† seednessn.

Forms: see seed n. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: seed n., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < seed n. + -ness suffix.With sense 2b compare later seediness n. 1.

Obsolete.

1. The sowing season; = seed time n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > time of year > season for specific agricultural operation

seedOE

seed timeOE

season1393

barley-selec1440

seednessc1450

seeding timea1594

turf-time1594

tid1799

c1450 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Bodl. Add.) i. l. 256 (MED) Trymenstre sedness [?1440 Duke Humfrey seedis; L. satio] eke is to respite To places colde of winter snowes white.

1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling iii. 26 From Seedness to Harvest, he is bound to a constant dependance on God, and from Harvest to Seedness again.

1721 M. Henry Epist. New Test. 176/2 Our present Time is Seed-time, in the other World there will be a great Harvest; and as the Husbandman reaps in the Harvest, according as he sows in the Seedness, so we shall reap then as we sow now.

1793 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 5 83 At Wheat seedness in 1785, having purchased a Machine, I drilled eighty acres with Wheat.

1806 J. Williams Climate Great Brit. vi. 117 The scarcity which succeeded the wet summer and bad harvest of 1799 was followed, in the autumn, by a bad seedness, or unfavourable weather for wheat sowing.

1889 J. M. Lely & W. A. Peck Precedents Leases for Years v. 139 The value of —— of the wheat crop (exclusive of the straw thereof) sown in the last seedness of the tenancy, in accordance with the stipulations herein contained.

a. The action of sowing seed; seeding; an instance of this. Also: the state of being sown. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun]

sowing1362

sowa1400

sation?1440

semination1531

seeding1541

seedness1549

seedage1610

sature1657

insemination1658

grass seeding1823

semence1859

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Phil. i. f. ii^v So perseuer styll vnto the daye of Christes commynge, that you maye than appeare..aboundauntlye ful of good workes, wherof in this world you make as it wer a seedenesse, and shal reape y^e frute therof at y^t day.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. v. 18 The manner is to plant them..at both times of Seednes, to wit, the Spring and the Fall.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxii. viii. 200 The vast wildernesse (which never felt the plough, nor know [sic] what seednesse [L. sementem] is, but lye desert, and subject to many frosts).

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. iv. 41 As blossoming Time That from the seednes, the bare fallow brings To teeming foyson.

1661 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 85 Barley much abused in Drunknes, and now Barley seedness hindred, God is Righteous.

a1714 M. Henry Expos. Prophetical Bks. Old Test. (1725) (ed. 3) (Isa. xvii) 52/1 Look upon it at the time of the Seedness, and it was all like a Garden.

1719 Ludlow Post-man 9 Oct. 4 Tuesday last being Valentine's Day (or the Day that Mr. Valentine, Musician, put his Hand to the Plough, in Order for Seedness, by which he is engag'd, according to the old Proverb, not to look back) was celebrated a Marriage.

b. concrete. The thing sown; seed. rare.figurative in quot. 1597.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > source, seed, or germ

seedeOE

mustard seed?1523

seed corn1586

seedness1597

sperm1639

seminal1646

germ1823

1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 19 As the corne must fyrst be sowen and dye in the yerthe before yt receyve a new bodye,..so must we be the lords sedenes before the happie harvest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	seedness
释义	† seednessn. Forms: see seed n. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: seed n., -ness suffix. Etymology: < seed n. + -ness suffix.With sense 2b compare later seediness n. 1. Obsolete. 1. The sowing season; = seed time n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > time of year > season for specific agricultural operation seedOE seed timeOE season1393 barley-selec1440 seednessc1450 seeding timea1594 turf-time1594 tid1799 c1450 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Bodl. Add.) i. l. 256 (MED) Trymenstre sedness [?1440 Duke Humfrey seedis; L. satio] eke is to respite To places colde of winter snowes white. 1668 R. Steele Husbandmans Calling iii. 26 From Seedness to Harvest, he is bound to a constant dependance on God, and from Harvest to Seedness again. 1721 M. Henry Epist. New Test. 176/2 Our present Time is Seed-time, in the other World there will be a great Harvest; and as the Husbandman reaps in the Harvest, according as he sows in the Seedness, so we shall reap then as we sow now. 1793 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 5 83 At Wheat seedness in 1785, having purchased a Machine, I drilled eighty acres with Wheat. 1806 J. Williams Climate Great Brit. vi. 117 The scarcity which succeeded the wet summer and bad harvest of 1799 was followed, in the autumn, by a bad seedness, or unfavourable weather for wheat sowing. 1889 J. M. Lely & W. A. Peck Precedents Leases for Years v. 139 The value of —— of the wheat crop (exclusive of the straw thereof) sown in the last seedness of the tenancy, in accordance with the stipulations herein contained. 2. a. The action of sowing seed; seeding; an instance of this. Also: the state of being sown. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] sowing1362 sowa1400 sation?1440 semination1531 seeding1541 seedness1549 seedage1610 sature1657 insemination1658 grass seeding1823 semence1859 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Phil. i. f. ii^v So perseuer styll vnto the daye of Christes commynge, that you maye than appeare..aboundauntlye ful of good workes, wherof in this world you make as it wer a seedenesse, and shal reape y^e frute therof at y^t day. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. v. 18 The manner is to plant them..at both times of Seednes, to wit, the Spring and the Fall. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxii. viii. 200 The vast wildernesse (which never felt the plough, nor know [sic] what seednesse [L. sementem] is, but lye desert, and subject to many frosts). a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. iv. 41 As blossoming Time That from the seednes, the bare fallow brings To teeming foyson. View more context for this quotation 1661 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 85 Barley much abused in Drunknes, and now Barley seedness hindred, God is Righteous. a1714 M. Henry Expos. Prophetical Bks. Old Test. (1725) (ed. 3) (Isa. xvii) 52/1 Look upon it at the time of the Seedness, and it was all like a Garden. 1719 Ludlow Post-man 9 Oct. 4 Tuesday last being Valentine's Day (or the Day that Mr. Valentine, Musician, put his Hand to the Plough, in Order for Seedness, by which he is engag'd, according to the old Proverb, not to look back) was celebrated a Marriage. b. concrete. The thing sown; seed. rare.figurative in quot. 1597. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > source, seed, or germ seedeOE mustard seed?1523 seed corn1586 seedness1597 sperm1639 seminal1646 germ1823 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 19 As the corne must fyrst be sowen and dye in the yerthe before yt receyve a new bodye,..so must we be the lords sedenes before the happie harvest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.c1450
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