| 释义 |
lintwhite, n. Chiefly Sc.|ˈlɪnthwaɪt|
Forms: 1 línaethuíᵹae, línetuíᵹe, -twíᵹe, 4 lynkwhytte, 6 lyntquhit, -yte, 7– lintwhite.
[OE. línetwíᵹe, perh. f. lín flax + -twíᵹe (? cogn. w. OHG. zwigôn to pluck, vellere, carpere), found also in þisteltwíᵹe thistle finch. Cf. twite n.
The etymology involves a difficulty because the first element appears as líne- (or línæ-) instead of lín; but the correspondence in sense with the Rom. name of the bird (see linnet) is in favour of its correctness. Apart from etymology there is no evidence that the first vowel in the O.E. word was long.]
= linnet.
c725Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) C 147 Carduelis, linetuiᵹe. a800Erfurt Gloss. 309 Carduelis, linaethuiᵹae. c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 11/26 Carduelis, linetuiᵹe. a1400Morte Arth. 2674 With lowde laghttirs one lofte for lykynge of byrdez, Of larkes, of lynkwhyttez, þat lufflyche songene. 1513Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 240 Goldspynk and lyntquhyte fordynnand the lyft. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 39 The lyntquhit sang cuntirpoint quhen the osȝil ȝelpit. c1690Roxb. Ballads (1888) VI. 607 The Lint-white loud, and Progne proud..do sing as sweetly as in Yarow. 1785Burns To William Simpson xii, When lint⁓whites chant among the buds. 1830Tennyson Poems 76 The lintwhite and the throstlecock Have voices sweet and clear. |