mire-snipen.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪəsnʌɪp/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪ(ə)rˌsnaɪp/, Scottish English

/ˈmaɪrsnʌɪp/

Forms: pre-1700 miresnype, pre-1700 myresnyp, pre-1700 myresnype, pre-1700 myresnyppe, pre-1700 myrsnap, pre-1700 myrsnyp, pre-1700 1700s– myresnipe, 1700s– (1900s– Irish English) mire-snipe, 1900s– mire snip (Orkney).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mire n.¹, snipe n.

Etymology: < mire n.¹ + snipe n., perhaps after a form in a Scandinavian language (compare Old Icelandic mýri-snípa, Faroese mýrisnípa, Norwegian myrsnipe, Swedish myr-snipa).

Scottish.

The common snipe, Gallinago gallinago. †to catch (also meet with etc.) a mire-snipe: to become stuck in a mire; (figurative) to have an accident or mishap (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Gallinago > galinago gallinago (common snipe)

snitec725

snipec1325

brewea1475

mire-snipea1525

heather-bleater?1590

jack snipe1664

earn-bleater1754

weather-blate1802

full snipe1824

heather-bleat1824

shad-bird1879

gutter-snipe-

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 213 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 101 The martoune ye murcoke ye myresnype.

?1594 D. Monro Descr. W. Isles (1961) 59 Ellan na naoisg, callit in English the Myresnyppis Ile.

1603 Proph. Waldhaue in Whole Prophesie Scotl. sig. B8 A hurtcheoun..Hath marred the myrsnap in Minto Craiges.

1667 in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1721) I. 108 Mr. Gabriel threatned them, and said they might meet with a Miresnype, if they would go away.

c1700 in Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. (1905) 58 Myresnipes (which like a Feldefare), called heatherbleet.

1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. ii. 54 They will have you away through the bogs and marshes, catching flies and mire-snipes.

1821 W. Liddle Poems 145 Nor ne'er a miresnipe in the fen.

1847 Zoologist 5 1908 The snipe..known by the name of the mire-snipe.

1881 C. Sievwright Garland 38 To the myre-snipe's weary wail.

1929 H. Marwick Orkney Norn 75 The horse gok, mire snip and water-pleep.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mire-snipe
释义	mire-snipen. Brit. /ˈmʌɪəsnʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈmaɪ(ə)rˌsnaɪp/, Scottish English /ˈmaɪrsnʌɪp/ Forms: pre-1700 miresnype, pre-1700 myresnyp, pre-1700 myresnype, pre-1700 myresnyppe, pre-1700 myrsnap, pre-1700 myrsnyp, pre-1700 1700s– myresnipe, 1700s– (1900s– Irish English) mire-snipe, 1900s– mire snip (Orkney). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mire n.¹, snipe n. Etymology: < mire n.¹ + snipe n., perhaps after a form in a Scandinavian language (compare Old Icelandic mýri-snípa, Faroese mýrisnípa, Norwegian myrsnipe, Swedish myr-snipa). Scottish. The common snipe, Gallinago gallinago. †to catch (also meet with etc.) a mire-snipe: to become stuck in a mire; (figurative) to have an accident or mishap (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Gallinago > galinago gallinago (common snipe) snitec725 snipec1325 brewea1475 mire-snipea1525 heather-bleater?1590 jack snipe1664 earn-bleater1754 weather-blate1802 full snipe1824 heather-bleat1824 shad-bird1879 gutter-snipe- a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 213 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 101 The martoune ye murcoke ye myresnype. ?1594 D. Monro Descr. W. Isles (1961) 59 Ellan na naoisg, callit in English the Myresnyppis Ile. 1603 Proph. Waldhaue in Whole Prophesie Scotl. sig. B8 A hurtcheoun..Hath marred the myrsnap in Minto Craiges. 1667 in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1721) I. 108 Mr. Gabriel threatned them, and said they might meet with a Miresnype, if they would go away. c1700 in Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. (1905) 58 Myresnipes (which like a Feldefare), called heatherbleet. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. ii. 54 They will have you away through the bogs and marshes, catching flies and mire-snipes. 1821 W. Liddle Poems 145 Nor ne'er a miresnipe in the fen. 1847 Zoologist 5 1908 The snipe..known by the name of the mire-snipe. 1881 C. Sievwright Garland 38 To the myre-snipe's weary wail. 1929 H. Marwick Orkney Norn 75 The horse gok, mire snip and water-pleep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1525
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