单词 | mittane |
释义 | † mittanen. Scottish. Obsolete. A bird of prey (probably some kind of hawk); (apparently) = mittell n.Quot. a1900 specifically refers to the male hen harrier, Circus cyaneus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] bird of prey1340 fowl of chase1340 fowl of prey1340 fowl of ravin1340 accipitera1398 mittell1457 mittane?a1513 esalon1572 boyter1578 talenter1620 prey-bird1777 raptor1783 flesh-bird1796 raptorial1856 air pirate1885 a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 58 The myttane and Sanct Martynis fowle. 1568 W. Dunbar in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 251 Forsett is ay þe falconis kynd Bot euir the mittane [a1586 myttell] is hard in mynd. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Mittale, Mittaine, a bird of prey, of the hawk kind. a1900 in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. 306/1 [East Lothian] Mitten, the male hen-harrier, Circus cyaneus. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1513 |
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