hagwormn.

Brit.

/ˈhaɡwəːm/, U.S.

/ˈhæɡwərm/, Scottish English

/ˈhaɡwʌrm/

Forms: late Middle English 1600s hagworme, 1700s haggworm, 1700s– hagworm; English regional (chiefly northern) 1800s agworm, 1800s agworrum, 1800s haggom (Yorkshire), 1800s hagworrum, 1800s hagwurm.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic hǫggormr , Old Swedish hugormber (Swedish huggorm ), Old Danish, Danish hugorm , all in sense ‘adder’; < the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic hǫggva (see hag v.¹) + the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic ormr (see worm n.)), with remodelling of the second element after worm n.In later use the first element was sometimes apprehended as hag n.² (in senses ‘copse’ or ‘bog’) or as a form of haw n.¹ (‘hedge, enclosure’); compare quots. 1770, 1828.

English regional (chiefly northern) and Scottish in later use.

A snake; esp. an adder or viper, (less commonly) a grass snake; (also) a slow-worm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of

worm-kinc893

slow-wormOE

hagworm?c1475

salpege1569

scytale1572

house snake1608

porphyre1608

ellops1667

sea-serpent1672

tree-serpent1731

boyuna1763

whip-snake1774

garter-snake1775

switch-snake1791

argus-snake1802

rat snake1818

skaapsteker1818

sea-snake1827

short-tail1879

roof-snake1884

brown snake1896

herald-snake1910

night snake1918

parrot snake1931

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Anguidae > anguis fragilis (slow-worm or blindworm)

slow-wormOE

blind-wormc1450

hagworm?c1475

death adder1608

addera1616

deaf adder1758

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > genus Vipera > vipera berus (common viper)

adderOE

boske addre1382

blind-wormc1450

hagworm?c1475

colubrec1480

viper1526

long-worm1578

viper-worm1605

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 59 A hagworme, jaculus.

?1632 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature ix. 69 That great hag-worme of a Corroding Conscience.

1743 London Mag. Jan. 44/2 Hence, hence, ye objects foul, The beetle, bat, and owl, The hagworm, newt, and toad.

1770 W. Hutton Beetham Repository (1906) 104 Arnside abounds with Snakes, called ‘Hag Worms’ from being in Haggs, or Woods.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Hag-worm, a snake, or blind worm, haunting the hag or hedge.

1844 P. J. Selby in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 12. 87 A large specimen of the Slow or Hag-worm, Anguis fragilis.

1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1859) II. lxvii. 6 A snake (a poor harmless creature, by the way..always excepting the hag-worm).

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 56/2 Hagworm is the universal name for the Adder in Cleveland and never applied to the Grass-snake. I once saw on Spaunton Moor a Hagworm swallow seven or eight young when I approached it.

1997 W. Rollinson Dict. Cumbrian Dial. 74/1 Hag worm, common snake or adder. The term is common throughout much of Cumbria.

2020 Darlington & Stockton Times (Electronic ed.) 29 May Locally, the adder is sometimes called the hagworm, but it is also more widely known as the European viper, a name which to my mind sounds far more threatening.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hagworm
释义	hagwormn. Brit. /ˈhaɡwəːm/, U.S. /ˈhæɡwərm/, Scottish English /ˈhaɡwʌrm/ Forms: late Middle English 1600s hagworme, 1700s haggworm, 1700s– hagworm; English regional (chiefly northern) 1800s agworm, 1800s agworrum, 1800s haggom (Yorkshire), 1800s hagworrum, 1800s hagwurm. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic hǫggormr , Old Swedish hugormber (Swedish huggorm ), Old Danish, Danish hugorm , all in sense ‘adder’; < the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic hǫggva (see hag v.¹) + the Scandinavian base of Old Icelandic ormr (see worm n.)), with remodelling of the second element after worm n.In later use the first element was sometimes apprehended as hag n.² (in senses ‘copse’ or ‘bog’) or as a form of haw n.¹ (‘hedge, enclosure’); compare quots. 1770, 1828. English regional (chiefly northern) and Scottish in later use. A snake; esp. an adder or viper, (less commonly) a grass snake; (also) a slow-worm. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of worm-kinc893 slow-wormOE hagworm?c1475 salpege1569 scytale1572 house snake1608 porphyre1608 ellops1667 sea-serpent1672 tree-serpent1731 boyuna1763 whip-snake1774 garter-snake1775 switch-snake1791 argus-snake1802 rat snake1818 skaapsteker1818 sea-snake1827 short-tail1879 roof-snake1884 brown snake1896 herald-snake1910 night snake1918 parrot snake1931 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Anguidae > anguis fragilis (slow-worm or blindworm) slow-wormOE blind-wormc1450 hagworm?c1475 death adder1608 addera1616 deaf adder1758 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > genus Vipera > vipera berus (common viper) adderOE boske addre1382 blind-wormc1450 hagworm?c1475 colubrec1480 viper1526 long-worm1578 viper-worm1605 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 59 A hagworme, jaculus. ?1632 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature ix. 69 That great hag-worme of a Corroding Conscience. 1743 London Mag. Jan. 44/2 Hence, hence, ye objects foul, The beetle, bat, and owl, The hagworm, newt, and toad. 1770 W. Hutton Beetham Repository (1906) 104 Arnside abounds with Snakes, called ‘Hag Worms’ from being in Haggs, or Woods. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Hag-worm, a snake, or blind worm, haunting the hag or hedge. 1844 P. J. Selby in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 12. 87 A large specimen of the Slow or Hag-worm, Anguis fragilis. 1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1859) II. lxvii. 6 A snake (a poor harmless creature, by the way..always excepting the hag-worm). 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 56/2 Hagworm is the universal name for the Adder in Cleveland and never applied to the Grass-snake. I once saw on Spaunton Moor a Hagworm swallow seven or eight young when I approached it. 1997 W. Rollinson Dict. Cumbrian Dial. 74/1 Hag worm, common snake or adder. The term is common throughout much of Cumbria. 2020 Darlington & Stockton Times (Electronic ed.) 29 May Locally, the adder is sometimes called the hagworm, but it is also more widely known as the European viper, a name which to my mind sounds far more threatening. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1475
随便看	switch-engine switch-engineer switch-footer switch-gear switch-girl switch-grass switch-handle switch-hitter switch-hitting switch-horn switch-knife switch-lamp switch-lantern switch-lever switch-light switch-off switch-on switch-over switch-plant switch-plug switch-rail switch-reference switch-room switch-sell switch-signal