单词 | dumnonian |
释义 | Dumnoniann.adj. A. n. A member of an ancient British people inhabiting south-west England (including present-day Devon and Cornwall and adjoining parts of Dorset and Somerset) from the late Iron Age to the early Anglo-Saxon period.Sometimes confused with the Damnonians, an ancient people thought to have inhabited southern Scotland in the 2nd cent. ΚΠ 1606 J. Clapham Hist. Great Britannie i. iii. xx. 154 The West part of the Ile, (where the Danmonians then inhabited). [Note] The antient inhabitants of Cornwall and Devonshire. 1745 R. Challoner Britannia Sancta I. Pref. vi. The Britons were..subdivided into the Venedotians, inhabiting North Wales;..the Danmonians, inhabiting Cornwall and Part of Devonshire [etc.]. 1793 R. Polwhele Hist. Views Devonshire iv. 40 They were erected to secure the flocks and herds of the Danmonians, against wolves and other wild beasts. 1850 Trewman's Exeter Flying-post 14 Mar. 3/1 The Cimbri, who with the Carnabii, another British or Celtic tribe, are supposed to have subdued by the Danmonians of Devon. 1905 J. Rhys in Y Cymmrodor 18 5 Here Nudos' princely offspring rest, Dear to fame, in battle brave, Two sons of a Bounteous sire, Dumnonians, in their grave. 2018 Zeitschr. f. Papyrologie u. Epigraphik 206 214 The first [Briton known to have served in the German Fleet] is Aemilius the Dumnonian. B. adj. Of or relating to the Dumnonii; designating the Dumnonii. ΚΠ 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Britain 197 As touching that Constantine, whom Gildas termeth a tyrannous whelpe of the uncleane Danmonian Lionesse [L. leaenae Danmoniae]. 1793 R. Polwhele Hist. Views Devonshire iv. 39 For the situation of the Danmonian houses, we have to remark, that the seat of the Chieftan was sometimes fixed on the summit of a hill, but more commonly in the hollow of a valley. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 302/1 The Damnonian kingdom of Devon and Cornwall. 1936 Times 13 Jan. 19/3 Ribbed bowls, with dotted festoons, which have hitherto been classed as Belgic, are now claimed as pure Dumnonian ware. 2018 Britannia 49 72 Regardless of whether Roman or Dumnonian hands were responsible for constructing the Exmoor fortlets, a constructive relationship with the local population can be inferred from both the location and design of these installations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < |
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