pur-lambn.

Brit.

/ˈpəːlam/, U.S.

/ˈpərˌlæm/

Forms: Old English 1700s– pur-lamb, 1800s– purr-lamb (English regional (Isle of Wight)), 1900s– per-lamb (English regional (Dorset)).

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, lamb n.¹

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (perhaps related to German regional (Low German: Westphalia) purre small child (rare), of uncertain origin; perhaps compare Norwegian regional purre ram, also used as a call to (especially male) sheep) + lamb n.¹ Compare later pur n.² and the note at that entry, pur-hog n.The word is apparently unrecorded between the Old English period and the 18th cent. In form purr-lamb perhaps influenced by purr v.²

In later use English regional (chiefly south-western).

A male lamb. See also pur n.²Applied variously to castrated or to uncastrated lambs. Cf. wether sheep n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > lamb > male

wether lamb?a1500

ram lamb1570

tup-hog1591

pur-lamba1722

tup-lamba1722

pur1787

OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xii. 5 Nime ælc man an lamb..ðæt lamb sceal beon anwintre purlamb, clæne & unwemme [L. agnus absque macula masculus anniculus].

a1722 E. Lisle in J. Britten Old Country & Farming Words (E.D.S.) (1880) Gloss. Observ. Husb. 66 Pur-lamb, male lamb.

1817 W. Stevenson Gen. View Agric. Dorset (new ed.) 411 Pur-lambs are sold to dealers, etc. from Somersetshire, and other districts, where breeding flocks are not so generally kept as in the upland parts of Dorsetshire.

1886 W. Barnes Gloss. Dorset Dial. 89 Pur lamb, a sound male lamb, a castrated ram lamb.

1907 ‘Pately Bridge’ in W. J. Clarke Mod. Sheep 161 ‘Tup-lamb’, ‘ram-lamb’, ‘pur-lamb’ and ‘heeler’ are different names given to uncastrated males from birth to weaning.

1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton iii. 56 We have four pur-lambs, who will make fine tupps.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pur-lamb
释义	pur-lambn. Brit. /ˈpəːlam/, U.S. /ˈpərˌlæm/ Forms: Old English 1700s– pur-lamb, 1800s– purr-lamb (English regional (Isle of Wight)), 1900s– per-lamb (English regional (Dorset)). Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, lamb n.¹ Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (perhaps related to German regional (Low German: Westphalia) purre small child (rare), of uncertain origin; perhaps compare Norwegian regional purre ram, also used as a call to (especially male) sheep) + lamb n.¹ Compare later pur n.² and the note at that entry, pur-hog n.The word is apparently unrecorded between the Old English period and the 18th cent. In form purr-lamb perhaps influenced by purr v.² In later use English regional (chiefly south-western). A male lamb. See also pur n.²Applied variously to castrated or to uncastrated lambs. Cf. wether sheep n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > lamb > male wether lamb?a1500 ram lamb1570 tup-hog1591 pur-lamba1722 tup-lamba1722 pur1787 OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xii. 5 Nime ælc man an lamb..ðæt lamb sceal beon anwintre purlamb, clæne & unwemme [L. agnus absque macula masculus anniculus]. a1722 E. Lisle in J. Britten Old Country & Farming Words (E.D.S.) (1880) Gloss. Observ. Husb. 66 Pur-lamb, male lamb. 1817 W. Stevenson Gen. View Agric. Dorset (new ed.) 411 Pur-lambs are sold to dealers, etc. from Somersetshire, and other districts, where breeding flocks are not so generally kept as in the upland parts of Dorsetshire. 1886 W. Barnes Gloss. Dorset Dial. 89 Pur lamb, a sound male lamb, a castrated ram lamb. 1907 ‘Pately Bridge’ in W. J. Clarke Mod. Sheep 161 ‘Tup-lamb’, ‘ram-lamb’, ‘pur-lamb’ and ‘heeler’ are different names given to uncastrated males from birth to weaning. 1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton iii. 56 We have four pur-lambs, who will make fine tupps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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