ring dancen.

Brit.

/ˈrɪŋ dɑːns/,

/ˈrɪŋ dans/, U.S.

/ˈrɪŋ ˌdæns/

Forms: see ring n.¹ and dance n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.¹, dance n.

Etymology: < ring n.¹ + dance n. Compare Dutch ringdans (16th cent. in Kiliaan as ringhdans), Middle Low German ringedans (also ringeldans), German Ringtanz (16th cent.; also Ringeltanz), Icelandic hringdans, Swedish ringdans (17th cent.), early modern Danish, Danish ringdans. The later uses in English frequently reflect one or other of these Germanic parallels.

A dance in which the dancers form a circle. Also figurative.rare between the mid 17th and early 19th centuries.

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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun]

carolc1300

carolingc1300

roundc1487

ring dancea1522

round dance1530

ringlet1600

roundel1600

round game1611

circle dance1821

ronde1823

ring play1856

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. viii. l. 11 Lyke to the goddes Dian..Ledand ryng dansys, quham followis our alquhar A thousand nymphis.

c1600 J. Dymmok Treat. Ireland (1842) 35 They conveyinge themselues after a while in a ringe daunce into a wood.

1614 R. Brathwait Schollers Medley 39 The painted Flagge of Vaine-glory, leading a troupe of vices in a Ring-dance.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. xxi. 8) These lead the ring-dance of this rout of reprobates.

1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. Ring dances, a kind of Dances of many together in a ring or circle taking one another by the hands, and quitting them again at certain turns of the Tune (or Spring, as Scot. we call it,) and sometimes the Piper is put in the center.

1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. p. lviii In the same kind of measure [as Caedmon's hymn] are almost all the popular rhymes which still continue to be repeated by children in their ring-dances.

1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. 266 A ring-dance, performed in every farmhouse at Christmas-time.

1910 C. Waern Mediæval Sicily p. xiv In Old Sweden the gaily decked Maypole is, or was, set up on Midsummer Eve, and people dance round it..the brisk national ‘polska’ or the characteristic ‘ring dance’.

1933 E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-play 202 There is a general resemblance between Sword Dances proper and..Ring, Hoop, or Garland Dances.

1960 W. H. Auden Homage to Clio 28 Rustics in a ring-dance pantomime.

2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Dec. 35/1 Stravinsky seems to have paid close attention to scholarly speculation about the religious and pagan origins of various Baroque dances, such as ring dances with witches circling the Devil.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ring dance
释义	ring dancen. Brit. /ˈrɪŋ dɑːns/, /ˈrɪŋ dans/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋ ˌdæns/ Forms: see ring n.¹ and dance n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.¹, dance n. Etymology: < ring n.¹ + dance n. Compare Dutch ringdans (16th cent. in Kiliaan as ringhdans), Middle Low German ringedans (also ringeldans), German Ringtanz (16th cent.; also Ringeltanz), Icelandic hringdans, Swedish ringdans (17th cent.), early modern Danish, Danish ringdans. The later uses in English frequently reflect one or other of these Germanic parallels. A dance in which the dancers form a circle. Also figurative.rare between the mid 17th and early 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > round dance > [noun] carolc1300 carolingc1300 roundc1487 ring dancea1522 round dance1530 ringlet1600 roundel1600 round game1611 circle dance1821 ronde1823 ring play1856 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) i. viii. l. 11 Lyke to the goddes Dian..Ledand ryng dansys, quham followis our alquhar A thousand nymphis. c1600 J. Dymmok Treat. Ireland (1842) 35 They conveyinge themselues after a while in a ringe daunce into a wood. 1614 R. Brathwait Schollers Medley 39 The painted Flagge of Vaine-glory, leading a troupe of vices in a Ring-dance. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. xxi. 8) These lead the ring-dance of this rout of reprobates. 1710 T. Ruddiman in G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneis (new ed.) Gloss. Ring dances, a kind of Dances of many together in a ring or circle taking one another by the hands, and quitting them again at certain turns of the Tune (or Spring, as Scot. we call it,) and sometimes the Piper is put in the center. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. p. lviii In the same kind of measure [as Caedmon's hymn] are almost all the popular rhymes which still continue to be repeated by children in their ring-dances. 1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. 266 A ring-dance, performed in every farmhouse at Christmas-time. 1910 C. Waern Mediæval Sicily p. xiv In Old Sweden the gaily decked Maypole is, or was, set up on Midsummer Eve, and people dance round it..the brisk national ‘polska’ or the characteristic ‘ring dance’. 1933 E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-play 202 There is a general resemblance between Sword Dances proper and..Ring, Hoop, or Garland Dances. 1960 W. H. Auden Homage to Clio 28 Rustics in a ring-dance pantomime. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 19 Dec. 35/1 Stravinsky seems to have paid close attention to scholarly speculation about the religious and pagan origins of various Baroque dances, such as ring dances with witches circling the Devil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1522
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