runchien.

Brit.

/ˈrʌn(t)ʃi/, U.S.

/ˈrən(t)ʃi/, Scottish English

/ˈrʌnʃɪ/

Forms: English regional (Northumberland) 1900s– runchie; Scottish 1700s– runchie, 1800s rungy (Shetland), 1800s runjee (Shetland), 1800s runsie (Shetland), 1900s– runshie (Shetland), 1900s– ruvshie (Shetland), 1900s– rungie (Shetland).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: runch n., -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < runch n. + -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier runchick n. Ling. Atlas Scotl. (1977) II. 115–16 records the word from Shetland, Moray, Dunbartonshire, Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Dumfriesshire, and Northumberland.

Scottish and English regional (northern).

A weed of cultivated land; (in later use) esp. = runch n.Recorded earliest in runchie week n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > [noun] > weed

weedOE

bastard slipa1398

infirmity1597

noxious weed1621

hogweed1655

runchie1715

rogue1727

weedling1820

1715 A. Pennecuik Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale 6 There are amongst them, that will not suffer the Wrack to be taken of their Land..till the first Week of May be over, which they call Runchie Week.

1810 G. Chalmers Caledonia II. 936 The word runchies, for weeds, is generally known to rurigenous people.

1920 T. Mainland in J. G. F. M. Heddle & T. Mainland Orkney & Shetland ii. vi. 116 The wild mustard and radish (runchie) are only too common.

1978 J. R. Nicolson Trad. Life in Shetland iv. 66 Invariably the rigs became infested with runchie, a yellow weed that gives out a sickly smell after rain.

1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 452/2 Wild radish shares runch (meaning crunchy) with charlock and wild mustard and other cressy plants. In Shetland it is runchie.

Compounds

runchie week n. now rare the first week of May, so called because it is the period in which weeds typically spring up.

ΚΠ

1715*Runchie Week [see main sense].

1853 Topogr., Statist. & Hist. Gazetteer Scotl. (new ed.) II. 500/1 The farmers..would not..sow their bear-seed till after ‘Runchie-week’, ‘the week of weeds’, or the first week of May.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	runchie
释义	runchien. Brit. /ˈrʌn(t)ʃi/, U.S. /ˈrən(t)ʃi/, Scottish English /ˈrʌnʃɪ/ Forms: English regional (Northumberland) 1900s– runchie; Scottish 1700s– runchie, 1800s rungy (Shetland), 1800s runjee (Shetland), 1800s runsie (Shetland), 1900s– runshie (Shetland), 1900s– ruvshie (Shetland), 1900s– rungie (Shetland). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: runch n., -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < runch n. + -y suffix⁶. Compare earlier runchick n. Ling. Atlas Scotl. (1977) II. 115–16 records the word from Shetland, Moray, Dunbartonshire, Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Dumfriesshire, and Northumberland. Scottish and English regional (northern). A weed of cultivated land; (in later use) esp. = runch n.Recorded earliest in runchie week n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > [noun] > weed weedOE bastard slipa1398 infirmity1597 noxious weed1621 hogweed1655 runchie1715 rogue1727 weedling1820 1715 A. Pennecuik Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale 6 There are amongst them, that will not suffer the Wrack to be taken of their Land..till the first Week of May be over, which they call Runchie Week. 1810 G. Chalmers Caledonia II. 936 The word runchies, for weeds, is generally known to rurigenous people. 1920 T. Mainland in J. G. F. M. Heddle & T. Mainland Orkney & Shetland ii. vi. 116 The wild mustard and radish (runchie) are only too common. 1978 J. R. Nicolson Trad. Life in Shetland iv. 66 Invariably the rigs became infested with runchie, a yellow weed that gives out a sickly smell after rain. 1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 452/2 Wild radish shares runch (meaning crunchy) with charlock and wild mustard and other cressy plants. In Shetland it is runchie. Compounds runchie week n. now rare the first week of May, so called because it is the period in which weeds typically spring up. ΚΠ 1715Runchie Week [see main sense]. 1853 Topogr., Statist. & Hist. Gazetteer Scotl.* (new ed.) II. 500/1 The farmers..would not..sow their bear-seed till after ‘Runchie-week’, ‘the week of weeds’, or the first week of May. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1715
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