hen eggn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛn ɛɡ/, U.S.

/ˈhɛn ˌɛɡ/

Forms: see hen n.¹ and egg n.; also Old English hænne æg, Old English henne æg, Old English henne æiru (accusative plural).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hen n.¹, egg n.

Etymology: < hen n.¹ + egg n.In Old English probably showing a collocation with the first element in the genitive (henne ); see the notes on Old English in the etymology at hen n.¹

An egg of a domestic chicken; a hen's egg.In modern use, hen's egg is more common.

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eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. ii. 38 Wiþ þeoradle on eagum.., hænne æges geolocan & merces sæd.

lOE Prognostics (Hatton) (2007) 325 Gyf man mæte þæt he henne ægeru hæbbe oðð[e] þicge, ne deah hym þæt.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 75 (MED) Þanne he wolde ete..oon hen ey.

a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 2841 For an hen..Men gaff off penys fiften schillings. For an hen-ay penes unlevene.

1527 in J. S. Brewer Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1872) (modernized text) IV. ii. 1604 Hen eggs for binding colours, 22d.

1620 T. Venner Via Recta v. 83 Neither must this be vnderstood of all kindes of Egges, but of Hen-Egges onely.

1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 39 Take Hen-egs boyled hard.

1763 J. Wesley Jrnl. 2 Nov. (1827) III. 150 Some of the hail-stones were larger than hen-eggs.

1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 368 A hundred hen eggs, new laid, were sold in the Islands for a peny.

1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 149 The albumen of a duck-egg coagulates with less heat than that of the hen-egg.

1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 446/3 My mare, Lady May, struck her jaw against the shaft, raising a hard lump, size of a hen egg.

1961 Ann. Reg. 1960 508 The guaranteed prices for..hen eggs..were reduced.

2008 New Yorker 24 Mar. 66/2 He wanted the soft-cooked hen egg—served with caviar, fines herbes, soubise, and homemade miniature potato chips.

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

单词	hen egg
释义	hen eggn. Brit. /ˈhɛn ɛɡ/, U.S. /ˈhɛn ˌɛɡ/ Forms: see hen n.¹ and egg n.; also Old English hænne æg, Old English henne æg, Old English henne æiru (accusative plural). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hen n.¹, egg n. Etymology: < hen n.¹ + egg n.In Old English probably showing a collocation with the first element in the genitive (henne ); see the notes on Old English in the etymology at hen n.¹ An egg of a domestic chicken; a hen's egg.In modern use, hen's egg is more common. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > eggs > [noun] > hen's egg egg805 hen eggeOE cockneyc1390 hen fruit1844 cackle-berry1916 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. ii. 38 Wiþ þeoradle on eagum.., hænne æges geolocan & merces sæd. lOE Prognostics (Hatton) (2007) 325 Gyf man mæte þæt he henne ægeru hæbbe oðð[e] þicge, ne deah hym þæt. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 75 (MED) Þanne he wolde ete..oon hen ey. a1450 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (Caius) (1810) l. 2841 For an hen..Men gaff off penys fiften schillings. For an hen-ay penes unlevene. 1527 in J. S. Brewer Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1872) (modernized text) IV. ii. 1604 Hen eggs for binding colours, 22d. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta v. 83 Neither must this be vnderstood of all kindes of Egges, but of Hen-Egges onely. 1651 J. French Art Distillation i. 39 Take Hen-egs boyled hard. 1763 J. Wesley Jrnl. 2 Nov. (1827) III. 150 Some of the hail-stones were larger than hen-eggs. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 368 A hundred hen eggs, new laid, were sold in the Islands for a peny. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 149 The albumen of a duck-egg coagulates with less heat than that of the hen-egg. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 446/3 My mare, Lady May, struck her jaw against the shaft, raising a hard lump, size of a hen egg. 1961 Ann. Reg. 1960 508 The guaranteed prices for..hen eggs..were reduced. 2008 New Yorker 24 Mar. 66/2 He wanted the soft-cooked hen egg—served with caviar, fines herbes, soubise, and homemade miniature potato chips. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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