greylaggraylagn.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪlaɡ/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪˌlæɡ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, greylags;

Forms:

α. 1600s grey lagg, 1700s– graylag, 1700s– grey-lag, 1700s– grey lag, 1800s gray lag, 1800s– greylag.

β. 1800s– grayleg, 1800s– grey-leg, 1900s– gray-leg, 1900s– greyleg, 2000s– gray leg.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., lag.

Etymology: Apparently < grey adj. + lag of uncertain origin and meaning (see discussion below).In the meaning ‘greylag goose’, the simplex lag is attested in the early 19th cent. in English regional use (Suffolk), and, in the derivative laggie (compare -y suffix⁶), from the 19th cent. in Scots. It is also attested as a word used in calling or driving geese from the 19th cent. in English regional (northern and midland) use and in Scots. These could indicate that lag was originally a word with the meaning ‘goose’ (of unknown origin), from which all of the other uses are derived. Perhaps compare also Middle English redlag as a bird name in a single attestation, which could show a different compound of the same word. However, it is also possible that either grey lag or grey lag goose was the original form, and the others ultimately shortened from either of these; if so, the element lag could show lag v.² or lag adj., with reference to this goose remaining relatively late in Britain before migrating for the winter (or in some instances overwintering in Britain). The form lag goose is also sometimes found in independent use, from the 19th cent. in English regional use denoting a goose, but perhaps much earlier as part of the fictional name of a personification of slothfulness (and hence probably taken to show lag v.² or lag adj.): see laggoose n. (Compare also the word division shown by the form grey lag-goose , although this is only found in occasional 20th-cent. use.) The β. forms probably result from folk-etymological association with leg n.

More fully greylag goose. The common wild goose of Eurasia, Anser anser, which has predominantly greyish-brown plumage, an orange (or pink) bill, and pink legs, and is the ancestor of the domestic goose.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Anser > anser anser (grey lag)

grey gooseeOE

fen-goose1606

greylag1685

marsh goose1766

stubble-goose1885

1685 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 15 1160 Anser Palustris noster, Grey Lagg, dictus.

1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. iii. 191 The Grey Lag is the origin of the domestic goose.

1794 W. Lewin Birds Great-Brit. VII. 3 The Wild Goose, or Gray Lag, is in weight about eight pounds.

1838 Analyst 8 57 The Bean Goose is distinguished from the Greylag Goose by the bill of the former being much smaller, and black.

1880 C. O. G. Napier Lakes & Rivers iv. 109 The gray-leg chooses various kinds of places for its nest.

1910 A. Chapman & W. J. Buck Unexplored Spain viii. 92 About the 25th September the first greylag geese appear.

1952 M. K. Wilson tr. K. Z. Lorenz King Solomon's Ring vii. 78 Mere miming, as the greylag goose can.

2004 Sporting Gun Mar. 3/2 I'm packing for my annual trip to Scotland's Tay estuary for the last week of the foreshore season among the pinkfeet and greylags.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	greylag
释义	greylaggraylagn. Brit. /ˈɡreɪlaɡ/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪˌlæɡ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, greylags; Forms: α. 1600s grey lagg, 1700s– graylag, 1700s– grey-lag, 1700s– grey lag, 1800s gray lag, 1800s– greylag. β. 1800s– grayleg, 1800s– grey-leg, 1900s– gray-leg, 1900s– greyleg, 2000s– gray leg. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey adj., lag. Etymology: Apparently < grey adj. + lag of uncertain origin and meaning (see discussion below).In the meaning ‘greylag goose’, the simplex lag is attested in the early 19th cent. in English regional use (Suffolk), and, in the derivative laggie (compare -y suffix⁶), from the 19th cent. in Scots. It is also attested as a word used in calling or driving geese from the 19th cent. in English regional (northern and midland) use and in Scots. These could indicate that lag was originally a word with the meaning ‘goose’ (of unknown origin), from which all of the other uses are derived. Perhaps compare also Middle English redlag as a bird name in a single attestation, which could show a different compound of the same word. However, it is also possible that either grey lag or grey lag goose was the original form, and the others ultimately shortened from either of these; if so, the element lag could show lag v.² or lag adj., with reference to this goose remaining relatively late in Britain before migrating for the winter (or in some instances overwintering in Britain). The form lag goose is also sometimes found in independent use, from the 19th cent. in English regional use denoting a goose, but perhaps much earlier as part of the fictional name of a personification of slothfulness (and hence probably taken to show lag v.² or lag adj.): see laggoose n. (Compare also the word division shown by the form grey lag-goose , although this is only found in occasional 20th-cent. use.) The β. forms probably result from folk-etymological association with leg n. More fully greylag goose. The common wild goose of Eurasia, Anser anser, which has predominantly greyish-brown plumage, an orange (or pink) bill, and pink legs, and is the ancestor of the domestic goose. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [noun] > member of subfamily Anserinea (goose) > genus Anser > anser anser (grey lag) grey gooseeOE fen-goose1606 greylag1685 marsh goose1766 stubble-goose1885 1685 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 15 1160 Anser Palustris noster, Grey Lagg, dictus. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. iii. 191 The Grey Lag is the origin of the domestic goose. 1794 W. Lewin Birds Great-Brit. VII. 3 The Wild Goose, or Gray Lag, is in weight about eight pounds. 1838 Analyst 8 57 The Bean Goose is distinguished from the Greylag Goose by the bill of the former being much smaller, and black. 1880 C. O. G. Napier Lakes & Rivers iv. 109 The gray-leg chooses various kinds of places for its nest. 1910 A. Chapman & W. J. Buck Unexplored Spain viii. 92 About the 25th September the first greylag geese appear. 1952 M. K. Wilson tr. K. Z. Lorenz King Solomon's Ring vii. 78 Mere miming, as the greylag goose can. 2004 Sporting Gun Mar. 3/2 I'm packing for my annual trip to Scotland's Tay estuary for the last week of the foreshore season among the pinkfeet and greylags. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1685
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