nyen.

Brit.

/nʌɪ/, U.S.

/naɪ/

Forms: Middle English neye, Middle English 1600s ny, Middle English 1600s– nye; English regional 1800s– ni, 1800s– nie.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ny, ni.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ny a brood of pheasants (beginning of the 14th cent.), Anglo-Norman and Middle French ni nest (mid 12th cent. in Old French; French nid ; compare nide n.) < classical Latin nīdus nest (see nidus n.). Compare eye n.³

Now archaic and English regional.

A brood of pheasants.By later writers and glossarists often supposed to be a general collective noun for a group or flock of pheasants: cf. quots. 1706, 1931.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > genus Phasianus > phasianus colchicus (pheasant) > brood

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c1400 Femina (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 2 Nye dez fesauntez, a nye of fesauntes.

1448 in J. Hodgkin Proper Terms (1909) 56 (MED) A ny of fesantes.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. fvj A Nye of Fesaunttys.

a1500 Terms Assoc. in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1962) 13 53 (MED) A Nye of Feysantes.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xiii. 310/2 A Ny of Pheasants.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Nye of pheasants (among fowlers), a flight, or great company of those birds.

1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Nye of pheasants, a brood of pheasants: So an eye is sometimes called.

1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases 117 Ni, a brood of pheasants.

1906 A. Conan Doyle Sir Nigel xi. 139 ‘That jack-fool..was here talking of having seen a covey of pheasants in the wood.’.. ‘Surely, fair sir, it should be a nye of pheasants.’

1931 Science 16 Jan. 51/2 [In discussion of the historical setting of Conan Doyle's novel Sir Nigel] To speak of a flock of pheasants is a grievous sin against culture—it is a nye of pheasants.

1976 Lebende Sprachen 21 102/2 Nyes of pheasants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nye
释义	nyen. Brit. /nʌɪ/, U.S. /naɪ/ Forms: Middle English neye, Middle English 1600s ny, Middle English 1600s– nye; English regional 1800s– ni, 1800s– nie. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French ny, ni. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ny a brood of pheasants (beginning of the 14th cent.), Anglo-Norman and Middle French ni nest (mid 12th cent. in Old French; French nid ; compare nide n.) < classical Latin nīdus nest (see nidus n.). Compare eye n.³ Now archaic and English regional. A brood of pheasants.By later writers and glossarists often supposed to be a general collective noun for a group or flock of pheasants: cf. quots. 1706, 1931. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > genus Phasianus > phasianus colchicus (pheasant) > brood nyec1400 eyea1475 nide1679 c1400 Femina (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 2 Nye dez fesauntez, a nye of fesauntes. 1448 in J. Hodgkin Proper Terms (1909) 56 (MED) A ny of fesantes. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. fvj A Nye of Fesaunttys. a1500 Terms Assoc. in Rev. Eng. Stud. (1962) 13 53 (MED) A Nye of Feysantes. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xiii. 310/2 A Ny of Pheasants. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Nye of pheasants (among fowlers), a flight, or great company of those birds. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Nye of pheasants, a brood of pheasants: So an eye is sometimes called. 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases 117 Ni, a brood of pheasants. 1906 A. Conan Doyle Sir Nigel xi. 139 ‘That jack-fool..was here talking of having seen a covey of pheasants in the wood.’.. ‘Surely, fair sir, it should be a nye of pheasants.’ 1931 Science 16 Jan. 51/2 [In discussion of the historical setting of Conan Doyle's novel Sir Nigel] To speak of a flock of pheasants is a grievous sin against culture—it is a nye of pheasants. 1976 Lebende Sprachen 21 102/2 Nyes of pheasants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400
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