单词 | hogmanay |
释义 | hogmanayn. 1. Scottish and English regional (northern). (The call used to demand) a New Year's gift; esp. a gift of oatcakes, bread, fruit, etc., traditionally given to or demanded by children on the last day of the year. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift at Christmas or New Year > gift at New Year yeresyeve1194 New Year's gifta1400 hogmanay1443 yeresgift1545 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > other specific cries or exclamations O?c1225 heyc1400 hoc1405 whoopc1450 oha1535 ooh1602 whowb1602 phew1613 hogmanay1692 ah1712 yo-hope1724 whew1751 whoo1763 yah1812 yo-heave-ho1813 yoicks1817 yo-he-ho1827 yo1830 boo1833 yoick1854 hot-cha-cha1932 ooh-la-la1952 ooh-ah1957 eina1971 eish2005 1443 in Folklore (1984) 95 253 Et solutum xxxj die decembris magn. hagnonayse xijd. et parv. hagnonayse viijd. xxd. Et solutum primo die mensis Januarij Pasy munstrallo ex precepto domini xijd. Et solutum iiijto die mensis Januarij instrionibus Thome Haryngton ex precepto domini xxd. 1604 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 119 [January 3rd], William Pattoun delatit to haue been singand hagmonayis on Satirday. 1677 W. Nicolson Gloss. Cumbrian Dial. in Trans. Royal Soc. Lit. (1870) 9 312 Hagmena, begging alms on New Year's Day [Cumberland]. 1692 ‘J. Curate’ Sc. Presbyterian Eloquence iii. 103 It is ordinary among some Plebeians in the South of Scotland, to go about from door to door upon New-years Eve, crying Hagmane. 1774 Weekly Mag. 10 Mar. 334 It has, so far as the memory of anyone now alive can reach, run thus: Hagmenay, Trololay. 1790 Gentleman's Mag. 60 i. 499/1 In..Scotland, and in the North of England, till very lately, it was customary for every body to make and receive presents amongst their friends on the eve of the new year, which present was called an Hagmenay. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words at Hagmena The poor children in Newcastle, in expectation of their hogmena, go about from house to house knocking at the doors, singing their carols, and [saying] ‘Please will you give us wor hogmena’. 1842 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (new ed.) 67/2 Cries appropriate to the morning of Hogmanay..‘Get up, gudewife, and shake your feathers, And dinna think that we are beggars; For we are bairns come out to play, Get up and gie's our hogmanay!’ 1842 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (new ed.) 67/2 The children, on coming to the door, cry ‘Hogmanay!’ which is in itself a sufficient announcement of their demands. 1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words In North Northumberland the hogmanay is a small cake given to children on Old Year's Day; or the spice bread and cheese, with liquor, given away on the same day. 1905 Sc. Rev. 21 Dec. The visitors never failed to receive their Hogmanay which consisted usually of bun, shortbread, and wine or whisky. 2. Originally and chiefly Scottish. The last day of the year, 31 December; New Year's Eve; spec. the evening of this day, often marked with a celebration.Recorded earliest in compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year > New-year's day or eve year's dayOE New Year's Dayc1175 hogmanay1681 singing-e'en1806 Sylvester1838 New Year's Eve1864 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with New Year Feast of Fools1633 pongal1673 hogmanay1681 1681 W. Ker et al. Blasphemous & Treasonable Paper emitted by Phanatical Under-subscribers 3 We renounce..old wives Fables and By words, as Palmsunday, Carlinsunday,..Peacesunday, Halloweven, Hogmynae night, Valenteins even. 1774 Lyon in Mourning III. 328 O King of Heav'n, our sorrows to allay, Turn Hogmane to twenty-ninth of May. 1790 Gentleman's Mag. 60 ii. 616/2 On the last night of the old year (peculiarly called Hagmenai). 1826–41 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (1858) 296 Cries appropriate to the morning of Hogmanay. 1830 W. Scott Jrnl. 31 Dec. (1946) 131 We..spent our Hogmanae pleasantly enough. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 27 Dec. 6/1 Seasonable mummery..was reserved for Hogmanay. 1929 F. M. McNeill Scots Kitchen 188 Black bun, a festive cake at Hogmanay. Big blue raisins, currants, sweet almonds; orange, lemon, and citron peel. 1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore xiv. 277 Nodding towards the curious sounds of Captain Cheap and Mr. Hamilton preparing for Hogmanay. 1985 L. Lochhead True Confessions 103 Hogmanay saw Frank and me delirious On five pernod and blackcurrants plus four cans Of special plus a snakebite We didny know how to make right. 2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 20 Dec. (Mag.) 29 (caption) It's Hogmanay, time to party and look bootylicious for the Bells. Compounds General attributive, as hogmanay cake, hogmanay concert, hogmanay day, hogmanay night, hogmanay song, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > Hogmanay hogmanay cake1681 singing cake1894 black bun1898 1681*Hogmynae-night [see sense 2]. 1696 Atholl MSS 1 Jan. I passed on of his sh[illing]s to too poor women I brought up to my chamber yester-night to heare them sing a hog ma nae song. 1842 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes Scotl. (new ed.) 67/2 A particular individual..has frequently resolved two bolls of [oat]meal into hogmanay cakes. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 297 The eve that ushers in the new year is called in Scotland Hogmanay Night. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 21 Dec. 6/3 On New Year's Eve there is to be a grand Hogmanay concert for the special benefit of patriotic Scots in London. 1956 S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily ix. 136 He told me, among many other things, how the young men collected Hogmanay Meal for the poor folk of the island. 1989 Shetland Times 20 Jan. 9/3 Nigel Llewellyn..pleaded guilty to throwing a full bottle at the boot of a passing taxi..while with revellers..on Hogmanay night. 2006 I. Welsh Bedroom Secrets of Master Chefs xxv. 234 This place that was fucked up before it even opened, like our Parliament, or our Hogmanay street party that never was. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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