† life-honeyn.

Forms:

α. See life n. and honey n. and adj.

β. late Middle English lufe-hony.

γ. 1500s liue-honie, 1600s liue-hony, 1700s live-honey.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: life n., honey n.

Etymology: < life n. + honey n.In β. forms perhaps influenced by live v.¹ (see variants at that entry). In γ. forms apparently with alteration of the first element after live adj.¹ Compare also the β. forms at life n.

Obsolete.

Fresh honey which runs from the honeycomb, or which may be extracted after the virgin honey (see virgin n. and adj. Compounds 2b) has been removed. Cf. stock-honey n. at stock n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1f.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > honey > [noun] > virgin or liquid honey

honey-teareOE

life-honey?a1450

white honeya1450

virgin's honey1611

virgin honeya1665

?a1450 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1866) 311 (MED) For to make drynke of anteoche..tak a potel of lyf hony and boyle it and skyme it.

1526 Treasure of Pore Men f. xxxviii Take Egrymonde and stampe it smal & temper it with lyfe hony that it be well moysted and then laye it in to the wounde and it shall cese of akyng within halfe a howre.

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxxxiii. 234 Let it boyle vntill it come to the thicknesse of Liue Honie.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 317 Such..as..will not run like life-hony.

1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie vi. sig. G6^v The other [hony] so soft that it will runne, which therefore is called liue-hony.

1664 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 44 Life-honey..that which..drops sweetly out of the Comb.

1701 S. Wesley Hist. New Test. cviii. 198 He hears surpriz'd, from thence a murm'ring Sound, He sees live Honey flowing on the Ground.

1754 S. Jackson Director 89 Add to it so much Life-Honey as will sweeten it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	life-honey
释义	† life-honeyn. Forms: α. See life n. and honey n. and adj. β. late Middle English lufe-hony. γ. 1500s liue-honie, 1600s liue-hony, 1700s live-honey. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: life n., honey n. Etymology: < life n. + honey n.In β. forms perhaps influenced by live v.¹ (see variants at that entry). In γ. forms apparently with alteration of the first element after live adj.¹ Compare also the β. forms at life n. Obsolete. Fresh honey which runs from the honeycomb, or which may be extracted after the virgin honey (see virgin n. and adj. Compounds 2b) has been removed. Cf. stock-honey n. at stock n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1f. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > honey > [noun] > virgin or liquid honey honey-teareOE life-honey?a1450 white honeya1450 virgin's honey1611 virgin honeya1665 ?a1450 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1866) 311 (MED) For to make drynke of anteoche..tak a potel of lyf hony and boyle it and skyme it. 1526 Treasure of Pore Men f. xxxviii Take Egrymonde and stampe it smal & temper it with lyfe hony that it be well moysted and then laye it in to the wounde and it shall cese of akyng within halfe a howre. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxxxiii. 234 Let it boyle vntill it come to the thicknesse of Liue Honie. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 317 Such..as..will not run like life-hony. 1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie vi. sig. G6^v The other [hony] so soft that it will runne, which therefore is called liue-hony. 1664 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 44 Life-honey..that which..drops sweetly out of the Comb. 1701 S. Wesley Hist. New Test. cviii. 198 He hears surpriz'd, from thence a murm'ring Sound, He sees live Honey flowing on the Ground. 1754 S. Jackson Director 89 Add to it so much Life-Honey as will sweeten it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1450
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