river horsen.

Brit.

/ˈrɪvə hɔːs/, U.S.

/ˈrɪvər ˌhɔrs/

Forms: see river n.¹ and horse n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally partly modelled on a French lexical item, partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: river n.¹, horse n.

Etymology: < river n.¹ + horse n., in sense 1 after Middle French, French hippopotame and its etymons classical Latin hippopotamus and Hellenistic Greek ἱπποπόταμος hippopotamus n. Compare earlier water horse n.

†1. The hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. Cf. water horse n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Hippopotamidae > hippopotamus, amphibiusi, or hippo

hippopotamusa1398

water horsea1398

river horse1583

seahorse1600

sea-ox1600

morse1703

sea-cow1731

hippo1850

1583 T. Stocker tr. P. Viret 2nd Pt. Demoniacke Worlde vi. sig. I3^v, in W. Chauncie tr. P. Viret Worlde Possessed with Deuils It is a beast that is bred chiefly in Egypt, in the riuer of Nile, & y^e one half of him is like an horse, and the other halfe like a fish. And therefore, he beareth this name [sc. Hippopotame], that is to say, a riuer horse.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 316 As touching the riuer-horse called Hippopotamus, there is a great affinitie..betweene him and the crocodile.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 474 Ambiguous between Sea and Land The River Horse and scalie Crocodile.

1703 Athenian Oracle II. 476/2 The Behemoth is the Hippopotamus, the Sea-Horse, River-Horse, or Morse.

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxxviii. 87 The crocodiles and river-horses were common in this unpeopled region.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Morse, the hippopotamus, the river horse.

1843 H. W. Longfellow Slave's Dream vi The river-horse, as he crushed the reeds.

1883 M. A. Carey-Hobson Farm in Karoo 155 When the huge river horses were still inhabitants of the country they lived and bred in these holes.

2. Mythology. The water kelpie (kelpie n.¹). Cf. water horse n. 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > nature-spirit > inhabiting water > kelpie

kelpiea1759

river horse1851

water horse1893

1851 B. Thorpe Northern Mythol. II. 22 He secured the assistance of the water-kelpie or river-horse.

1853 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 88/2 The belief in the existence of water-spirits prevailed extensively among the Teutonic and Celtic nations. The ‘Kelpie’, or river-horse of Scotland, or the Demherst of Denmark,..are exemplifications.

1889 T. Parkinson Yorksh. Legends & Trad. 2nd Ser. 106 Most rivers have their sprites, or river-horses, or kelpies... The Yore, near Middleham, is said to have been much infested by a kelpie, or river-horse.

1898 Folk-lore 9 378 A young fellow told his companions how he had looked over a rock into the waters of a lake, and had seen the river-horse lying asleep.

1911 T. W. Rolleston Myths & Legends Celtic Race v. 249 One day, in Loch Rury, he met with a hideous monster, the Muirdris, or river-horse.

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

单词	river horse
释义	river horsen. Brit. /ˈrɪvə hɔːs/, U.S. /ˈrɪvər ˌhɔrs/ Forms: see river n.¹ and horse n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally partly modelled on a French lexical item, partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: river n.¹, horse n. Etymology: < river n.¹ + horse n., in sense 1 after Middle French, French hippopotame and its etymons classical Latin hippopotamus and Hellenistic Greek ἱπποπόταμος hippopotamus n. Compare earlier water horse n. †1. The hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius. Cf. water horse n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Hippopotamidae > hippopotamus, amphibiusi, or hippo hippopotamusa1398 water horsea1398 river horse1583 seahorse1600 sea-ox1600 morse1703 sea-cow1731 hippo1850 1583 T. Stocker tr. P. Viret 2nd Pt. Demoniacke Worlde vi. sig. I3^v, in W. Chauncie tr. P. Viret Worlde Possessed with Deuils It is a beast that is bred chiefly in Egypt, in the riuer of Nile, & y^e one half of him is like an horse, and the other halfe like a fish. And therefore, he beareth this name [sc. Hippopotame], that is to say, a riuer horse. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 316 As touching the riuer-horse called Hippopotamus, there is a great affinitie..betweene him and the crocodile. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 474 Ambiguous between Sea and Land The River Horse and scalie Crocodile. View more context for this quotation 1703 Athenian Oracle II. 476/2 The Behemoth is the Hippopotamus, the Sea-Horse, River-Horse, or Morse. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxxviii. 87 The crocodiles and river-horses were common in this unpeopled region. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Morse, the hippopotamus, the river horse. 1843 H. W. Longfellow Slave's Dream vi The river-horse, as he crushed the reeds. 1883 M. A. Carey-Hobson Farm in Karoo 155 When the huge river horses were still inhabitants of the country they lived and bred in these holes. 2. Mythology. The water kelpie (kelpie n.¹). Cf. water horse n. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > nature-spirit > inhabiting water > kelpie kelpiea1759 river horse1851 water horse1893 1851 B. Thorpe Northern Mythol. II. 22 He secured the assistance of the water-kelpie or river-horse. 1853 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 88/2 The belief in the existence of water-spirits prevailed extensively among the Teutonic and Celtic nations. The ‘Kelpie’, or river-horse of Scotland, or the Demherst of Denmark,..are exemplifications. 1889 T. Parkinson Yorksh. Legends & Trad. 2nd Ser. 106 Most rivers have their sprites, or river-horses, or kelpies... The Yore, near Middleham, is said to have been much infested by a kelpie, or river-horse. 1898 Folk-lore 9 378 A young fellow told his companions how he had looked over a rock into the waters of a lake, and had seen the river-horse lying asleep. 1911 T. W. Rolleston Myths & Legends Celtic Race v. 249 One day, in Loch Rury, he met with a hideous monster, the Muirdris, or river-horse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583
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