† widdieneckn.

Forms: see widdie n. and neck n.¹; also pre-1700 widdinek.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: widdie n., neck n.¹

Etymology: < widdie n. + neck n.¹ Compare widdiefu n.

Scottish. Obsolete.

1. A person who deserves or is likely to be hanged.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging

wickhals?a1400

crack-rope?a1500

widdieneck?a1500

widdiefu?a1513

thevis neka1525

stretch-hemp1532

man of death1535

slip-string1546

waghalter1546

ropeful1567

gallows-clapper1570

hang-rope1570

rope-ripe1570

crack-halter1573

hempstring1573

wag-string1578

stretch-halter1583

gallows1598

halter-sack1598

wag-with1611

crack-hempa1616

roper1615

halter-sick1617

gallows-climber1668

hang-string1675

hempy1718

gallows-face1725

gallows-bird1785

hang-gallows1785

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 660 in Poems (1981) 29 In dreid and schame our dayis we indure, Syne ‘Widdinek’ and ‘Crakraip’ callit als, And till our hyre ar hangit be the hals.

1621 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Hart) sig. D Spew bleck, widdie neck.

2. A hangman's noose. Only figurative in in (also into) the widdienecks: in or into a quarrel or dispute.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope

ropeeOE

withec1275

cordc1330

snarea1425

tippet1447

girnc1480

halter1481

widdie1508

tether?a1513

hemp1532

Tyburn tippet1549

John Roper's window1552

neckweed1562

noose1567

horse-nightcap1593

tow1596

Tyburn tiffany1612

piccadill1615

snick-up1620

Tyburn piccadill1620

necklacea1625

squinsy1632

Welsh parsley1637

St. Johnston's riband1638

string1639

Bridport daggera1661

rope's end1663

cravat1680

swing1697

snecket1788

death cord1804

neckclothc1816

St. Johnston's tippet1816

death rope1824

mink1826

squeezer1836

yard-rope1850

necktie1866

Tyburn string1882

Stolypin's necktie1909

widdieneckc1920

c1920 A. Robb Memories of Mormondside (MS) in Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Widdie Syne oor second man at Kelpie's got into the widienecks wi' a red hairt chiel.

c1920 A. Robb Memories of Mormondside (MS) in Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Widdie I mind o' seein' twa fishermen and a wumman in the widienecks wi' a chiel fae Scavie.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	widdieneck
释义	† widdieneckn. Forms: see widdie n. and neck n.¹; also pre-1700 widdinek. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: widdie n., neck n.¹ Etymology: < widdie n. + neck n.¹ Compare widdiefu n. Scottish. Obsolete. 1. A person who deserves or is likely to be hanged. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > worthy of hanging wickhals?a1400 crack-rope?a1500 widdieneck?a1500 widdiefu?a1513 thevis neka1525 stretch-hemp1532 man of death1535 slip-string1546 waghalter1546 ropeful1567 gallows-clapper1570 hang-rope1570 rope-ripe1570 crack-halter1573 hempstring1573 wag-string1578 stretch-halter1583 gallows1598 halter-sack1598 wag-with1611 crack-hempa1616 roper1615 halter-sick1617 gallows-climber1668 hang-string1675 hempy1718 gallows-face1725 gallows-bird1785 hang-gallows1785 a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 660 in Poems (1981) 29 In dreid and schame our dayis we indure, Syne ‘Widdinek’ and ‘Crakraip’ callit als, And till our hyre ar hangit be the hals. 1621 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Hart) sig. D Spew bleck, widdie neck. 2. A hangman's noose. Only figurative in in (also into) the widdienecks: in or into a quarrel or dispute. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope ropeeOE withec1275 cordc1330 snarea1425 tippet1447 girnc1480 halter1481 widdie1508 tether?a1513 hemp1532 Tyburn tippet1549 John Roper's window1552 neckweed1562 noose1567 horse-nightcap1593 tow1596 Tyburn tiffany1612 piccadill1615 snick-up1620 Tyburn piccadill1620 necklacea1625 squinsy1632 Welsh parsley1637 St. Johnston's riband1638 string1639 Bridport daggera1661 rope's end1663 cravat1680 swing1697 snecket1788 death cord1804 neckclothc1816 St. Johnston's tippet1816 death rope1824 mink1826 squeezer1836 yard-rope1850 necktie1866 Tyburn string1882 Stolypin's necktie1909 widdieneckc1920 c1920 A. Robb Memories of Mormondside (MS) in Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Widdie Syne oor second man at Kelpie's got into the widienecks wi' a red hairt chiel. c1920 A. Robb Memories of Mormondside (MS) in Sc. National Dict. (1968) at Widdie I mind o' seein' twa fishermen and a wumman in the widienecks wi' a chiel fae Scavie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1500
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