halcyon daysn.

Brit.

/ˈhalsɪən deɪz/, U.S.

/ˈhælsiən ˌdeɪz/,

/ˈhælsiˌɑn ˌdeɪz/

Forms:

α. 1500s halcions dayes, 1500s halciones dayes, 1500s halcyons daies, 1500s halcions daies, 1500s–1600s halcyons dayes.

β. 1500s alcion dayes, 1500s halcion daies, 1500s–1600s halcion dayes, 1500s–1600s halcyon daies, 1500s–1600s 1800s halcyon dayes, 1600s– halcyon days, 1600s– halcion days.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: halcyon n., day n.

Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of halcyon n. + the plural of day n., after ancient Greek ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι, classical Latin alcyonēī dies (compare also classical Latin halcyonides, alcyonia, alcēdonia). In β. forms < halcyon n. + the plural of day n.With α. forms compare earlier Halcyon byrdes dayes:?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman sig. y^v Where for those dayes he called in laten Halcionii, that is as you wolde say, the Halcyon byrdes dayes.

1. A period of calm weather occurring in winter; esp. such a period lasting fourteen days, occurring around the winter solstice, and traditionally associated with the breeding period of the halcyon or kingfisher (see halcyon n. 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [noun] > calm weather > period of

still?c1225

halcyon days1545

α.

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel Ep. Ded. f. 2 Therfore is this tranquilite of the sea for that litle tyme, as a trwce taking in the winter, called the halcions dayes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 110 Expect Saint Martins Summer, Halcyons dayes.

β. 1581 J. Merbecke Bk. of Notes sig. ¶.vii (table) What the Halcion daies be.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. xxxii. 287 They lay and sit about mid-winter..and the time whiles they are broodie, is called the Halcyon daies [L. dies halcyonides; Fr. Iours Halcyonides]: for during that season, the sea is calme and navigable, especially in the coast of Sicilie.1657 J. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Hist. Wonderful Things of Nature vi. vi. 171 When it is a calm Winter, they call it Halcyon dayes, 7. dayes before the midst of winter, and 7. dayes after the midst of winter.1774 O. Goldsmith tr. St. Ambrose in Hist. Earth VI. vi. xiii. 144 The seamen are not ignorant of this blessing; they call this interval of fair weather their halcyon days.1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 230/1 The fable of the floating cradle in which during the Halcyon dayes the bird was said to rear its young.1887 Fishing Gaz. 26 Mar. 192/2 The French call the kingfisher ‘Martin Pecheur’, in allusion to St. Martin's summer and halcyon days.1978 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 16 Nov. 8/3 What else but song can describe those wonderful halcyon days of early November?2001 J. Morton Role Physical Environment in Anc. Greek Seafaring 284 Different traditions place the period of the ‘halcyon days’ anywhere from around the winter solstice..to late February.

2. A period of calm, peace, happiness, prosperity, or success; esp. such a period in the past, viewed nostalgically. Often with of or possessive, indicating the person, institution, activity, etc., benefiting from such a period.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > time of prosperity

highOE

golden age1561

halcyon days1570

gilded age1655

heyday1751

high point1787

millennium1821

palmy days1837

up1843

clover summer1866

flower-time1873

belle époque1910

glory-days1956

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > prosperous conditions > peaceful

halcyon1567

halcyon days1570

1570 Prayer in J. Foxe Serm. Christ Crucified sig. T.ij It hath pleased thy grace to geue vs these Alcion dayes, which yet we enioy.

1611 R. Bolton Disc. State True Happinesse 41 And in the Halcyon daies and fairest times of the Church, yet they haue those which will bee pricks in their eyes, and thornes in their sides.

1625 D. Primrose Scotlands Complaint sig. B^v What ciuill Broyle did staine, in those Halcyons dayes, My backe with blood, or fill my breast with feare, or eares with frayes.

1708 E. Ward Mod. World Disrob'd 77 She is convinc'd, by the sorrowful Declension of her Halcyon Days, and the Post Meridian of her fading Beauty, that Gentlemen of Value are not such Fools.

1790 In Consistory Court London: A. Evans versus T. Evans: Sentence 18 People come together in marriage with the extravagant expectations that all are to be halcyon days.

1829 New Eng. Farmer 16 Jan. 208/1 The true halcyon days are those of well treated children.

1853 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 143/1 When will the faculty allow the halcyon days of herbalism to revive?

1965 Punch 5 May 666/3 There is plenty of food about for..winged snail, and the abominable glassworm. Halcyon days, these, for the tiny calanus.

2018 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 5 Feb. 35 My mind often turns to those halcyon days of youth, full of sunshine and laughter, swimming, fishing, cycling and generally enjoying life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	halcyon days
释义	halcyon daysn. Brit. /ˈhalsɪən deɪz/, U.S. /ˈhælsiən ˌdeɪz/, /ˈhælsiˌɑn ˌdeɪz/ Forms: α. 1500s halcions dayes, 1500s halciones dayes, 1500s halcyons daies, 1500s halcions daies, 1500s–1600s halcyons dayes. β. 1500s alcion dayes, 1500s halcion daies, 1500s–1600s halcion dayes, 1500s–1600s halcyon daies, 1500s–1600s 1800s halcyon dayes, 1600s– halcyon days, 1600s– halcion days. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: halcyon n., day n. Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of halcyon n. + the plural of day n., after ancient Greek ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι, classical Latin alcyonēī dies (compare also classical Latin halcyonides, alcyonia, alcēdonia). In β. forms < halcyon n. + the plural of day n.With α. forms compare earlier Halcyon byrdes dayes:?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman sig. y^v Where for those dayes he called in laten Halcionii, that is as you wolde say, the Halcyon byrdes dayes. 1. A period of calm weather occurring in winter; esp. such a period lasting fourteen days, occurring around the winter solstice, and traditionally associated with the breeding period of the halcyon or kingfisher (see halcyon n. 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [noun] > calm weather > period of still?c1225 halcyon days1545 α. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel Ep. Ded. f. 2 Therfore is this tranquilite of the sea for that litle tyme, as a trwce taking in the winter, called the halcions dayes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 110 Expect Saint Martins Summer, Halcyons dayes. β. 1581 J. Merbecke Bk. of Notes sig. ¶.vii (table) What the Halcion daies be.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. xxxii. 287 They lay and sit about mid-winter..and the time whiles they are broodie, is called the Halcyon daies [L. dies halcyonides; Fr. Iours Halcyonides]: for during that season, the sea is calme and navigable, especially in the coast of Sicilie.1657 J. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Hist. Wonderful Things of Nature vi. vi. 171 When it is a calm Winter, they call it Halcyon dayes, 7. dayes before the midst of winter, and 7. dayes after the midst of winter.1774 O. Goldsmith tr. St. Ambrose in Hist. Earth VI. vi. xiii. 144 The seamen are not ignorant of this blessing; they call this interval of fair weather their halcyon days.1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 230/1 The fable of the floating cradle in which during the Halcyon dayes the bird was said to rear its young.1887 Fishing Gaz. 26 Mar. 192/2 The French call the kingfisher ‘Martin Pecheur’, in allusion to St. Martin's summer and halcyon days.1978 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 16 Nov. 8/3 What else but song can describe those wonderful halcyon days of early November?2001 J. Morton Role Physical Environment in Anc. Greek Seafaring 284 Different traditions place the period of the ‘halcyon days’ anywhere from around the winter solstice..to late February. 2. A period of calm, peace, happiness, prosperity, or success; esp. such a period in the past, viewed nostalgically. Often with of or possessive, indicating the person, institution, activity, etc., benefiting from such a period. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > time of prosperity highOE golden age1561 halcyon days1570 gilded age1655 heyday1751 high point1787 millennium1821 palmy days1837 up1843 clover summer1866 flower-time1873 belle époque1910 glory-days1956 the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > prosperous conditions > peaceful halcyon1567 halcyon days1570 1570 Prayer in J. Foxe Serm. Christ Crucified sig. T.ij It hath pleased thy grace to geue vs these Alcion dayes, which yet we enioy. 1611 R. Bolton Disc. State True Happinesse 41 And in the Halcyon daies and fairest times of the Church, yet they haue those which will bee pricks in their eyes, and thornes in their sides. 1625 D. Primrose Scotlands Complaint sig. B^v What ciuill Broyle did staine, in those Halcyons dayes, My backe with blood, or fill my breast with feare, or eares with frayes. 1708 E. Ward Mod. World Disrob'd 77 She is convinc'd, by the sorrowful Declension of her Halcyon Days, and the Post Meridian of her fading Beauty, that Gentlemen of Value are not such Fools. 1790 In Consistory Court London: A. Evans versus T. Evans: Sentence 18 People come together in marriage with the extravagant expectations that all are to be halcyon days. 1829 New Eng. Farmer 16 Jan. 208/1 The true halcyon days are those of well treated children. 1853 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 143/1 When will the faculty allow the halcyon days of herbalism to revive? 1965 Punch 5 May 666/3 There is plenty of food about for..winged snail, and the abominable glassworm. Halcyon days, these, for the tiny calanus. 2018 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 5 Feb. 35 My mind often turns to those halcyon days of youth, full of sunshine and laughter, swimming, fishing, cycling and generally enjoying life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1545
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