bilberryn.

/ˈbɪlbɛri/

Forms: Also 1600s bilbery, 1600s–1700s billberry.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from early Scandinavian.

Etymology: Apparently of Norse origin; compare Danish böllebær , < bölle (used separately for bilberry) + bær berry n.¹ (The origin of Danish bölle is unknown; the suggestion that it is < Old Norse bǫllr ball n.¹ is phonetically improbable, since this gives Swedish boll, Danish bold.)

1. The fruit of a dwarf hardy shrub ( Vaccinium myrtillus), abundant on heaths, on stony moors, and in mountain woods, in Great Britain and Northern Europe; the berry is of a deep blue black, and about a quarter of an inch in diameter. So called chiefly in the Midlands; other names are whortleberry n. and blaeberry n. The name is applied also to the plant, and used attributively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > bilberry or myrtleberry

blackberrylOE

myrtlea1400

hurtleberryc1460

myrtle berry?a1500

hurt1542

blaeberry1562

whortleberry1578

bilberry1584

blue1587

hurtle1597

hurtberrya1661

frawn1726

ohelo1825

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > bilberry or myrtleberry

blackberrylOE

wineberry14..

whimberryc1460

myrtle berry?a1500

blaeberry1562

whort1578

whortleberry1578

bilberry1584

vaccinium1597

whortle1597

frawn1726

1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 171 The cloth, Hair-coloured, Bilbery juyce.

1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard ii. xii. sig. Ci^v Straw-berries, or Bil-berries in their prime.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 44 There pinch the Maids as blew as Bill-berry .

1810 W. Wordsworth Descr. Lakes 1 (1823) 29 The bilberry, a ground plant, never so beautiful as in early spring.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 87 In misty blue, Bilberries glow on tendrils weak.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §6. 45 I lay down upon the bilberry bushes.

2. Applied with or without qualification to other species of Vaccinium; e.g. in Britain to the Great Bilberry or Bog Whortleberry ( V. uliginosum).

ΚΠ

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1455 Vaccinia nigra fructu majore. The greater Billberry.

1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 84 Garlands of small red bilberries.

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) The species of American bilberry are referred to the sub-genus Eu-vaccinium.

Derivatives

ˈbilberrying n. gathering bilberries.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > berry-picking

strawberrying1634

huckleberrying1721

whorting1746

blackberrying1786

barberrying1859

bilberrying1859

berrying1884

1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 92 A party of rustic children ‘a bilberrying.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bilberry
释义	bilberryn. /ˈbɪlbɛri/ Forms: Also 1600s bilbery, 1600s–1700s billberry. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: Apparently of Norse origin; compare Danish böllebær , < bölle (used separately for bilberry) + bær berry n.¹ (The origin of Danish bölle is unknown; the suggestion that it is < Old Norse bǫllr ball n.¹ is phonetically improbable, since this gives Swedish boll, Danish bold.) 1. The fruit of a dwarf hardy shrub ( Vaccinium myrtillus), abundant on heaths, on stony moors, and in mountain woods, in Great Britain and Northern Europe; the berry is of a deep blue black, and about a quarter of an inch in diameter. So called chiefly in the Midlands; other names are whortleberry n. and blaeberry n. The name is applied also to the plant, and used attributively. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > berry > [noun] > bilberry or myrtleberry blackberrylOE myrtlea1400 hurtleberryc1460 myrtle berry?a1500 hurt1542 blaeberry1562 whortleberry1578 bilberry1584 blue1587 hurtle1597 hurtberrya1661 frawn1726 ohelo1825 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > edible berries > bilberry or myrtleberry blackberrylOE wineberry14.. whimberryc1460 myrtle berry?a1500 blaeberry1562 whort1578 whortleberry1578 bilberry1584 vaccinium1597 whortle1597 frawn1726 1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 171 The cloth, Hair-coloured, Bilbery juyce. 1594 R. Barnfield Affectionate Shepheard ii. xii. sig. Ci^v Straw-berries, or Bil-berries in their prime. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) v. v. 44 There pinch the Maids as blew as Bill-berry . View more context for this quotation 1810 W. Wordsworth Descr. Lakes 1 (1823) 29 The bilberry, a ground plant, never so beautiful as in early spring. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 87 In misty blue, Bilberries glow on tendrils weak. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §6. 45 I lay down upon the bilberry bushes. 2. Applied with or without qualification to other species of Vaccinium; e.g. in Britain to the Great Bilberry or Bog Whortleberry ( V. uliginosum). ΚΠ 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1455 Vaccinia nigra fructu majore. The greater Billberry. 1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 84 Garlands of small red bilberries. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) The species of American bilberry are referred to the sub-genus Eu-vaccinium. Derivatives ˈbilberrying n. gathering bilberries. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > berry-picking strawberrying1634 huckleberrying1721 whorting1746 blackberrying1786 barberrying1859 bilberrying1859 berrying1884 1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 92 A party of rustic children ‘a bilberrying.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1584
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