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mouldwarpmoldwarpn. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with early modern Dutch molworp , Old Saxon molduuerp , Middle Low German molworp , multworp , mulworp , Old High German moltwerfo , multwerf , mulwerf (Middle High German moltwerfe , multworf ), Icelandic moldvarpa , Danish muldvarp , Old Swedish moldvarp , molvarp , mulvarper , mulvärpil (Swedish regional mullvarp ) < the Germanic base of mould n.1 + the Germanic base of warp v. (with the compound literally meaning ‘earth-thrower’; compare mould-turner in quot. 1829 at sense 1α. ). See also mole n.3, want n.1The earliest attested cognate is Old High German mūwerf , mūwerfo (Middle High German mūwerfe ) with a different first element (perhaps cognate with mow n.1, thus lit. ‘mound-thrower’). Under the influence of multwerf , mulwerf , this was altered to Middle High German mūlwurf (German Maulwurf , lit. ‘snout-thrower’) by folk-etymology. The word is not attested in Old English, where the only term for the animal is wand , wandeweorp (see want n.1). Some forms of the English word reflect various folk-etymologies: mole-rat , mouley-rat , mowdiemart after other names for small mammals (compare rat n.1, mart n.5), muddywarp , mudwort after mud n.1 The second element of moodywant , muddywant is an alternative word for mole, see want n.1 Compare in other languages e.g. Middle High German moltwurm , lit. ‘earth-worm’ (probably through confusion with mol mole, salamander), Swedish mullvad , lit. ‘earth-goer’. Forms without a dental in the first syllable (see especially γ. and η. forms) may have been influenced by, or reinforced by analogy with, mole n.3 The development of forms in final dental (δ. , ε. forms) or velar (ζ. forms) is not found in other Germanic languages. The final dental is particularly common in Scotland. Now chiefly regional. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Talpidae > genus Talpa (mole) α. a1325 (Cambr.) (1929) 810 Taupaines, moldewarpes. a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xi. 30 A serpent þat is clep[ed] a lisard & amoldewarpe [a1425 L.V. maldewerp; L. talpa], alle þees been vnclene. ?c1430 J. Wyclif (1871) III. 315 Þes blynde moldewerpis, evere wrotyng in þe erþe aboute erþely muk. 1480 W. Caxton lxxv. 60 After this lambe shal come a mold warpe. 1494 Loutfut MS f. 17, in at Modewarp The modewarp is a blind best haffand a gronȝe in form of a porc euer beand vorceland in the erd. 1595 E. Spenser sig. D3v They..drownded lie in pleasures wastefull well, In which like Moldwarps nousling still they lurke. 1598 W. Shakespeare iii. i. 145 Sometime he angers me With telling me of the Moldwarp and the Ant. View more context for this quotation 1655 I. Walton (ed. 2) i. 21 The Feret, the Pole-cat, the Mouldwarp, [etc.]. 1691 J. Ray Catal. N. Country Words in (ed. 2) 135 A Mould warp, a Mole. ?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ 25 Hoos..os smoot os o Mowd-warp. 1813 J. Hogg ii. ix. 112 The moldwarp digs his mossy grave. 1829 J. L. Knapp 142 The mole, want, mouldwarper, or mould-turner. 1854 1 July 6/1 A mole-trap must be watched, and the moment it is sprung, and whilst the poor mouldwarp is in extremis, but before life is extinct..his hand-like paws are to be cut off, and worn by the patient. 1916 E. Blunden 59 Mouldwarps working late. 1985 J. Fowles 403 Nay, he puts most others in it..that are blind as mouldwarps in Christ's light. 1832 8 Nov. 142/5 The Tories would fain he were like themselves—they would have him a plotter, a miner, a miserable moudiwort. c1870 in (1965) VI. 341/1 He's just a moudiewort. Ye aye ken whar he's working frae the dirt he casts up. 1871 W. Alexander xxiii ‘Molie canna ha'e 't an' haud it, ye ken.’ ‘Ou ay, an' Dawvid acks the moudie-wort wi' him.’ 1892 A. Lang 30 Some coof has played the moudiewarp, Rin in, an' stimied me! 1931 J. Lorimer xx Ay, there's eneuch to be offered for the apprehension o' that hizzie to keep ye bien awhile, ye moudiewart. the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun] 1928 ‘M. Chapman’ 312 Moldwarp, a slack-twisted, worthless man; a downgone wastrel. c1938 C. H. Matschat 122 Hain't as if Pompano was a mortworp—he's got a fine job in the gov'ment. 1952 F. C. Brown I. 566 Moldwarp, mouldwarp,..a stupid person, a dolt. ‘That fellow's always doing the wrong thing; he's such a moldwarp he hacks me to death.’ Compounds 1591 in A. I. Ritchie (1880) 106 Having moudie~wart feet on a purse given him by Satan. 1647 H. More lx What their mole-warp hands can feel and trie By groping touch. 1570 in J. Raine (1853) 229 One mold warppe hatt. the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Talpidae > genus Talpa (mole) > molehill ?c1475 (BL Add. 15562) f. 82 A moldewarpehyll. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert f. xiiiiv Take hede..that the moldywarpe hylles be spred. 1826 H. Duncan III. xi It's nae mair to be compared to our castle, than a moudiewark-hill to a mountain. 1871 B. Brierley iii. 32 We shall be swept away like meauldiwart hills. 1584 (E. Riding Yorks.) A moldwarp stafe. Derivatives 1597 H. Lok v. 9 But mouldwarp like, these blindfold grope in vaine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.a1325 |
