawnesyre, Middle English grawnsire, Middle English grawnsyre. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French grantsire. Etymology: < Old French grantsire (12th cent.) < grand grand adj. + sire sire n. Compare discussion at grand- comb. form. A. n. 1. a. = grandfather n. 1. Now archaic. †first grandsire = great-grandsire n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather mother-fathereOE eldfatherOE grandsirec1300 aiela1325 belsirea1325 grandfather1424 belfatherc1440 goodsire?c1450 fore-grandsire1513 gutcher1523 granfer1564 granddaddy1648 grandpapa1680 grandada1699 grandad1764 grandpa?1785 grandpappy1857 grandpop1860 abuelo1876 dada1888 gramp1890 grampy1904 lolo1934 gramps1935 zayde1946 opa1948 opi1988 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather > great-grandfather fore-grandsire1474 besaiel1480 great-grandfathera1513 beayellc1540 first grandsirec1540 grandsire1541 great-grandsire?1541 grandfathera1650 c1300 St. Edmund Rich (Harl.) l. 496 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 508 Þe kyng..aȝen Holi Churche was As þe kyng er his grandsire was aȝe seint Thomas. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 259 (MED) Sarug was Abraham his fader graunsire. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. v. 65 Counceyllour of his fader his grauntsire, And of his grauntsirs fader. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 62^v Hys grauntsirs [printed gramitsirs] fader was an harper and meter of landes. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 194^v Aschatus..Þat is my fadur so fre and þi first graunser. 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Cordila vi. 1 My grandsire Bladud hight. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 212 My father was King of England..and his father my grandsire was also king of England. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 151 All the estayts made by your graynser and father. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. xxvi. 158 If an Heiress is contracted lawfully in full Marriage by a Father..or Grand-sire. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 465 His grandsire sent him to the sylvan chace. 1775 Sentence of Momus on Poet. Amusements 12 Well fam'd was his grandsire for smart repartees. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xxvii. 71 By Woden wild, (my grandsire's oath). 1863 H. W. Longfellow Prelude vii, in Tales Wayside Inn 7 And over this..Was hung the sword his grandsire bore In the rebellious days of yore. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Gransir, grandfather. 1926 E. F. Crosse Let. 23 Apr. in K. Gregory First Cuckoo (1978) 120 We always addressed our fathers and grandsires as ‘Sir’, and always rose when they entered the room where we were. 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxii. 355 At best he could be no closer than a grandsire to yourself. 2009 Alcalde (Univ. Texas) Jan.–Feb. 24/2 He claims to have regarded his colorful grandsire as ‘a distant biological fact, nothing more’. b. The male parent of the parent of an animal; spec. the sire of an animal's (esp. a horse's or dog's) sire. Cf. grandam n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > family unit > [noun] > male > grandsire grandsire1692 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > stallion or stud-horse > as father or grandfather sire?1530 grandsire1692 1692 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy 3rd Pt. Ingenious & Diverting Lett. x. 23 The Grandsire or great Grandsire of these Bulls bravely kill'd such and such a one. 1729 R. Bradley Gentleman & Farmer's Guide iv. 252 We cannot be assured that such an Horse is of a true English Breed.., his Grandsire, or Grandam, might be perhaps both Foreigners. 1810 T. H. Morland Geneal. Eng. Race Horse 52 He never has been surpassed by any horse since the time of his grandsire Eclipse. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 184 Another chestnut [horse], but with the characteristic black spots of his grandsire. 1938 Life 9 May 55/2 At Long Island's Belmont track on May 30, he meets War Admiral, his grandsire's son. 2002 J. Cunliffe Encycl. Dog Breeds (new ed.) 173/2 If they go on to produce puppies of their own their offspring may not resemble them, possibly looking more like the grandsire or grand-dam. 2. A forefather, a male ancestor. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [noun] elder-fathereOE fatherOE elder971 alderOE eldfatherOE forme-fadera1200 ancestorc1300 grandsirec1300 aiela1325 belsirea1325 predecessora1325 forefather1377 morea1382 progenitorc1384 antecessorc1400 forn-fatherc1460 forebear1488 ancient1540 antecestrec1550 fore-grandsirec1550 grandfather1575 ascendant1604 forerunnera1616 ancienter1654 tupuna1845 c1300 St. Edward Elder (Laud) 182 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 52 In-to þulke Abbeie of Schafteburij seint Edward huy ladde, For þe kyng Alfred, is graunt-sire, þat hous a-rerd hadde. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xx. 227 In sight if I were seyn, The granser of great Mahowne. My name Pylate has beyn. 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil Æneid (1584) x. Q v Thy soule vnto thy grandsiers gosts..I send. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. Aa3 Our Grand-sire Adam. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 451 Our amaz'd first Grand-sires faintly fled, And like sprung Partridge euery-where did spred. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xx. 178 So did..our Gransire Papists in this Realm. 1784 W. Cowper Let. 10 Feb. (1981) II. 213 A long line of grandsires, who from generation to generation have been employed in deteriorating the breed. 1851 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 4) i. 14 Some sorcerer, whom a far-off grandsire burnt Because he cast no shadow. 1896 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 62 157/2 Our colonial grandsires of course stressed the first syllable in hired man. 1961 Prism Fall 37 Past the shrine where Nana Ayensu poured libation to the dead and guardian grandsires. 2014 St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press (Nexis) 4 Feb. The hocus-pocus and lurid sights that once titillated our grandsires. 3. Scottish. A great-grandfather. Cf. goodsire n., grandfather n. 3. Now rare or regional. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [noun] > grandfather > great-grandfather fore-grandsire1474 besaiel1480 great-grandfathera1513 beayellc1540 first grandsirec1540 grandsire1541 great-grandsire?1541 grandfathera1650 1541 Bks. Council & Session B 18. 44 (Jam.) Be his fader, gudschir, grandshir, and forgrandshir, lardis of Fingiltoun. 1543 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1543/12/32 Oure soverane ledyis feder..hir guidschir and grantschir. 1592 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1592/4/177 His majesties umquhile darrest grandschir. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 91 The father, gudsher, and grandsher. 1641 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1641/8/110 The estate..hes beine..possest be me, my father, gudshir and grandshir thir thriescoir and ten yeires bygane. 1683 J. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session I. 392 If Persons might be lyable, not only to their immediat Predecessor, but to their Goodsire, Grandsire, or Fore-grandsires. 1761 J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council & Session 1678–1712 II. 316 His fore-grandsire's grandsire's grandsire, and his fore-grandsire's goodsire, who was Earl in King Alexander II.'s reign in 1245. 1806 Bogle-bo in R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads & Songs I. 292 His gransher, his gutsher, his daddie. 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. Grencher, a great-grandfather. 1914 J. S. Angus Gloss. Shetland Dial. Grensher, a great-grandfather. 2008 R. Abrams Touching Distance i. 60 Wasn't there a bridge named after his grandsher, for heaven's sake! 4. A man of an age befitting a grandfather; an old man. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > old man > [noun] old maneOE bevara1275 beauperec1300 vieillard1475 Nestor?c1510 old gentleman1526 haga1529 velyarda1529 old fellow?1555 old sire1557 granfer1564 vecchioc1570 ageman1571 grave-porer1582 grandsire1595 huddle-duddle1599 elder1600 pantaloon1602 cuffc1616 crone1630 old boya1637 codger?1738 dry-beard1749 eld1796 patriarch1819 oubaas1824 old chap1840 pap1844 pop1844 tad1877 old baas1882 senex1898 finger1904 AK1911 alte kacker1911 poppa stoppa1944 madala1960 Ntate1975 1595 F. Sabie Fissher-mans Tale sig. B4 Thrise shoke this aged Grandsire his white head, And frost-white lockes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. vi. 51 Do good old grandsire, & withall make known Which way thou trauellest. View more context for this quotation 1684 J. Harington Grecian Story i. 64 Grandsires nodded off, talk'd are and o're. 1746 Gentleman's Mag. July 378/2 Prais'd by the grandsires of the present age, Shall Southern pass unnoted off the stage? 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 10 Auld grandshers at their doors sat beikin'. 1863 P. Ruysdale Pilgrimage over Prairies II. 302 The grey and timebent grandsire. 1909 A. C. Benson Poems 273 On the casements of the aisle Pelted and tapped the driving shower: Old grandsires shivered at the sound. 1978 W. Styron in Esquire 21 Nov. 85/1 He was a black apparition of unbelievable antiquity.., a caricature of a caricature at a time when every creaky, superannuated Negro grandsire was. 2010 H. F. Mosher Walking to Gatlinburg x. 285 Old grandsires who had seen eighty winters and boys who had not seen fifteen. 5. Campanology. In later use chiefly with capital initials. A basic method of change-ringing, usually using an odd number of bells.Frequently with indication of the number of bells used, as in Grandsire Cinques on eleven bells, Grandsire Caters on nine, Grandsire Triples on seven, Grandsire Doubles on five, as well as a six-bell extension formerly named †Grandsire Bob, and now Plain Bob (cf. Plain Bob n. at plain adj.² Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [noun] > going through all the changes > changes > specific set peal16.. grandsire1668 whole pull1668 bob1671 peal1671 course1677 set changes1677 single1684 single change1688 Plain Bob1702 Stedman1731 Superlative Surprise1788 touch1788 triple1798 triple bob major1809 maximus1813 royal1813 call changes1837 slam1854 cater1872 cinques1872 triple change1872 plain hunt1874 plain hunting1874 quarter peal1888 method1901 short course1904 1668 Tintinnalogia 95 Grandsire is the best and most ingenious Peal that ever was composed, to be rang on five bells. 1668 Tintinnalogia 102 This Peal of Grandsire..is the absolute foundation from whence the excellent Peal of Grandsire bob (on six bells) had its beginning and method. 1677 F. Stedman Campanalogia 82 Upon six bells there are also single and double Courses, viz. twelve changes in every single Course, as in Grandsire Bob, etc. and twenty four changes in every double Course, as in Colledg Bob, etc. 1702 J. D. & C. M. Campanalogia Improved 50 (heading) Grandsire Bob commonly called plain Bob. 1797 World & Fashionable Advertiser 20 Oct. 4/2 The College Youths..brought round a true and complete peal of 5183 Grandsire Cators. 1798 in Gentleman's Mag. (1825) Apr. 298/2 A full and compleat peal of grandsire tripples, consisting of 5040 changes. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 390/1 A peal of grandsire-bob-cators containing 126 changes. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon iii. 40 The College Youths rang at..S. Bride's, London, the first peal of 5000 grandsire cinques on twelve bells. 1883 B'ham Daily Post 19 Oct. 7 A peal of 10,176 changes of grandsire majors..This is the longest peal ever rung..upon hand-bells. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 23 Oct. 12/2 A boy of fourteen..took part in ringing 1,260 changes, which constitutes a quarter-peal of Grandsire Triples. 1984 E. Sykes Great Crime of Grapplewick vii. 56 One night they were ringing a peal of Grandsire Caters. 2003 Church Times 7 Mar. 11/4 For the late Queen Mother, our tower rang ‘a half-muffled peal of 5040 Plain Bob Triples’, and for the Queen's Golden Jubilee ‘5040 Grandsire Triples’. †B. adj. Resembling or characteristic of a grandsire; old, ancient; venerable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > grandparent > [adjective] > to a grandfather grandsire1584 grandpaternal1728 grandfatherly1773 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 110 Pan with the Ægyptians is a grandsire god, one of the most auncientst among them. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 37 For I am prouerbd with a Grandsire phrase. View more context for this quotation 1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 85 Yet had their pleasure not a grand-sire life. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. viii. iv. 44 Yon grey promontory, about whose grandsire knees the waves are gambolling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.c1300
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