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单词 noup
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noupn.

Brit. /nuːp/, U.S. /nup/, Scottish English /nup/
Forms: 1700s knop, 1800s– knoop, 1800s– noop, 1800s– noup.
Origin: Probably a borrowing from Norn.
Etymology: Probably < the unattested Norn reflex of the early Scandinavian word represented by Old Icelandic núpr , gnúpr (Icelandic núpur ), Faroese núpur , Norwegian (Nynorsk) nup , Swedish regional gnup ; further etymology uncertain: perhaps related to Lithuanian kniubti to incline, bend down,kneel with one's head down, kniubsoti to lie prone, knopsoti to stand or sit with one's head down, Latvian kņupt , knupt to sit or lie hunched up, bend, lie prone, although the exact relationship is difficult to explain phonologically. Compare nip n.1, noop n.1The unusual form knop (see quot. 1701) probably shows the influence of knop n.1 (perhaps compare also the form knoop).
Scottish (chiefly Orkney and Shetland).
A jutting or overhanging crag; a steep headland or promontory.Frequently in Orkney and Shetland place names.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun]
starteOE
nessOE
snookc1236
head1315
bill1382
foreland?a1400
capec1405
nook?a1425
mull1429
headland?c1475
point?c1475
nese1497
peak1548
promontory1548
arma1552
reach1562
butt1598
promontorea1600
horn1601
naze1605
promonta1607
bay1611
abutment1613
promontorium1621
noup1701
lingula1753
scaw1821
tang1822
odd1869
1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 110 There is a Hill called the Knop of Kebister.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Knoop The Knoop of a hill, that part of a hill which towers above, or projects from, the rest.
1821 W. Scott Pirate II. vi. 142 By stack and by skerry, by noup, and by voe.
1898 ‘Junda’ Klingrahool 13 The moon hangs over the Noop of Noss.
a1940 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Praise of Ben Dorain in Compl. Poems (1993) I. 596 That was the fine line to be watching oop The seen parts of a path between noop and noop.
1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles v. 47 The grazing land on the back slope of the Noup of Norby was used in 1964 by 10 tenants.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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