单词 | murmell |
释义 | † murmelln. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. Murmuring; the murmured expression of discontent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound > murmuring sound murmuringc1385 murmur?a1425 murmell1535 babblea1592 muttering1613 huma1616 mussitation1649 simmering1689 croon1725 babbling1736 brool1837 brooling1837 brum1842 babblement1860 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 2521 And, for till saif vs fra murmell, Schone, Diligence, fetch vs Gude-counsell. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 2538 Gif vs ȝour counsell, How we sall slaik the greit murmell Of pure peopill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). murmellv. Scottish (now chiefly Orkney). 1. transitive. To complain of, bemoan; to lament over. In early use: †to mutter, mumble (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > mutter or mumble mamblea1275 mumblec1350 blabber1362 babblea1400 muttera1425 pattera1425 rumble1440 barbettec1480 murmell1546 palter?1548 buzz1555 fumble1563 drumble1579 to sup up1579 radote?1590 chunter1599 putter1611 mussitate1623 muss1661 muffle1669 slobber1692 thruma1774 fumfer1954 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain about [verb (transitive)] plainc1400 muse1402 plaintc1425 grudgec1450 complain1509 murmell1546 to cry out of1548 repine1577 complain1584 remonstrate1625 churl1627 bemurmur1837 holler1936 1546 P. Liddale Let. 17 Oct. in Lett. & Papers Henry VIII (1836) V. 568 Yis court murmillis sic thingis gretumlie. 1608 in H. Paton Dundonald Parish Rec. (1936) 170 Scho mvrmilling fyve or sax vordis. 1895 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 June 349 She ‘murmelted sorely’, to use an old Orcadian phrase, the hard fate which so rudely parted her from her Johnnie. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. Orkney Parish 151 Murmelt, lament over a trifling matter. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Murmell,..to grumble or lament over. 2. intransitive. Of a baby: to coo, to gurgle. rare. ΚΠ 1881 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) III. 328/1 Murmell, to croodle like an infant, Clydes. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. Murmell, of a baby to make cooing noises. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1535v.1546 |
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