old yearn.

Brit.

/əʊld ˈjɪə/,

/əʊld ˈjəː/, U.S.

/ˈoʊld ˈjɪ(ə)r/

Forms: see old adj. and year n. Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., year n.

Etymology: < old adj. + year n. Compare earlier New Year n.In South African usage Old Year's Day and Old Year's Night are modelled on Afrikaans Oujaarsdag, Oujaarsnag, Oujaarsaand (compare Dutch oudejaarsdag, oudejaarsavond).

The year preceding the present one (usually so called when it has recently ended).to see the old year out: see year n. Phrases 4.

ΚΠ

1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. vi. sig. U.iij^v Perchaunce you haue ended all the inconueniences in the olde yeare, and I may begin the New yeare, in helping to bloome the blessings of Marriage.

1611 Psalmes, Songs, & Sonnets xxviii Th'olde yeare by course is past and gone, Olde Adam Lord from vs expell.

1658 J. Cleveland Poems 103 The Antitype, this Venus makes it true, Shee shuts the old year, and begins the new.

1790 Gentleman's Mag. 60 ii. 616/2 On the last night of the old year (peculiarly called Hagmenai).

1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 41 ‘To wauke the auld year into the new’ is a popular and expressive phrase.

1850 Sunday Mercury (N.Y.) 6 Jan. 2/6 Last Monday..the old year was not quite a goner.

1875 L. Troubridge Jrnl. in Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 134 It's eleven o'clock now, and shall I tell you what we three are doing? Watching the Old Year out and the New Year in.

1939 H. Nicolson Diary 31 Dec. (1967) II. 52 I do not stay to watch the New Year in or the Old Year out. I write this diary at 11.45 and shall not wait.

1997 J. Bowker World Relig. 38/1 A bonfire is lit on the eve of Holi to symbolise the destruction of the old year.

Compounds

attributive and in the genitive. Chiefly South African and Caribbean. Designating the last day (or night) of the old year, and festivities to mark this; esp. in Old Year's Day, Old Year's Night. Cf. New Year n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1648 E. Davies Of Gen. Great Day's Approach 14 Like Antipodes the Hebrew and Greek; and so of the Old-year end, married to New-years day.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xiii. 147 Forth they rode on the Old Year-morning, not with any view to business, but purely in search of mischief.

c1885 W. Laidlaw Poetry & Prose (1901) 34 And Jethart bairns, on Auld Year's day, Would get their cakes for Hogmanay.

1897 R. M. Stuart In Simpkinsville i. 14 They got him to come to the old year party one year, jest for the fun of it.

1956 S. Selvon Lonely Londoners (1995) 132 I always want to take a trip to bonny Scotland, I hear Old Years is big fete there.

1973 Express (Port of Spain, Trinidad) 4 Feb. 3 Who could afford to turn up unwashed at an Old Year's fete?

1982 E. Lovelace Shoemaker Arnold in Brief Conversat. (1988) 127 Look how cool he working in my shoemaker shop this big Old Year's day when all over the island people feteing.

1983 G. Butler Bursting World xi. 278 On Old Year's Night we had a hell of a party.

1987 A. Soule et al. Wynand du Toit Story 119 My next surprise came early in the morning on Old Year's Day.

1995 Church Times 6 Jan. 7/1 The son of a crane-slinger from Canning town, born in 1901, when asked if his parents attended church, replied ‘Oh yes—..they would nearly always go on Old Year's Night’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old year
释义	old yearn. Brit. /əʊld ˈjɪə/, /əʊld ˈjəː/, U.S. /ˈoʊld ˈjɪ(ə)r/ Forms: see old adj. and year n. Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., year n. Etymology: < old adj. + year n. Compare earlier New Year n.In South African usage Old Year's Day and Old Year's Night are modelled on Afrikaans Oujaarsdag, Oujaarsnag, Oujaarsaand (compare Dutch oudejaarsdag, oudejaarsavond). The year preceding the present one (usually so called when it has recently ended).to see the old year out: see year n. Phrases 4. ΚΠ 1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. vi. sig. U.iij^v Perchaunce you haue ended all the inconueniences in the olde yeare, and I may begin the New yeare, in helping to bloome the blessings of Marriage. 1611 Psalmes, Songs, & Sonnets xxviii Th'olde yeare by course is past and gone, Olde Adam Lord from vs expell. 1658 J. Cleveland Poems 103 The Antitype, this Venus makes it true, Shee shuts the old year, and begins the new. 1790 Gentleman's Mag. 60 ii. 616/2 On the last night of the old year (peculiarly called Hagmenai). 1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 41 ‘To wauke the auld year into the new’ is a popular and expressive phrase. 1850 Sunday Mercury (N.Y.) 6 Jan. 2/6 Last Monday..the old year was not quite a goner. 1875 L. Troubridge Jrnl. in Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 134 It's eleven o'clock now, and shall I tell you what we three are doing? Watching the Old Year out and the New Year in. 1939 H. Nicolson Diary 31 Dec. (1967) II. 52 I do not stay to watch the New Year in or the Old Year out. I write this diary at 11.45 and shall not wait. 1997 J. Bowker World Relig. 38/1 A bonfire is lit on the eve of Holi to symbolise the destruction of the old year. Compounds attributive and in the genitive. Chiefly South African and Caribbean. Designating the last day (or night) of the old year, and festivities to mark this; esp. in Old Year's Day, Old Year's Night. Cf. New Year n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1648 E. Davies Of Gen. Great Day's Approach 14 Like Antipodes the Hebrew and Greek; and so of the Old-year end, married to New-years day. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xiii. 147 Forth they rode on the Old Year-morning, not with any view to business, but purely in search of mischief. c1885 W. Laidlaw Poetry & Prose (1901) 34 And Jethart bairns, on Auld Year's day, Would get their cakes for Hogmanay. 1897 R. M. Stuart In Simpkinsville i. 14 They got him to come to the old year party one year, jest for the fun of it. 1956 S. Selvon Lonely Londoners (1995) 132 I always want to take a trip to bonny Scotland, I hear Old Years is big fete there. 1973 Express (Port of Spain, Trinidad) 4 Feb. 3 Who could afford to turn up unwashed at an Old Year's fete? 1982 E. Lovelace Shoemaker Arnold in Brief Conversat. (1988) 127 Look how cool he working in my shoemaker shop this big Old Year's day when all over the island people feteing. 1983 G. Butler Bursting World xi. 278 On Old Year's Night we had a hell of a party. 1987 A. Soule et al. Wynand du Toit Story 119 My next surprise came early in the morning on Old Year's Day. 1995 Church Times 6 Jan. 7/1 The son of a crane-slinger from Canning town, born in 1901, when asked if his parents attended church, replied ‘Oh yes—..they would nearly always go on Old Year's Night’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1582
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