单词 | nithering |
释义 | † nitheringn. Obsolete (Scottish in later use). Humiliation, abasement; condemnation; diminishment.In quot. OE2: damage, loss. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [noun] > to oppressive rule yokeeOE nitheringeOE underputtingc1440 servitude?1473 compression1816 downtroddenness1868 society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun] > suppression or repression suppressingc1400 repression?a1425 oppressionc1430 repressing1431 suppression1487 nithering1489 repressa1500 abolition1529 abolishment1538 abolishing?1540 repressal1593 suppressal1612 compressure1644 repressment1837 crackdown1935 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] earth-tilthOE earth-tillingOE tilling?c1225 delving1377 laboura1393 land-tillingc1420 culturec1450 tilthing1495 labouring1523 manurea1547 manuring1550 digging1552 cultivation1553 tilth1565 manurance1572 agriculture1583 nithering1599 culturation1606 gainor1607 delvage1610 agricolation1623 gainage1625 cultivage1632 manurementa1639 groundwork1655 fieldwork1656 proscission1656 field labour1661 manuragea1670 subduing1776 management1799 subjugation1800 geopony1808 clodhopping1847 agriculturism1885 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xvii. 302 Wilferð..þætte from yrmðum ecre nyðerunge..generede. OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke x. 19 Dedi uobis potestatem calcandi super serpentes : ic salde iuh mæht henisæs uel hniðrunges [OE Rushw. niðrunge]..onufa nedrum. OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 267 Detrimenta : niþerunge uel æfwyrdlan. c1175 ( in A. O. Belfour 12th Cent. Homilies in MS Bodl. 343 (1909) 56 Heo..of þisse life nan þing mare mid heom ne lædæð, buton ða synnæ, & ða ecæ nyþeruncgæ heom sylfum. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xix. 155 Yat on na wiss suld I Giff consaill till his nethring. 1599 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 187 They had committit purpresture in niddering of the kingis commoun gett, and sawing of cornis theirvpon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). nitheringadj. Scottish and English regional (northern). Shivering or trembling, as with cold. Also: that causes a person to shiver; chilling, freezing. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > affected with or having sensation of cold > shivering with cold shivering1577 shuddering1600 shrinkinga1616 chittering1787 shrugging1814 nithering1876 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Nethering, adj. shivering. 1911 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk Talk (ed. 2) 347 Nitherin' lambs. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 221 A nitherin' wund... A nitherin' auld wumman. 1996 W. N. Herbert Cabaret McGonagall 91 Noo gaither roond baith quine an loon And a nitherin screed Eh'll read. 1999 Northern Echo (Electronic ed.) 28 Jan. I got frozen stiff at Scarborough..and can't face a no less nithering night. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOEadj.1876 |
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