† merry-tottern.

Forms: see merry adj. and totter n.¹; also late Middle English merytottyr, late Middle English myry tottyr, 1600s merry-totter, 1700s merritotter (English regional), 1700s–1800s merritrotter (English regional), 1700s–1800s merry-trotter (English regional).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: merry adj., totter n.¹

Etymology: < merry adj. + totter n.¹ Compare meritot n. and discussion at that entry.

Obsolete (English regional (chiefly Yorkshire) in later use).

A swing. Also: a see-saw.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > swing > [noun]

tottera1387

merry-totter1440

shuggie-shue1653

swinger1662

swing1687

high-flyer1886

swing set1951

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > see-saw > [noun]

merry-totter1440

wild mare1600

titter-totter1790

see-saw1824

highty-tighty1825

rantipole1854

teeter1855

joggling-board1883

teeter-totter1959

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 338 Myry tottyr [v.r. miritotyr], chylderys game,..oscillum.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 79 ^v A Merytottyr, ocillum, petaurus.

1659 C. Hoole tr. J. A. Comenius Visible World (1672) 277 Boyes..tossing and swinging themselves upon a Merry-totter [L. super Petaurum].

1775 J. Watson Hist. Halifax 543 Merritotter, a Swing for exercise, or diversion.

1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Merry-totter, a see-saw.

1862 ‘T. Treddlehoyle’ Bairnsla Foaks' Ann. 4 Wun al be scrimin' up a poll, anuther swingin' on a merry-trotter.

1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 86 Merritrotter, a species of swing, formed by a rope thrown over a beam.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merry-totter
释义	† merry-tottern. Forms: see merry adj. and totter n.¹; also late Middle English merytottyr, late Middle English myry tottyr, 1600s merry-totter, 1700s merritotter (English regional), 1700s–1800s merritrotter (English regional), 1700s–1800s merry-trotter (English regional). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: merry adj., totter n.¹ Etymology: < merry adj. + totter n.¹ Compare meritot n. and discussion at that entry. Obsolete (English regional (chiefly Yorkshire) in later use). A swing. Also: a see-saw. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > swing > [noun] tottera1387 merry-totter1440 shuggie-shue1653 swinger1662 swing1687 high-flyer1886 swing set1951 society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > see-saw > [noun] merry-totter1440 wild mare1600 titter-totter1790 see-saw1824 highty-tighty1825 rantipole1854 teeter1855 joggling-board1883 teeter-totter1959 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 338 Myry tottyr [v.r. miritotyr], chylderys game,..oscillum. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 79 ^v A Merytottyr, ocillum, petaurus. 1659 C. Hoole tr. J. A. Comenius Visible World (1672) 277 Boyes..tossing and swinging themselves upon a Merry-totter [L. super Petaurum]. 1775 J. Watson Hist. Halifax 543 Merritotter, a Swing for exercise, or diversion. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Merry-totter, a see-saw. 1862 ‘T. Treddlehoyle’ Bairnsla Foaks' Ann. 4 Wun al be scrimin' up a poll, anuther swingin' on a merry-trotter. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 86 Merritrotter, a species of swing, formed by a rope thrown over a beam. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1440
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