† mammerv.

Forms: late Middle English mamere, late Middle English memere, 1500s mamber, 1500s mammor, 1500s mamor, 1500s–1600s mamer, 1500s–1600s mammer.

Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English *mam- , -er suffix⁵.

Etymology: Perhaps < a base *mam-, of imitative origin + -er suffix⁵; compare mamble v., mumble v., mum n.¹The formal and semantic similarity with Old English mamor heavy sleep and mamrian to think out (see memory n.) is probably coincidental.

Obsolete.

intransitive. To stammer, mutter; to vacillate, waver, be undecided.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly

stammerc1000

wlaffe1025

stotec1325

humc1374

mafflea1387

stut1388

rattlea1398

famble14..

mammera1425

drotec1440

falterc1440

stackerc1440

hem1470

wallowa1475

tattle1481

mant1506

happer1519

trip1526

hobblea1529

hack1553

stagger1565

faffle1570

stutter1570

hem and hawk1588

ha1604

hammer1619

titubate1623

haw1632

fork1652

hacker1652

lispc1680

hesitate1706

balbutiate1731

haffle1790

hotter1828

stutter1831

ah1853

catch1889

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)]

haltc825

flecchec1300

waverc1315

flickerc1325

wag1387

swervea1400

floghter1521

stacker1526

to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530

wave1532

stagger1533

to hang in the wind1536

to waver as, like, with the wind1548

mammer1554

sway1563

dodge1568

erch1584

suspend1585

float1598

swag1608

hoverc1620

hesitate1623

vacillate1623

fluctuate1634

demur1641

balance1656

to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674

to stand shall I, shall I1674

to go shill-I shall-I1700

to stand at shilly-shally1700

to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734

whiffle1737

dilly-dally1740

to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751

oscillate1771

shilly-shally1782

dacker1817

librate1822

humdrum1825

swing1833

(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848

to back and fill1854

haver1866

wobble1867

shaffle1873

dicker1879

to be on the weigh-scales1886

waffle1894

to think twice1898

to teeter on the brink1902

dither1908

vagulate1918

pern1920

a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 668 Mutulare, to mamere.

a1500 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Douce) 110 Hit marred, hit memered, hit mused for madde.

1554 J. Bradford Let. 8 Aug. in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 313 Tyl he [sc. Adam] forsoke god..began to mamber of the truth, & to frame hymselfe outwardly to doe that which his conscience reproued inwardly..til then, I say, god did not departe and leaue him to himselfe.

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Gv^v Yea when she daygnes to sende for hym, Then mammeryng he dothe doute, What should I go, as suppliaunt?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 71 I wonder in my Soule What you would aske me, that I should deny, Or stand so mam'ring [1622 muttering] on?

1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. vii. 254 Would you haue them to mammer, as Elias said merrily once of Baal, Perhaps he is gone to warre,..so perhaps he is gone to Purgatory?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mammer
释义	† mammerv. Forms: late Middle English mamere, late Middle English memere, 1500s mamber, 1500s mammor, 1500s mamor, 1500s–1600s mamer, 1500s–1600s mammer. Origin: Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English mam- , -er suffix⁵. Etymology: Perhaps < a base mam-, of imitative origin + -er suffix⁵; compare mamble v., mumble v., mum n.¹The formal and semantic similarity with Old English mamor heavy sleep and mamrian to think out (see memory n.) is probably coincidental. Obsolete. intransitive. To stammer, mutter; to vacillate, waver, be undecided. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly stammerc1000 wlaffe1025 stotec1325 humc1374 mafflea1387 stut1388 rattlea1398 famble14.. mammera1425 drotec1440 falterc1440 stackerc1440 hem1470 wallowa1475 tattle1481 mant1506 happer1519 trip1526 hobblea1529 hack1553 stagger1565 faffle1570 stutter1570 hem and hawk1588 ha1604 hammer1619 titubate1623 haw1632 fork1652 hacker1652 lispc1680 hesitate1706 balbutiate1731 haffle1790 hotter1828 stutter1831 ah1853 catch1889 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 a1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 668 Mutulare, to mamere. a1500 (a1400) Awntyrs Arthure (Douce) 110 Hit marred, hit memered, hit mused for madde. 1554 J. Bradford Let. 8 Aug. in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 313 Tyl he [sc. Adam] forsoke god..began to mamber of the truth, & to frame hymselfe outwardly to doe that which his conscience reproued inwardly..til then, I say, god did not departe and leaue him to himselfe. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Gv^v Yea when she daygnes to sende for hym, Then mammeryng he dothe doute, What should I go, as suppliaunt? a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 71 I wonder in my Soule What you would aske me, that I should deny, Or stand so mam'ring [1622 muttering] on? 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. vii. 254 Would you haue them to mammer, as Elias said merrily once of Baal, Perhaps he is gone to warre,..so perhaps he is gone to Purgatory? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.a1425
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