gitternn.

/ˈɡɪtən/

Forms: Middle English gitern(e, Middle English–1500s gytern(e, (Middle English getarne, geterne, getyrne, gittyrn), (1500s getron, githorn, guthorne), 1500s–1600s gitterne, (1600s gittron, gytterne), 1600s, 1800s ghittern, 1700s guiterne, 1500s– gittern.

Etymology: < Old French guiterne, guisterne, etc. (obsolete since 16–17th cent.) of obscure formation. The form guiterre also occurs; usually believed to represent an altered form of Greek κιθάρα cithara n. Compare guitar n. and cittern n.

archaic.

An old instrument of the guitar kind strung with wire, a cithern.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > cittern or gittern

gittern1377

citolea1393

cittern1567

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 233 I can noither tabre ne trompe..ne synge with the gyterne.

c1410 Sir Cleges 101 Of harpis, luttis, and getarnys.

1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxviii. 67 Quhair I begouth with guthorne for to dance.

1613 W. Leighton Teares or Lament. 70 With Drumes & Fife & Shrillest shalmes, with Gittron and bandore.

1633 T. Heywood Eng. Trav. ii, in Wks. (1874) IV. 29 A fourth, bestrides his Fellowes, thinking to scape, As did Arion, on the Dolphins backe, Still fumbling on a gitterne.

1693 T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer iii. iii Where's my Gittern?

1792 Minstrel (1793) II. 100 Elizabeth..played incomparably on the guiterne.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 209 The same hand..can touch a tinkling lute, or a gittern, to soothe the ears of the dancing daughters of perdition in their Vanity Fair.

1879 Ld. Tennyson Falcon You know that I can touch The ghittern to some purpose.

Compounds

attributive, as gittern-head (cf. cittern-head n. at cittern n. Compounds 2), gittern-wire.

ΚΠ

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iv. 47 The Heads of your Instruments differ, yours are Hogs-heads their Cittern and Gittern Heads.

1662 Irish Act 14 Chas. II c. 8 Bk. Rates Wire called..Virginal and Ghittern wire.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† gitternv.

Etymology: < gittern n.

Obsolete.

intransitive. To play on the gittern.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (intransitive)] > play citole or gittern

gitternc1380

citolingc1400

c1380 [see gitterning n. at Derivatives].

c1400 Rom. Rose 2322 To harpe and gitterne, daunce and play.

a1500 Tale of Basin in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 57 He harpys and gytryns, and syngs wel þertoo.

a1674 J. Milton in Birch Life (1738) I. 44 Each evening every one with Mistress or Ganymed, gitterning along the Streets.

Derivatives

† ˈgitterning n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [noun] > playing gittern

gitterningc1380

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 9 Knackynge and harpynge, gyternynge & daunsynge & oþere veyn triflis.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 177 He syngeth in his voys gentil and smal..Ful wel acordant to his giternynge.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	gittern
释义	gitternn. /ˈɡɪtən/ Forms: Middle English gitern(e, Middle English–1500s gytern(e, (Middle English getarne, geterne, getyrne, gittyrn), (1500s getron, githorn, guthorne), 1500s–1600s gitterne, (1600s gittron, gytterne), 1600s, 1800s ghittern, 1700s guiterne, 1500s– gittern. Etymology: < Old French guiterne, guisterne, etc. (obsolete since 16–17th cent.) of obscure formation. The form guiterre also occurs; usually believed to represent an altered form of Greek κιθάρα cithara n. Compare guitar n. and cittern n. archaic. An old instrument of the guitar kind strung with wire, a cithern. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > guitar or lute type > [noun] > cittern or gittern gittern1377 citolea1393 cittern1567 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 233 I can noither tabre ne trompe..ne synge with the gyterne. c1410 Sir Cleges 101 Of harpis, luttis, and getarnys. 1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxviii. 67 Quhair I begouth with guthorne for to dance. 1613 W. Leighton Teares or Lament. 70 With Drumes & Fife & Shrillest shalmes, with Gittron and bandore. 1633 T. Heywood Eng. Trav. ii, in Wks. (1874) IV. 29 A fourth, bestrides his Fellowes, thinking to scape, As did Arion, on the Dolphins backe, Still fumbling on a gitterne. 1693 T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer iii. iii Where's my Gittern? 1792 Minstrel (1793) II. 100 Elizabeth..played incomparably on the guiterne. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. III. 209 The same hand..can touch a tinkling lute, or a gittern, to soothe the ears of the dancing daughters of perdition in their Vanity Fair. 1879 Ld. Tennyson Falcon You know that I can touch The ghittern to some purpose. Compounds attributive, as gittern-head (cf. cittern-head n. at cittern n. Compounds 2), gittern-wire. ΚΠ a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iv. 47 The Heads of your Instruments differ, yours are Hogs-heads their Cittern and Gittern Heads. 1662 Irish Act 14 Chas. II c. 8 Bk. Rates Wire called..Virginal and Ghittern wire. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † gitternv. Etymology: < gittern n. Obsolete. intransitive. To play on the gittern. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (intransitive)] > play citole or gittern gitternc1380 citolingc1400 c1380 [see gitterning n. at Derivatives]. c1400 Rom. Rose 2322 To harpe and gitterne, daunce and play. a1500 Tale of Basin in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 57 He harpys and gytryns, and syngs wel þertoo. a1674 J. Milton in Birch Life (1738) I. 44 Each evening every one with Mistress or Ganymed, gitterning along the Streets. Derivatives † ˈgitterning n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [noun] > playing gittern gitterningc1380 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 9 Knackynge and harpynge, gyternynge & daunsynge & oþere veyn triflis. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 177 He syngeth in his voys gentil and smal..Ful wel acordant to his giternynge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1377v.c1380
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