rittockn.

Brit.

/ˈrɪtək/, U.S.

/ˈrɪdək/, Scottish English

/ˈrɪtək/

Forms: Scottish 1700s– rittock, 1800s rittoch, 1900s– rittag (Caithness), 1900s– ruttok; Newfoundland 1800s rittick.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Norn, combined with an English element. Etymon: -ock suffix.

Etymology: Probably < the unattested Norn cognate of Old Icelandic rytr kind of gull, Icelandic ryta kittiwake (19th cent.), Faroese ryta kittiwake ( < an ablaut variant (zero-grade) of the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic rauta rout v.⁴, probably originally descriptive of the bird's cry) + -ock suffix. Compare rippock n.Compare earlier Scots regional (St Kilda) †reddag kind of gull, which apparently shows transmission via Scottish Gaelic of the same Scandinavian word (compare Scottish Gaelic -ag , diminutive suffix: see -ock suffix):1698 M. Martin Late Voy. St. Kilda 63 The Third sort is a White Mall, less than a Tame Duck; the Inhabitants call it Reddag. Compare also (with different suffixation) 20th-cent. Orkney Scots ritto, in the same sense.

Chiefly Scottish (Caithness, Orkney, and Shetland).

A tern or small gull. Cf. rippock n.The species commonly referred to are the common and Arctic terns ( Sterna hirundo and S. paradisaea), the black-headed gull ( Larus ridibundus), and the kittiwake ( Rissa tridactyla).

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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern)

stern1609

sternet1638

sea-swallow1647

tern1678

rittock1774

mackerel gull1792

gull-teaser1802

kip1802

rippock1806

kingbird1831

pirr1875

1774 G. Low Tour Orkney & Shetland (1879) 43 The Rittock or Great Tern is the most numerous species.

1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney iii. i. 303 The Greater Tern,..which is here known by the name of the Rittoch, appears only in summer.

1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Tern—Common Extends to the Orkney and Zetland Islands, where we are assured by Mr. Fleming they are known by the several names of Tarrock.., Rittock or Rippock.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 576 Rittoch, an Orkney name for the tern, Sterna hirundo.

1891 A. S. Packard Labrador Coast 438 Arctic Tern... Known as the ‘Rittick’ at Ungava.

1895 R. Kearton Brit. Birds' Nests 288 Local names: Sea Swallow, Tarney or Pictarney, Tarrack, Tarret, Rittock, Rippock, Sporre, Scraye, Pirr, Gull Teaser.

1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Ritto, rittock, a black-headed gull. In some parts of Orkney also a tern or a kittiwake.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rittock
释义	rittockn. Brit. /ˈrɪtək/, U.S. /ˈrɪdək/, Scottish English /ˈrɪtək/ Forms: Scottish 1700s– rittock, 1800s rittoch, 1900s– rittag (Caithness), 1900s– ruttok; Newfoundland 1800s rittick. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Norn, combined with an English element. Etymon: -ock suffix. Etymology: Probably < the unattested Norn cognate of Old Icelandic rytr kind of gull, Icelandic ryta kittiwake (19th cent.), Faroese ryta kittiwake ( < an ablaut variant (zero-grade) of the same Scandinavian base as Old Icelandic rauta rout v.⁴, probably originally descriptive of the bird's cry) + -ock suffix. Compare rippock n.Compare earlier Scots regional (St Kilda) †reddag kind of gull, which apparently shows transmission via Scottish Gaelic of the same Scandinavian word (compare Scottish Gaelic -ag , diminutive suffix: see -ock suffix):1698 M. Martin Late Voy. St. Kilda 63 The Third sort is a White Mall, less than a Tame Duck; the Inhabitants call it Reddag. Compare also (with different suffixation) 20th-cent. Orkney Scots ritto, in the same sense. Chiefly Scottish (Caithness, Orkney, and Shetland). A tern or small gull. Cf. rippock n.The species commonly referred to are the common and Arctic terns ( Sterna hirundo and S. paradisaea), the black-headed gull ( Larus ridibundus), and the kittiwake ( Rissa tridactyla). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) stern1609 sternet1638 sea-swallow1647 tern1678 rittock1774 mackerel gull1792 gull-teaser1802 kip1802 rippock1806 kingbird1831 pirr1875 1774 G. Low Tour Orkney & Shetland (1879) 43 The Rittock or Great Tern is the most numerous species. 1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney iii. i. 303 The Greater Tern,..which is here known by the name of the Rittoch, appears only in summer. 1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Tern—Common Extends to the Orkney and Zetland Islands, where we are assured by Mr. Fleming they are known by the several names of Tarrock.., Rittock or Rippock. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 576 Rittoch, an Orkney name for the tern, Sterna hirundo. 1891 A. S. Packard Labrador Coast 438 Arctic Tern... Known as the ‘Rittick’ at Ungava. 1895 R. Kearton Brit. Birds' Nests 288 Local names: Sea Swallow, Tarney or Pictarney, Tarrack, Tarret, Rittock, Rippock, Sporre, Scraye, Pirr, Gull Teaser. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Ritto, rittock, a black-headed gull. In some parts of Orkney also a tern or a kittiwake. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1774
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