greenwoodn.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːnwʊd/, U.S.

/ˈɡrinˌwʊd/

Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and wood n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., wood n.¹

Etymology: < green adj. + wood n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier greenweed n. 2.Earliest attested in a surname; compare also German del Grenewode (1307).

1. A wood or forest in leaf.Also (now archaic) with reference to the forest as a refuge for outlaws, hence to go to the greenwood: to become an outlaw.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > in leaf or as scene of outlaw life

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1275 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Eng. Surnames (1991) 205/1 John del Grenewode.

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 65 (MED) Y me rod þis ender day by grene wode to seche play.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 678 Now can Alisandre..Jn grene-wood and of huntyng.

c1450 (c1400) Cuckoo & Nightingale (Fairf.) (1975) l. 100 (MED) I herde..A nyghtyngale so lustely singe That with her clere woys she made rynge Thro out al the grene wode wide.

c1503 Nutbrown Maid in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxv^v I muste to the grene wode goo alone a bannysshed man.

1588 N. Yonge Musica Transalpina xxxiii. sig. E With in a greene wood..sweete of myrtle sauour, when as the earth was with fayre flowres reuested, I saw a shepeherd with his Nymph.

1615 A. Munday Metropolis Coronata sig. C 3 Then goe we merrily, merrily on, To the Green-wood to take vp our stand, Where we will lye in waite for our Game.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 385 Some who lived in the greene Woods, and haunted the wilde Forests.

1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1775) I. 21 Nansy's to the Green-wood gane, To hear the gowdspink chatt'ring.

1798 W. Wordsworth Peter Bell i. 241 He roved among the vales and streams, In the green wood and hollow dell.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 158 Merry it is in the good green wood.

1855 C. Kingsley Theseus in Heroes ii. 213 They hammered together till the greenwoods rang.

1884 J. Ruskin Lect. at Oxf. in Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Dec. 11/2 A bit of Alpine snow, of Greek sea, or of English greenwood.

1920 J. Farnol Geste of Duke Jocelyn ix. 139 O brother, 't is a fair place the greenwood, a fair, sweet place to live—aye, or to die methinks.

1980 F. Buechner Godric 76 My manor wants an eye to see my franchise duly granted, my greenwood free of poaching rogues.

1995 S. Schama Landscape & Memory iii. 140 Before the Norman tyranny, it was supposed, Britain had been mantled with the greenwood, a habit where lord and peasant, thane and churl co-existed in pre-feudal reciprocity.

2. = greenweed n. 2. Also with distinguishing word.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > dyer's greenweed

woodwaxen1367

woodwax1570

greenweed1582

greenwood1776

Kendal green1822

dyer's green-weed1854

1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants 441 Greenwood, Genista.

1819 J. Dugdale New Brit. Traveller II. 346 Genista tinctorea. Woodwaxen, Dyer's-weed, or Green-wood; in meadows and fields about Woodford.

1868 J. T. Burgess Old Eng. Wild Flowers 181 The Petty Whin (Genista Anglica) blooms on its spiny stem about midsummer.

1883 W. Jolly Life of John Duncan xv. 150 There they got the pretty green plant, with small yellow papilionaceous flowers and sharp thorns, called needle greenwood, petty whin, or carlin's spur.

1991 Ambio 20 127/3 Genista acanthoclada: greenwood.

2008 D. Miller 400 Trees & Shrubs for Small Spaces iv. 101 Genista tinctoria (dyers greenwood) from Europe is very variable in its growth and size but always non-spiny with dark green leaves.

Compounds

General attributive, as greenwood adventurer, †greenwood linde, greenwood shade, greenwood shaw, greenwood tree, etc.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > thicket, brake, or brush

shaw755

thicketa1000

thyvela1000

greavec1050

wood-shawc1275

boscagec1400

greenwood shawc1405

thickc1430

brakec1440

shaw of wood1462

queach1486

bush1523

tuft1555

bushment1587

bocage1644

cripple1675

virgult1736

bluffc1752

thick-set1766

sylvagea1774

thicket-maze1813

bosk1815

woodlet1821

rush1822

puckerbrush1867

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Friar's Tale (Ellesmere) (1872) l. 1386 Wher rydestow vnder this grene wode shawe?

c1440 Tomas of Ersseldoune (Thornton) (1875) l. 86 (MED) He knelyde downe appone his knee, Vndirnethe þat grenwode spraye.

c1510 Lytell Geste Robyn Hode (1847) I. iii. 173 They..dyde them strayt to Robyn Hode Under the grene wode tre.

1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid viii. X iiij Among the rootes on ground in greenewood shawe A Sowe of syse vnseene..they sawe.

c1565 Adambel Clym of Cloughe & Wyllyam of Cloudesle (Copland) sig. B.iv Cloudesle walked a lytle besyde and loked vnder the grene wood linde.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne viii. lii. 152 Vnder the greene wood shaw.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. v. 1 Vnder the greene wood tree, who loues to lye with mee.

c1650 Robin Hood & Butcher 14 in Percy Folio MS I. 20 Robin he marcht in the greene forrest, vnder the greenwood scray.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 126 Then we all agree; To..Smock and Knock it, Under the Green-wood Tree.

1792 S. Rogers Ital. Song 118 The canzonet and roundelay Sung in the silent greenwood shade.

1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. Introd. 61 And foresters, in green-wood trim, Lead in the leash the gazehounds grim.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 176 His coat it was all of the greenwood hue.

1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 86 Through yonder greenwood shaw.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1862) I. 69 The Robin Hood ballads..breathe the warm genial spirit of the old greenwood adventurers.

1909 M. F. Lansing Life in Greenwood 25 I am going to call him Will Scarlet, for in the greenwood thou must have a greenwood name.

1961 W. Brandon Indians 74/2 The followers who flocked to his secret standard (under the green oak greenwood tree) were loyal unto death.

1995 S. Schama Landscape & Memory iii. 167 Shaded by their leafy canopies, these gentry had lived a life of bosky patriotism, the cares of man and bird alike soothed away by the pleasures of their little greenwood arcadia.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	greenwood
释义	greenwoodn. Brit. /ˈɡriːnwʊd/, U.S. /ˈɡrinˌwʊd/ Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and wood n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: green adj., wood n.¹ Etymology: < green adj. + wood n.¹ With sense 2 compare earlier greenweed n. 2.Earliest attested in a surname; compare also German del Grenewode (1307). 1. A wood or forest in leaf.Also (now archaic) with reference to the forest as a refuge for outlaws, hence to go to the greenwood: to become an outlaw. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > in leaf or as scene of outlaw life greenwood1275 1275 in P. H. Reaney & R. M. Wilson Dict. Eng. Surnames (1991) 205/1 John del Grenewode. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 65 (MED) Y me rod þis ender day by grene wode to seche play. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 678 Now can Alisandre..Jn grene-wood and of huntyng. c1450 (c1400) Cuckoo & Nightingale (Fairf.) (1975) l. 100 (MED) I herde..A nyghtyngale so lustely singe That with her clere woys she made rynge Thro out al the grene wode wide. c1503 Nutbrown Maid in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxv^v I muste to the grene wode goo alone a bannysshed man. 1588 N. Yonge Musica Transalpina xxxiii. sig. E With in a greene wood..sweete of myrtle sauour, when as the earth was with fayre flowres reuested, I saw a shepeherd with his Nymph. 1615 A. Munday Metropolis Coronata sig. C 3 Then goe we merrily, merrily on, To the Green-wood to take vp our stand, Where we will lye in waite for our Game. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 385 Some who lived in the greene Woods, and haunted the wilde Forests. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1775) I. 21 Nansy's to the Green-wood gane, To hear the gowdspink chatt'ring. 1798 W. Wordsworth Peter Bell i. 241 He roved among the vales and streams, In the green wood and hollow dell. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 158 Merry it is in the good green wood. 1855 C. Kingsley Theseus in Heroes ii. 213 They hammered together till the greenwoods rang. 1884 J. Ruskin Lect. at Oxf. in Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Dec. 11/2 A bit of Alpine snow, of Greek sea, or of English greenwood. 1920 J. Farnol Geste of Duke Jocelyn ix. 139 O brother, 't is a fair place the greenwood, a fair, sweet place to live—aye, or to die methinks. 1980 F. Buechner Godric 76 My manor wants an eye to see my franchise duly granted, my greenwood free of poaching rogues. 1995 S. Schama Landscape & Memory iii. 140 Before the Norman tyranny, it was supposed, Britain had been mantled with the greenwood, a habit where lord and peasant, thane and churl co-existed in pre-feudal reciprocity. 2. = greenweed n. 2. Also with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in dyeing > trees or shrubs yielding dyes > [noun] > dyer's greenweed woodwaxen1367 woodwax1570 greenweed1582 greenwood1776 Kendal green1822 dyer's green-weed1854 1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants 441 Greenwood, Genista. 1819 J. Dugdale New Brit. Traveller II. 346 Genista tinctorea. Woodwaxen, Dyer's-weed, or Green-wood; in meadows and fields about Woodford. 1868 J. T. Burgess Old Eng. Wild Flowers 181 The Petty Whin (Genista Anglica) blooms on its spiny stem about midsummer. 1883 W. Jolly Life of John Duncan xv. 150 There they got the pretty green plant, with small yellow papilionaceous flowers and sharp thorns, called needle greenwood, petty whin, or carlin's spur. 1991 Ambio 20 127/3 Genista acanthoclada: greenwood. 2008 D. Miller 400 Trees & Shrubs for Small Spaces iv. 101 Genista tinctoria (dyers greenwood) from Europe is very variable in its growth and size but always non-spiny with dark green leaves. Compounds General attributive, as greenwood adventurer, †greenwood linde, greenwood shade, greenwood shaw, greenwood tree, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > thicket, brake, or brush shaw755 thicketa1000 thyvela1000 greavec1050 wood-shawc1275 boscagec1400 greenwood shawc1405 thickc1430 brakec1440 shaw of wood1462 queach1486 bush1523 tuft1555 bushment1587 bocage1644 cripple1675 virgult1736 bluffc1752 thick-set1766 sylvagea1774 thicket-maze1813 bosk1815 woodlet1821 rush1822 puckerbrush1867 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Friar's Tale (Ellesmere) (1872) l. 1386 Wher rydestow vnder this grene wode shawe? c1440 Tomas of Ersseldoune (Thornton) (1875) l. 86 (MED) He knelyde downe appone his knee, Vndirnethe þat grenwode spraye. c1510 Lytell Geste Robyn Hode (1847) I. iii. 173 They..dyde them strayt to Robyn Hode Under the grene wode tre. 1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid viii. X iiij Among the rootes on ground in greenewood shawe A Sowe of syse vnseene..they sawe. c1565 Adambel Clym of Cloughe & Wyllyam of Cloudesle (Copland) sig. B.iv Cloudesle walked a lytle besyde and loked vnder the grene wood linde. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne viii. lii. 152 Vnder the greene wood shaw. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. v. 1 Vnder the greene wood tree, who loues to lye with mee. View more context for this quotation c1650 Robin Hood & Butcher 14 in Percy Folio MS I. 20 Robin he marcht in the greene forrest, vnder the greenwood scray. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth IV. 126 Then we all agree; To..Smock and Knock it, Under the Green-wood Tree. 1792 S. Rogers Ital. Song 118 The canzonet and roundelay Sung in the silent greenwood shade. 1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. Introd. 61 And foresters, in green-wood trim, Lead in the leash the gazehounds grim. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 176 His coat it was all of the greenwood hue. 1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 86 Through yonder greenwood shaw. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1862) I. 69 The Robin Hood ballads..breathe the warm genial spirit of the old greenwood adventurers. 1909 M. F. Lansing Life in Greenwood 25 I am going to call him Will Scarlet, for in the greenwood thou must have a greenwood name. 1961 W. Brandon Indians 74/2 The followers who flocked to his secret standard (under the green oak greenwood tree) were loyal unto death. 1995 S. Schama Landscape & Memory iii. 167 Shaded by their leafy canopies, these gentry had lived a life of bosky patriotism, the cares of man and bird alike soothed away by the pleasures of their little greenwood arcadia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1275
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