whittenn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪtn/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɪt(ə)n/

Forms:

α. Old English hwiting, Middle English whityng, 1600s whiting, 1600s whitting.

β. 1500s–1600s (1800s– English regional (midlands and southern)) whitten, 1800s– witten.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: white adj., -ing suffix³.

Etymology: Apparently < white adj. + -ing suffix³. With sense 1c compare whicken , variant of quicken n.¹, and also whitty n. Compare whiting n.²The meaning of the post-classical Latin lemma rendered in quot. OE at sense 1a is unknown and its source has not been traced. The Old English word has sometimes been assumed to refer to whitebeam ( Sorbus aria: see whitebeam n.) or viburnum (compare sense 1b), but there is no available evidence to support these identifications. Compare also Middle English whitel-tre (c1400; apparently in isolated use), also in uncertain sense. In β. forms apparently with reduction of the ending.

1. In full whitten-tree.

†a. A tree perhaps having white leaves or flowers (not identified). Obsolete. rare.For a discussion of the meaning of the word in quot. OE see note in etymology.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > unidentified or variously identified > [noun]

whittenOE

medicaa1398

hulder1545

lote-tree1678

sadore1681

night-tree1849

OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 80 Uariculus, hwitingtreow.

?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 37 (MED) Knotwort oþer gasar ys like in colour to whityng tre and beryth rede beryis, but þes beþ not so grete, and he growith in woddis a longe comynly by a noþer tre.

b. Either of two shrubby trees of the genus Viburnum, the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus, and the wayfaring tree, V. lantana. Now English regional (midlands and southern) or historical.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun]

bendwithc1440

opier1548

opulus1548

ople1551

dwarf plane tree1578

water elder1578

whitten1578

guelder rose1597

rose elder1597

wayfaring man's tree1597

wayfaring tree1597

opiet1601

cotton tree1633

viorne1637

mealy tree1640

laurustinus1664

stinking tree1681

black haw1688

laurel-thyme1693

laurustine1693

viburnum1731

wayfaring shrub1731

May rose1753

pembina1760

snowball tree1760

mealtree1785

stink-tree1795

cherry-wood1821

snowball1828

sloe1846

withe-rod1846

lithy-tree1866

nannyberry1867

king's crown1879

stag bush1884

snowball bush1931

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxx. 761 Of Marris Elder, Ople, or Dwarffe Plane tree... I take this to be a shrub that is called in Englishe, Whittentree, whereof are two kindes.

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1237 The water Elder is called..in English Marish Elder, and Whitten tree, Ople tree, and Dwarffe Plane tree.

a1697 J. Aubrey (Royal Soc. MS) lf. 137 in J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names (1886) About Cranbourn chace growes..a tree with a white leafe..no bigger than a cherry tree; they call it Whiting or Whitewood.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Whitten, the wayfaring tree. Kent.

2010 D. Hooke Trees Anglo-Saxon Eng. 267 In the Midlands and south-west the whitten-tree is another name for the wayfaring tree.

c. The rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia. Cf. whitty n. Now English regional (midlands and southern) or historical.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash

quick treeeOE

wycheOE

quickena1400

foldc1420

rowan-tree1483

quickbeam?1537

wild ash1552

field ash1578

mountain ash1597

quicken berry1597

whitten1633

witchen1664

quickenberry tree1671

wicky1681

rowan1751

narrow-leaved service tree1793

sorb1796

bastard mountain ash1800

roundwood1846

fowler's service tree1859

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) (Table Eng. Names) Whitten tree, i. Water Elder, or wilde Ash.

1669 Philos. Trans. 1668 (Royal Soc.) 3 857 The Whitting or Quicking-tree, (Lat. Fraxinus Sylvestris, and by some Fraxinus Cambro-Britanica).

1856 J. Noake Notes & Queries for Worcs. 185 The witch elm..was good; the mountain ash or witten tree was better; and the sorb tree..was the strongest of all.

1868 Archaeologia 42 125 The Rowan or Quick-beam,..popularly termed the Mountain Ash.., and, in some counties, the Whiten-tree and the Witty.

1888 in Trans. Worcs. Naturalists' Club (1950) 10 147 The Pyrus domesticus of botanists, termed by rustics the Whitty Pear Tree: its foliage resembles that of the mountain ash, which they simply call the Whitty or Whitten tree.

2010 D. Hooke Trees Anglo-Saxon Eng. xi. 266 There is, however, another Sorbus species, S. aria, the whitebeam, which was known in Hampshire as the whitten or whittenbeam.

2. whitten pear tree n. now rare the true service tree, Sorbus domestica, which has pear-shaped fruits.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > wild service-tree

wild service tree1597

wild service1633

sorb1777

whitten pear tree1830

1830 J. C. Loudon Gardener's Mag. 15 261 Mr. Edwin Lees of Worcester sent a communication on the Pyrus domestica, or the Whitten pear tree of Wyre Forest.

1897 W. T. Fernie Herbal Simples (ed. 2) 352 The fruit of the Service tree (or Witten Pear-tree) resembles a small pear, and is considered in France very useful for dysentery.

1902 Econ. Rev. 12 158 One hears sometimes of curious beliefs, especially in regard to the Witten pear tree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whitten
释义	whittenn. Brit. /ˈwɪtn/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪt(ə)n/ Forms: α. Old English hwiting, Middle English whityng, 1600s whiting, 1600s whitting. β. 1500s–1600s (1800s– English regional (midlands and southern)) whitten, 1800s– witten. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: white adj., -ing suffix³. Etymology: Apparently < white adj. + -ing suffix³. With sense 1c compare whicken , variant of quicken n.¹, and also whitty n. Compare whiting n.²The meaning of the post-classical Latin lemma rendered in quot. OE at sense 1a is unknown and its source has not been traced. The Old English word has sometimes been assumed to refer to whitebeam ( Sorbus aria: see whitebeam n.) or viburnum (compare sense 1b), but there is no available evidence to support these identifications. Compare also Middle English whitel-tre (c1400; apparently in isolated use), also in uncertain sense. In β. forms apparently with reduction of the ending. 1. In full whitten-tree. †a. A tree perhaps having white leaves or flowers (not identified). Obsolete. rare.For a discussion of the meaning of the word in quot. OE see note in etymology. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > unidentified or variously identified > [noun] whittenOE medicaa1398 hulder1545 lote-tree1678 sadore1681 night-tree1849 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 80 Uariculus, hwitingtreow. ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 37 (MED) Knotwort oþer gasar ys like in colour to whityng tre and beryth rede beryis, but þes beþ not so grete, and he growith in woddis a longe comynly by a noþer tre. b. Either of two shrubby trees of the genus Viburnum, the guelder rose, Viburnum opulus, and the wayfaring tree, V. lantana. Now English regional (midlands and southern) or historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > viburnums or guelder rose and allies > [noun] bendwithc1440 opier1548 opulus1548 ople1551 dwarf plane tree1578 water elder1578 whitten1578 guelder rose1597 rose elder1597 wayfaring man's tree1597 wayfaring tree1597 opiet1601 cotton tree1633 viorne1637 mealy tree1640 laurustinus1664 stinking tree1681 black haw1688 laurel-thyme1693 laurustine1693 viburnum1731 wayfaring shrub1731 May rose1753 pembina1760 snowball tree1760 mealtree1785 stink-tree1795 cherry-wood1821 snowball1828 sloe1846 withe-rod1846 lithy-tree1866 nannyberry1867 king's crown1879 stag bush1884 snowball bush1931 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxx. 761 Of Marris Elder, Ople, or Dwarffe Plane tree... I take this to be a shrub that is called in Englishe, Whittentree, whereof are two kindes. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1237 The water Elder is called..in English Marish Elder, and Whitten tree, Ople tree, and Dwarffe Plane tree. a1697 J. Aubrey (Royal Soc. MS) lf. 137 in J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names (1886) About Cranbourn chace growes..a tree with a white leafe..no bigger than a cherry tree; they call it Whiting or Whitewood. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Whitten, the wayfaring tree. Kent. 2010 D. Hooke Trees Anglo-Saxon Eng. 267 In the Midlands and south-west the whitten-tree is another name for the wayfaring tree. c. The rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia. Cf. whitty n. Now English regional (midlands and southern) or historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > mountain ash quick treeeOE wycheOE quickena1400 foldc1420 rowan-tree1483 quickbeam?1537 wild ash1552 field ash1578 mountain ash1597 quicken berry1597 whitten1633 witchen1664 quickenberry tree1671 wicky1681 rowan1751 narrow-leaved service tree1793 sorb1796 bastard mountain ash1800 roundwood1846 fowler's service tree1859 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) (Table Eng. Names) Whitten tree, i. Water Elder, or wilde Ash. 1669 Philos. Trans. 1668 (Royal Soc.) 3 857 The Whitting or Quicking-tree, (Lat. Fraxinus Sylvestris, and by some Fraxinus Cambro-Britanica). 1856 J. Noake Notes & Queries for Worcs. 185 The witch elm..was good; the mountain ash or witten tree was better; and the sorb tree..was the strongest of all. 1868 Archaeologia 42 125 The Rowan or Quick-beam,..popularly termed the Mountain Ash.., and, in some counties, the Whiten-tree and the Witty. 1888 in Trans. Worcs. Naturalists' Club (1950) 10 147 The Pyrus domesticus of botanists, termed by rustics the Whitty Pear Tree: its foliage resembles that of the mountain ash, which they simply call the Whitty or Whitten tree. 2010 D. Hooke Trees Anglo-Saxon Eng. xi. 266 There is, however, another Sorbus species, S. aria, the whitebeam, which was known in Hampshire as the whitten or whittenbeam. 2. whitten pear tree n. now rare the true service tree, Sorbus domestica, which has pear-shaped fruits. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > berry-bush or -tree > [noun] > wild service-tree wild service tree1597 wild service1633 sorb1777 whitten pear tree1830 1830 J. C. Loudon Gardener's Mag. 15 261 Mr. Edwin Lees of Worcester sent a communication on the Pyrus domestica, or the Whitten pear tree of Wyre Forest. 1897 W. T. Fernie Herbal Simples (ed. 2) 352 The fruit of the Service tree (or Witten Pear-tree) resembles a small pear, and is considered in France very useful for dysentery. 1902 Econ. Rev. 12 158 One hears sometimes of curious beliefs, especially in regard to the Witten pear tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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