death songn.

Brit.

/ˈdɛθ sɒŋ/, U.S.

/ˈdɛθ ˌsɔŋ/,

/ˈdɛθ ˌsɑŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., song n.¹

Etymology: < death n. + song n.¹ Compare German Todesgesang , lit. ‘song of death’ (1770 or earlier denoting a composition in Skaldic verse). Compare also earlier death's song in quot. 1600 at death n. Compounds 3b.

A song or poem commemorating a person who has died; a song sung immediately before the death of oneself or another.Often with reference to North American Indian customs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > formal lamentation > dirge

elegy?1521

coronach1559

dirge1568

requiem1578

threne1593

threnos1601

death song1613

monody1623

threnody1634

throb1635

trental1648

lament1698

myriologue1824

keen1830

threnode1858

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > dirge or lament

threne?a1475

elegy?1521

dumpa1556

coronach1559

dirge1568

requiem1578

threnos1601

planctusa1612

death song1613

monody1623

threnody1634

trental1648

lament1698

myriologue1824

keen1830

planh1843

threnode1858

myrology1892

sorrow song1903

lamento1944

1613 J. Taylor Odcombs Complaint To Mirr. of Time sig. A4^v I haue made bold (vnder your great Patronage) to write his tragicall supposed Death-song, or Funerall Elegie.

1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. II. 79 As soon as a Savage is Fetter'd, he sings his Death Song.

1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. ix. 337 They are then bound to a stake..and obliged, for the last time, to sing their death-song.

a1819 J. W. Eastburn Yamoyden (1820) v. xxv. 212 And thus his death-song wildly woke.

1843 Amer. Pioneer 2 225 Four of the missionaries..were then led into the camp of the Delawares, where the death-song was sung over them.

1873 J. Miller Life amongst Modocs ii. 21 They will not revisit their own camp..until it is first visited by their priest or medicine man, who chaunts the death-song.

1885 H. Sweet Oldest Eng. Texts 149 (heading) Bede's Death-song.

1908 J. Payne Death of Pan in Carol & Cadence 141 In waves of wailing music,..The high Hellenian Gods their death-song sang.

1947 B. A. De Voto Across Wide Missouri 84 Some of the Gros Ventres began to sing their death songs.

1970 D. Brown Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee iv. 89 Survivors among the Cheyennes said that White Antelope sang the death song before he died.

2001 Chicago Tribune 7 Oct. xviii. 8/2 A heartsong is..something akin to a death song that one sings when facing adversity, possibly with fatal consequences.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	death song
释义	death songn. Brit. /ˈdɛθ sɒŋ/, U.S. /ˈdɛθ ˌsɔŋ/, /ˈdɛθ ˌsɑŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: death n., song n.¹ Etymology: < death n. + song n.¹ Compare German Todesgesang , lit. ‘song of death’ (1770 or earlier denoting a composition in Skaldic verse). Compare also earlier death's song in quot. 1600 at death n. Compounds 3b. A song or poem commemorating a person who has died; a song sung immediately before the death of oneself or another.Often with reference to North American Indian customs. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [noun] > formal lamentation > dirge elegy?1521 coronach1559 dirge1568 requiem1578 threne1593 threnos1601 death song1613 monody1623 threnody1634 throb1635 trental1648 lament1698 myriologue1824 keen1830 threnode1858 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > dirge or lament threne?a1475 elegy?1521 dumpa1556 coronach1559 dirge1568 requiem1578 threnos1601 planctusa1612 death song1613 monody1623 threnody1634 trental1648 lament1698 myriologue1824 keen1830 planh1843 threnode1858 myrology1892 sorrow song1903 lamento1944 1613 J. Taylor Odcombs Complaint To Mirr. of Time sig. A4^v I haue made bold (vnder your great Patronage) to write his tragicall supposed Death-song, or Funerall Elegie. 1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. II. 79 As soon as a Savage is Fetter'd, he sings his Death Song. 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. ix. 337 They are then bound to a stake..and obliged, for the last time, to sing their death-song. a1819 J. W. Eastburn Yamoyden (1820) v. xxv. 212 And thus his death-song wildly woke. 1843 Amer. Pioneer 2 225 Four of the missionaries..were then led into the camp of the Delawares, where the death-song was sung over them. 1873 J. Miller Life amongst Modocs ii. 21 They will not revisit their own camp..until it is first visited by their priest or medicine man, who chaunts the death-song. 1885 H. Sweet Oldest Eng. Texts 149 (heading) Bede's Death-song. 1908 J. Payne Death of Pan in Carol & Cadence 141 In waves of wailing music,..The high Hellenian Gods their death-song sang. 1947 B. A. De Voto Across Wide Missouri 84 Some of the Gros Ventres began to sing their death songs. 1970 D. Brown Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee iv. 89 Survivors among the Cheyennes said that White Antelope sang the death song before he died. 2001 Chicago Tribune 7 Oct. xviii. 8/2 A heartsong is..something akin to a death song that one sings when facing adversity, possibly with fatal consequences. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1613
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