yestreenadv.n.

Brit.

/jɛˈstriːn/, U.S.

/jɛˈstrin/, Scottish English

/jɛˈstrin/

Forms:

α. Scottish pre-1700 ȝeistrein, pre-1700 ȝestrene, pre-1700 ȝistrein, pre-1700 ȝistrene, pre-1700 ȝistreyn, pre-1700 yeistrein, pre-1700 yeistreyn, pre-1700 yestren, pre-1700 yestrene, pre-1700 yistrein, pre-1700 yistren, pre-1700 1700s– yestreen, pre-1700 1700s– yestrein, 1800s– estreen, 1800s– yestere'en, 1800s– yestereen, 1900s eestreen; English regional (northern) 1800s–1900s yestreen, 1800s– yestereen (Yorkshire); Irish English (northern) 1900s yestreen, 1900s– yestereen, 1900s– yestre'en.

β. Scottish pre-1700 the strene, pre-1700 this strene, pre-1700 1700s– the streen, 1700s–1800s the straine, 1800s thestrein, 1800s– da streen (Orkney and Shetland), 1800s– thestreen, 1900s– de streen (Orkney and Shetland).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: yester-even adv.

Etymology: Scots variant of yester-even adv.With the elision of the middle syllable compare the α. forms at yester-even adv. and n. and also the α. forms at yester-eve adv. This syllable is later sometimes reinstated (compare the forms yestere'en and yestereen), probably by analogy with yesterday adv., yester- comb. form, etc. In β. forms with reinterpretation of the first letters as showing the definite article the adj. (compare the adj. 2b) or, with this strene, the demonstrative determiner this pron. (compare this adj. 1). The second element shows regular loss of intervocalic v in Scots; compare forms at even n.¹

Chiefly Scottish and poetic.

A. adv.

On or during the evening of yesterday; last night. Also occasionally more broadly: yesterday.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [adverb] > yesterday afternoon or last night

yesternightOE

yestern eveOE

tonightc1275

yester-evenc1330

yesterday evening1490

yestreena1500

this hinder nighta1549

yester-eve1565

yester-even1578

yester-evening1598

α.

a1500 Liber Pluscardensis (Marchm.) (1877) I. 388 Lik till a dreme that we had dremyt yeistreyn.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. xi. 72 In my sleip ȝestrene.

1583 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 422/2 Twa missives, the ane..quhilk he ressauit yeistrein.

c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 120 So suete a Kis ȝistrene fra thee I reft.

1614 T. Melvill in J. Melvill Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) App. p. lxxii Lait yistrein, As I my ludging tuik, Ane litill buik, Be me befoir unsein, With oppin ein The leiffis I overluik.

?1720 A. Ramsay Bessy Bell & Mary Gray (single sheet) Bessy Bell I loo'd yestreen.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 158 I mind't as weel's yestreen.

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. vii. 178 I did feel a rheumatize in my back-spauld yestreen.

1837 J. R. Lowell Let. 23 Aug. (1894) I. 23 An' 'twas but late yestreen I met her And—ah! those een!

1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xi. 114/1 ‘When was your last spasm?’ ‘No longer agone than yestereen, ma'am.’

1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders iii. 35 He was tired yestreen, and he's the better o' a rest this morning.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xxi. 366 He sat yestreen at Kirk Aller wi' a face like a corp and took his paiks as mild as a wean.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 398/2 Yestereen/Yestre'en, last night, yesterday evening.

2004 S. Blackhall Minnie 37 Yestreen, his faither hid spent the foreneen up thon knowe sheetin fite hares, an Meg Ramsay hid the guttin, skinnin an stewin o them fur the evenin meal.

β. 1568 Wyf of Auchtirmwchty l. 92 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 323 The diuill cutt of thair handis..that fild ȝow all sa fow this strene.1669 Hist. Sir Eger 45 The streen to chamber I him led.1776 Weekly Mag. 25 Jan. 145 Troth, Branky, man, I hinna faul't my een Since here I left you havrin' late the streen.?a1818 Child Waters (Macmath) xxiv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1894) V. ix. 221/2 I dreamed a dream san the straine.1873 P. Buchan Legends North 29 Quo he, ‘Guidwife! I had a thocht thestreen.’1925 Scots Mag. Mar. 470 I lookit at it thestreen, an' cuttit aff ony moulie bitties.1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 169 The gret haal o' cuddings that Tammie Robison hid gotten the streen.2002 A. Jamieson Email 24 July (SCOTS) Yun wis aafil fine da streen.

B. n.

The evening of yesterday. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [noun] > yesterday night

yesternighta1522

yester-even1578

yester-evening1694

yestreen1776

1776 Weekly Mag. 25 Jan. 145 Whar's this you're gaen'? an' fu's a sin the streen?

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 110 Ae Hairst afore the Sherra-moor, I mind't as weel's yestreen.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 254 When the sea was working like barm wi' yestreen's wind.

1861 J. R. Green Lett. (1901) 75 I spent yestreen at the Crystal Palace.

1954 Forfar Disp. 18 Feb. Yestreen wiz a fair cocker though.

2003 L. C. Higgs Thorn in My Heart li. 329 It seemed that while he slept, the gray skies of yestreen had transformed themselves into a canvas of pale, shimmering blue stretched across the heavens.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yestreen
释义	yestreenadv.n. Brit. /jɛˈstriːn/, U.S. /jɛˈstrin/, Scottish English /jɛˈstrin/ Forms: α. Scottish pre-1700 ȝeistrein, pre-1700 ȝestrene, pre-1700 ȝistrein, pre-1700 ȝistrene, pre-1700 ȝistreyn, pre-1700 yeistrein, pre-1700 yeistreyn, pre-1700 yestren, pre-1700 yestrene, pre-1700 yistrein, pre-1700 yistren, pre-1700 1700s– yestreen, pre-1700 1700s– yestrein, 1800s– estreen, 1800s– yestere'en, 1800s– yestereen, 1900s eestreen; English regional (northern) 1800s–1900s yestreen, 1800s– yestereen (Yorkshire); Irish English (northern) 1900s yestreen, 1900s– yestereen, 1900s– yestre'en. β. Scottish pre-1700 the strene, pre-1700 this strene, pre-1700 1700s– the streen, 1700s–1800s the straine, 1800s thestrein, 1800s– da streen (Orkney and Shetland), 1800s– thestreen, 1900s– de streen (Orkney and Shetland). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: yester-even adv. Etymology: Scots variant of yester-even adv.With the elision of the middle syllable compare the α. forms at yester-even adv. and n. and also the α. forms at yester-eve adv. This syllable is later sometimes reinstated (compare the forms yestere'en and yestereen), probably by analogy with yesterday adv., yester- comb. form, etc. In β. forms with reinterpretation of the first letters as showing the definite article the adj. (compare the adj. 2b) or, with this strene, the demonstrative determiner this pron. (compare this adj. 1). The second element shows regular loss of intervocalic v in Scots; compare forms at even n.¹ Chiefly Scottish and poetic. A. adv. On or during the evening of yesterday; last night. Also occasionally more broadly: yesterday. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [adverb] > yesterday afternoon or last night yesternightOE yestern eveOE tonightc1275 yester-evenc1330 yesterday evening1490 yestreena1500 this hinder nighta1549 yester-eve1565 yester-even1578 yester-evening1598 α. a1500 Liber Pluscardensis (Marchm.) (1877) I. 388 Lik till a dreme that we had dremyt yeistreyn. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. xi. 72 In my sleip ȝestrene. 1583 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 422/2 Twa missives, the ane..quhilk he ressauit yeistrein. c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 120 So suete a Kis ȝistrene fra thee I reft. 1614 T. Melvill in J. Melvill Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) App. p. lxxii Lait yistrein, As I my ludging tuik, Ane litill buik, Be me befoir unsein, With oppin ein The leiffis I overluik. ?1720 A. Ramsay Bessy Bell & Mary Gray (single sheet) Bessy Bell I loo'd yestreen. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 158 I mind't as weel's yestreen. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. vii. 178 I did feel a rheumatize in my back-spauld yestreen. 1837 J. R. Lowell Let. 23 Aug. (1894) I. 23 An' 'twas but late yestreen I met her And—ah! those een! 1863 C. Reade Hard Cash xi. 114/1 ‘When was your last spasm?’ ‘No longer agone than yestereen, ma'am.’ 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders iii. 35 He was tired yestreen, and he's the better o' a rest this morning. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xxi. 366 He sat yestreen at Kirk Aller wi' a face like a corp and took his paiks as mild as a wean. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 398/2 Yestereen/Yestre'en, last night, yesterday evening. 2004 S. Blackhall Minnie 37 Yestreen, his faither hid spent the foreneen up thon knowe sheetin fite hares, an Meg Ramsay hid the guttin, skinnin an stewin o them fur the evenin meal. β. 1568 Wyf of Auchtirmwchty l. 92 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 323 The diuill cutt of thair handis..that fild ȝow all sa fow this strene.1669 Hist. Sir Eger 45 The streen to chamber I him led.1776 Weekly Mag. 25 Jan. 145 Troth, Branky, man, I hinna faul't my een Since here I left you havrin' late the streen.?a1818 Child Waters (Macmath) xxiv, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1894) V. ix. 221/2 I dreamed a dream san the straine.1873 P. Buchan Legends North 29 Quo he, ‘Guidwife! I had a thocht thestreen.’1925 Scots Mag. Mar. 470 I lookit at it thestreen, an' cuttit aff ony moulie bitties.1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 169 The gret haal o' cuddings that Tammie Robison hid gotten the streen.2002 A. Jamieson Email 24 July (SCOTS) Yun wis aafil fine da streen. B. n. The evening of yesterday. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [noun] > yesterday night yesternighta1522 yester-even1578 yester-evening1694 yestreen1776 1776 Weekly Mag. 25 Jan. 145 Whar's this you're gaen'? an' fu's a sin the streen? 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 110 Ae Hairst afore the Sherra-moor, I mind't as weel's yestreen. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xi. 254 When the sea was working like barm wi' yestreen's wind. 1861 J. R. Green Lett. (1901) 75 I spent yestreen at the Crystal Palace. 1954 Forfar Disp. 18 Feb. Yestreen wiz a fair cocker though. 2003 L. C. Higgs Thorn in My Heart li. 329 It seemed that while he slept, the gray skies of yestreen had transformed themselves into a canvas of pale, shimmering blue stretched across the heavens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.n.a1500
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