wood-kernwood-kernen.

Brit.

/ˈwʊdkəːn/, U.S.

/ˈwʊdˌkərn/

Forms: Also 1500s -karne, 1600s -carne, -cerne.

Etymology: < wood n.¹ + kern n.¹, translating Irish ceithearnach coille (ceithearn kern n.¹, coill wood).

Historical.

An Irish outlaw or robber haunting woods or wild country; such outlaws collectively. Used by Holland to render Latin latro.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in Ireland

wood-kern1548

Tory1646

rapparee1690

1548 State Papers Irel., Edw. VI I. 84 (MS.) The kynd of peopull which we call outlawes & wodkerne.

1581 J. Derricke (title) The image of Irelande, with a discouerie of woodkarne, wherein is..expressed, the nature..of the..wilde Irishe woodkarne, their notable aptnesse, celeritie, and pronesse to rebellion.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xl. ix. 1065 The same is said unto me..which were more beseeming to speake unto a wood-kerne and robber by the high-way side.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 101 Cormacke O Neale..was of a mild honest disposition..yet..little lesse barberous then the better sort of wood kern.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 210 The Lawlesse Wood Carnes in Ireland.

1656 in P. H. Hore Hist. Wexford (1911) VI. 516 Mount Leinster..which by reason of the great adjoining woods hath always beene haunted with Irish Toryes or Woodcernes.

1845 G. Petrie Eccl. Archit. Ireland 94 At the close of the sixteenth century, these Towers became the receptacles of thieves and wood-kerne.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wood-kern
释义	wood-kernwood-kernen. Brit. /ˈwʊdkəːn/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌkərn/ Forms: Also 1500s -karne, 1600s -carne, -cerne. Etymology: < wood n.¹ + kern n.¹, translating Irish ceithearnach coille (ceithearn kern n.¹, coill wood). Historical. An Irish outlaw or robber haunting woods or wild country; such outlaws collectively. Used by Holland to render Latin latro. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in Ireland wood-kern1548 Tory1646 rapparee1690 1548 State Papers Irel., Edw. VI I. 84 (MS.) The kynd of peopull which we call outlawes & wodkerne. 1581 J. Derricke (title) The image of Irelande, with a discouerie of woodkarne, wherein is..expressed, the nature..of the..wilde Irishe woodkarne, their notable aptnesse, celeritie, and pronesse to rebellion. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xl. ix. 1065 The same is said unto me..which were more beseeming to speake unto a wood-kerne and robber by the high-way side. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 101 Cormacke O Neale..was of a mild honest disposition..yet..little lesse barberous then the better sort of wood kern. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 210 The Lawlesse Wood Carnes in Ireland. 1656 in P. H. Hore Hist. Wexford (1911) VI. 516 Mount Leinster..which by reason of the great adjoining woods hath always beene haunted with Irish Toryes or Woodcernes. 1845 G. Petrie Eccl. Archit. Ireland 94 At the close of the sixteenth century, these Towers became the receptacles of thieves and wood-kerne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1548
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