henwifen.

Brit.

/ˈhɛnwʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˈhɛnˌwaɪf/, Scottish English

/ˈhɛnwʌif/, Irish English

/ˈhɛnwaɪf/

Forms: see hen n.¹ and wife n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hen n.¹, wife n.

Etymology: < hen n.¹ + wife n.

Chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern).

1. A woman who keeps poultry; a female henkeeper. Now historical.In Scottish, Irish, and English folk tales, henwives are often associated with the supernatural and characterized as a source of wisdom and healing. N.E.D. (1898) remarks that this sense is ‘sometimes applied contemptuously to a man’, but this usage is apparently only recorded in dictionaries and glossaries; see, e.g., Eng. Dial. Dict. at Hen sb.¹

ΚΠ

?1507 Ballad of Kynd Kittok in W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen sig. b.iv^v Scho..wes our ladyis hen wif..And held sanct petir at stryf.

1640 R. Brathwait Two Lancs. Lovers xv. 111 One night therefore..she practiseth with an aged Woman, who was her Mothers hen wife, to change apparell with her.

1769 Dublin Mercury 24–26 Sept. 4/1 It is sometimes the practice of henwives to hatch chickens under a capon.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 43 A half-witted lad..who had a kind of charge of the poultry under the old hen-wife.

1890 J. Jacobs Eng. Fairy Tales 198 So she took counsel of the henwife, who told her to send the lassie to her next morning fasting.

2007 A. Fenton Food of Scots xx. 313 The gathering of eggs was one of the daily tasks of the henwife in summer and autumn.

†2. Venus' henwife: a bawd, a procuress. Obsolete.

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a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iv. Prol. l. 188 With Venus henwyffis quhat wys may I flyte.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	henwife
释义	henwifen. Brit. /ˈhɛnwʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈhɛnˌwaɪf/, Scottish English /ˈhɛnwʌif/, Irish English /ˈhɛnwaɪf/ Forms: see hen n.¹ and wife n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hen n.¹, wife n. Etymology: < hen n.¹ + wife n. Chiefly Scottish, Irish English, and English regional (northern). 1. A woman who keeps poultry; a female henkeeper. Now historical.In Scottish, Irish, and English folk tales, henwives are often associated with the supernatural and characterized as a source of wisdom and healing. N.E.D. (1898) remarks that this sense is ‘sometimes applied contemptuously to a man’, but this usage is apparently only recorded in dictionaries and glossaries; see, e.g., Eng. Dial. Dict. at Hen sb.¹ ΚΠ ?1507 Ballad of Kynd Kittok in W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen sig. b.iv^v Scho..wes our ladyis hen wif..And held sanct petir at stryf. 1640 R. Brathwait Two Lancs. Lovers xv. 111 One night therefore..she practiseth with an aged Woman, who was her Mothers hen wife, to change apparell with her. 1769 Dublin Mercury 24–26 Sept. 4/1 It is sometimes the practice of henwives to hatch chickens under a capon. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 43 A half-witted lad..who had a kind of charge of the poultry under the old hen-wife. 1890 J. Jacobs Eng. Fairy Tales 198 So she took counsel of the henwife, who told her to send the lassie to her next morning fasting. 2007 A. Fenton Food of Scots xx. 313 The gathering of eggs was one of the daily tasks of the henwife in summer and autumn. †2. Venus' henwife: a bawd, a procuress. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iv. Prol. l. 188 With Venus henwyffis quhat wys may I flyte. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1507
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