kaen.¹

Brit.

/keɪ/, U.S.

/keɪ/, Scottish English

/ke/

Forms: Middle English–1500s ka, Middle English kaa, 1500s ca, kay, ke, Middle English, 1700s– kae.

Etymology: Northern form of Middle English Co, corresponding to Middle Dutch ca , ka(e (Dutch ka ), Old High German chaha , châ (Middle High German kâ ), Danish kaa , Norwegian kaae . The direct source may have been an Old Norse *ká , kǫ́ . Compare chough n.

northern dialect and Scottish.

A jackdaw. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > genus Corvus > corvus monedula (jackdaw)

choughc1305

coc1325

kae1340

caddow1440

daw?a1475

jay1484

jackdaw1543

caddesse1565

pilledow1603

Jack1651

sea-crow1897

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1539 Some gas hypand als a ka.

1483 Cath. Angl. 200/1 Ka (A. Kae), monedula.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 191 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 100 Crawis and cais yat cravis ye corne.

1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 5241 (stage direct.) An Crow or ane Ke salbe castin vp, as it war his saull.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xv. xvi. f. 231/2 Kayis, & piottis, clekit yair birdis in wynter.

1786 R. Burns Poems 36 In spite o' a' the thievish kaes That haunt St. Jamie's!

1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist ii. 25 At last he brought with him..a Kae, or jackdaw.

Compounds

kae-witted adj.

ΚΠ

1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 104 He maun been but a kae-witted bodie!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

kaen.²

Etymology: Imitative.

The cry of a jackdaw.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > sound made by

cawing1613

caw?1661

kae1850

1850 Zoologist 8 2913 The well known kae of the jackdaw.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	kae
释义	kaen.¹ Brit. /keɪ/, U.S. /keɪ/, Scottish English /ke/ Forms: Middle English–1500s ka, Middle English kaa, 1500s ca, kay, ke, Middle English, 1700s– kae. Etymology: Northern form of Middle English Co, corresponding to Middle Dutch ca , ka(e (Dutch ka ), Old High German chaha , châ (Middle High German kâ ), Danish kaa , Norwegian kaae . The direct source may have been an Old Norse ká , kǫ́* . Compare chough n. northern dialect and Scottish. A jackdaw. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > genus Corvus > corvus monedula (jackdaw) choughc1305 coc1325 kae1340 caddow1440 daw?a1475 jay1484 jackdaw1543 caddesse1565 pilledow1603 Jack1651 sea-crow1897 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1539 Some gas hypand als a ka. 1483 Cath. Angl. 200/1 Ka (A. Kae), monedula. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 191 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 100 Crawis and cais yat cravis ye corne. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 5241 (stage direct.) An Crow or ane Ke salbe castin vp, as it war his saull. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xv. xvi. f. 231/2 Kayis, & piottis, clekit yair birdis in wynter. 1786 R. Burns Poems 36 In spite o' a' the thievish kaes That haunt St. Jamie's! 1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist ii. 25 At last he brought with him..a Kae, or jackdaw. Compounds kae-witted adj. ΚΠ 1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 104 He maun been but a kae-witted bodie! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). kaen.² Etymology: Imitative. The cry of a jackdaw. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > family Corvidae (crow) > [noun] > sound made by cawing1613 caw?1661 kae1850 1850 Zoologist 8 2913 The well known kae of the jackdaw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.¹1340n.²1850
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