hen harriern.

Brit.

/ˈhɛn ˌharɪə/, U.S.

/ˈhɛn ˌhɛriər/

Forms:

α. 1500s henne harroer, 1500s–1600s hen haroer, 1500s–1600s hen harroer, 1600s henne haroer, 1700s–1800s hen harrower.

β. 1600s–1700s hen harrow.

γ. 1600s– hen harrier.

Etymology: < hen n.¹ + harrier n.¹ (compare harrier n.¹ 3), in allusion to this bird's reputation for preying on poultry. Compare harrohen n.Spelling variation in this word reflects similar variation in the underlying verb: compare harry v. beside harrow v.² and discussion of forms at those entries.

A medium-sized bird of prey of the northern hemisphere, mainly of open lowlands and moorlands, Circus cyaneus, the adult male of which has pale grey plumage, the female and juvenile being brown and white with a barred tail; esp. the Eurasian form of this bird (the American subspecies being distinguished as northern harrier). Cf. harrier n.¹ 3.The relatively smaller male was formerly known also as blue hawk or blue kite, and female and juvenile birds are sometimes called ringtail. Despite the name, the bird is now rarely a threat to domestic poultry but its numbers in England have been severely reduced by trapping and killing due to its predation of grouse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier) > circus cynaeus (hen-harrier)

St Martin's fowl?a1513

hen harrier1544

grey falcon1678

faller1848

rabbit-hawk1851

miller1885

St Martin's bird1894

1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. B^v Rubetarium esse credo acciptrem illum, quem Angli hen harroer nominant.

1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) i. xv. 67 As also the Kite, Hen-harrow, and Owle, which sometimes will not let to swap into the very Brood-house to catch and carrie away the Chickens.

1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 21 The Ring-tail,..the Male whereof is called the Hen-harrier [1676 cujus mas the Henharrier dicitur], from preying upon Hens.

1774 G. White Let. 2 Sept. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 101 Hen-harriers breed on the ground, and seem never to settle on trees.

1882 Cent. Mag. July 377/1 I did not fear the hen-harriers, for I kept no chickens.

1990 Birds Mag. Summer 40/2 There is far more to Orkney than seabirds... The moorlands have breeding hen harriers, merlins, [etc.].

2016 Independent (Nexis) 19 June 16 We have clear information that in some areas, some managers are actively supplying poisons for gamekeepers to use and actively telling them to kill hen harriers.

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

单词	hen harrier
释义	hen harriern. Brit. /ˈhɛn ˌharɪə/, U.S. /ˈhɛn ˌhɛriər/ Forms: α. 1500s henne harroer, 1500s–1600s hen haroer, 1500s–1600s hen harroer, 1600s henne haroer, 1700s–1800s hen harrower. β. 1600s–1700s hen harrow. γ. 1600s– hen harrier. Etymology: < hen n.¹ + harrier n.¹ (compare harrier n.¹ 3), in allusion to this bird's reputation for preying on poultry. Compare harrohen n.Spelling variation in this word reflects similar variation in the underlying verb: compare harry v. beside harrow v.² and discussion of forms at those entries. A medium-sized bird of prey of the northern hemisphere, mainly of open lowlands and moorlands, Circus cyaneus, the adult male of which has pale grey plumage, the female and juvenile being brown and white with a barred tail; esp. the Eurasian form of this bird (the American subspecies being distinguished as northern harrier). Cf. harrier n.¹ 3.The relatively smaller male was formerly known also as blue hawk or blue kite, and female and juvenile birds are sometimes called ringtail. Despite the name, the bird is now rarely a threat to domestic poultry but its numbers in England have been severely reduced by trapping and killing due to its predation of grouse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > genus Circus (harrier) > circus cynaeus (hen-harrier) St Martin's fowl?a1513 hen harrier1544 grey falcon1678 faller1848 rabbit-hawk1851 miller1885 St Martin's bird1894 1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. B^v Rubetarium esse credo acciptrem illum, quem Angli hen harroer nominant. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) i. xv. 67 As also the Kite, Hen-harrow, and Owle, which sometimes will not let to swap into the very Brood-house to catch and carrie away the Chickens. 1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 21 The Ring-tail,..the Male whereof is called the Hen-harrier [1676 cujus mas the Henharrier dicitur], from preying upon Hens. 1774 G. White Let. 2 Sept. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 101 Hen-harriers breed on the ground, and seem never to settle on trees. 1882 Cent. Mag. July 377/1 I did not fear the hen-harriers, for I kept no chickens. 1990 Birds Mag. Summer 40/2 There is far more to Orkney than seabirds... The moorlands have breeding hen harriers, merlins, [etc.]. 2016 Independent (Nexis) 19 June 16 We have clear information that in some areas, some managers are actively supplying poisons for gamekeepers to use and actively telling them to kill hen harriers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1544
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