† nine-murdern.

Forms: 1500s nyn murder, 1500s–1600s ninmurder.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: nine adj., murder n.¹

Etymology: < nine adj. + murder n.¹, after German regional (Low German) Negenmörder or German Neunmörder (16th cent.). The name arises from a superstitious belief that the shrike kills nine birds every day. Compare nine-killer n.The following shows remodelling of the second element after murtherer , variant of murderer n.:1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A kind of lanaret hawke called a shreeke or nine murtherer.

Obsolete.

= nine-killer n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Laniidae (shrike)

warianglec1386

nine-murder1544

shrike1544

butcherbird1666

murdering bird1666

nine-killer1778

larder bird1948

1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. I5^v Tyrannus, a nyn murder.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Molliceps A birde of bodie no bigger then a thrush... Some thinke a shrike or nyn murder.

1587 T. Thomas Dict. Latinae et Anglicanae at Tyrannus A bird called of some a ninmurder.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Poul The Ninmurder, a yellowish bird, and the smallest of birds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	nine-murder
释义	† nine-murdern. Forms: 1500s nyn murder, 1500s–1600s ninmurder. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: nine adj., murder n.¹ Etymology: < nine adj. + murder n.¹, after German regional (Low German) Negenmörder or German Neunmörder (16th cent.). The name arises from a superstitious belief that the shrike kills nine birds every day. Compare nine-killer n.The following shows remodelling of the second element after murtherer , variant of murderer n.:1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A kind of lanaret hawke called a shreeke or nine murtherer. Obsolete. = nine-killer n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Laniidae (shrike) warianglec1386 nine-murder1544 shrike1544 butcherbird1666 murdering bird1666 nine-killer1778 larder bird1948 1544 W. Turner Avium Præcipuarum sig. I5^v Tyrannus, a nyn murder. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Molliceps A birde of bodie no bigger then a thrush... Some thinke a shrike or nyn murder. 1587 T. Thomas Dict. Latinae et Anglicanae at Tyrannus A bird called of some a ninmurder. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Poul The Ninmurder, a yellowish bird, and the smallest of birds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1544
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