seed timen.

Brit.

/ˈsiːd tʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈsid ˌtaɪm/

Forms:

α. see seed n. and time n., int., and conj.

β. 1600s seeds-time.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seed n., time n.

Etymology: In α. forms < seed n. + time n. In β. forms < the plural of seed n. + time n.Compare Old Icelandic sáðtími. Compare also German Saatzeit season for sowing seed (15th cent. as satzijt), Old Icelandic sáðtíð April, lit. ‘seed time’.

1. The season for sowing seed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > time of year > season for specific agricultural operation

seedOE

seed timeOE

season1393

barley-selec1440

seednessc1450

seeding timea1594

turf-time1594

tid1799

OE Ælfric Hexameron (Hatton 115) 50 Sædtima and hærfæst, sumor and winter, cyle and hætu, dæg and niht ne geswicað næfre.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 131 (MED) Þe ryuer Nilus..ouerfloweþ þe londe and abideþ longe in seed tyme [L. tempora culturæ].

a1425 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1867) A. Prol. l. 21 Seed tyme [c1390 Vernon In Eringe and in Sowynge].

a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 253 Bytwyx heruest and syde-tyme.

1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xii. 59 In beir seid tyme ȝour burrow rudis ly fauch Cause of this murther laitly maid amang ȝow.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. viii. 22 While the earth remaineth, seed-time and haruest..shall not cease.

1647 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times i. viii. 17 I Saw in seed-time an Husbandman at Plow.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 39 If the Husbandman lets his Seedtime pass without sowing, the whole Year is lost to him.

1767 A. Ferguson Ess. Hist. Civil Society ii. ii. 125 After they have shared the toils of the seed-time, they enjoy the fruits of the harvest in common.

1808 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. Stafford (ed. 2) vii. 80 The seed-time in this county commences in March, and should always be finished in April.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 484 Harrowing, an operation which is executed by an implement that will be particularly described when it comes to be spoken of in seed-time.

1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia ii. 24 Pleasant at seed-time, when the champaks bud.

1922 H. G. Wells Short Hist. World xiii. 66 The seed-time sacrifice was linked up with the southing or northing of some prominent star.

1991 W. Rybczynski Waiting for Weekend ii. 25 The Egyptians divided the year into three seasons—inundation, seedtime, and harvest.

2. figurative. A time of preparation.

ΚΠ

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xi. D Thine eye desyreth fauoure and bewtie but a grene sede tyme rather then they both.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 2 Our beste seede tyme, whiche be scholers, as it is verie tymelye, and whan we be yonge.

1618 R. Harris Samuels Funerall 8 Now is the seeds-time, sowe apace, as yet you haue all aduantages from grace and nature.

1776 T. Paine Common Sense iv. 71 Youth is the seed time of good habits.

1808 F. Shoberl tr. C. C. Sturm Refl. Wks. God IV. 77 My present existence may be regarded as the seed-time of a future life.

1860 T. Guthrie (title) Seed-time and harvest of ragged schools.

1963 C. A. Chambers (title) Seedtime of Reform.

2016 Africa News (Nexis) 17 Feb. We have sowed in the wind and we are now reaping whirlwind and as long as the earth abides, there will be seed time and harvest time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	seed time
释义	seed timen. Brit. /ˈsiːd tʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈsid ˌtaɪm/ Forms: α. see seed n. and time n., int., and conj. β. 1600s seeds-time. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: seed n., time n. Etymology: In α. forms < seed n. + time n. In β. forms < the plural of seed n. + time n.Compare Old Icelandic sáðtími. Compare also German Saatzeit season for sowing seed (15th cent. as satzijt), Old Icelandic sáðtíð April, lit. ‘seed time’. 1. The season for sowing seed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > [noun] > time of year > season for specific agricultural operation seedOE seed timeOE season1393 barley-selec1440 seednessc1450 seeding timea1594 turf-time1594 tid1799 OE Ælfric Hexameron (Hatton 115) 50 Sædtima and hærfæst, sumor and winter, cyle and hætu, dæg and niht ne geswicað næfre. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 131 (MED) Þe ryuer Nilus..ouerfloweþ þe londe and abideþ longe in seed tyme [L. tempora culturæ]. a1425 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1867) A. Prol. l. 21 Seed tyme [c1390 Vernon In Eringe and in Sowynge]. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 253 Bytwyx heruest and syde-tyme. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xii. 59 In beir seid tyme ȝour burrow rudis ly fauch Cause of this murther laitly maid amang ȝow. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. viii. 22 While the earth remaineth, seed-time and haruest..shall not cease. View more context for this quotation 1647 T. Fuller Good Thoughts in Worse Times i. viii. 17 I Saw in seed-time an Husbandman at Plow. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 39 If the Husbandman lets his Seedtime pass without sowing, the whole Year is lost to him. 1767 A. Ferguson Ess. Hist. Civil Society ii. ii. 125 After they have shared the toils of the seed-time, they enjoy the fruits of the harvest in common. 1808 W. Pitt Gen. View Agric. Stafford (ed. 2) vii. 80 The seed-time in this county commences in March, and should always be finished in April. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 484 Harrowing, an operation which is executed by an implement that will be particularly described when it comes to be spoken of in seed-time. 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia ii. 24 Pleasant at seed-time, when the champaks bud. 1922 H. G. Wells Short Hist. World xiii. 66 The seed-time sacrifice was linked up with the southing or northing of some prominent star. 1991 W. Rybczynski Waiting for Weekend ii. 25 The Egyptians divided the year into three seasons—inundation, seedtime, and harvest. 2. figurative. A time of preparation. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xi. D Thine eye desyreth fauoure and bewtie but a grene sede tyme rather then they both. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 2 Our beste seede tyme, whiche be scholers, as it is verie tymelye, and whan we be yonge. 1618 R. Harris Samuels Funerall 8 Now is the seeds-time, sowe apace, as yet you haue all aduantages from grace and nature. 1776 T. Paine Common Sense iv. 71 Youth is the seed time of good habits. 1808 F. Shoberl tr. C. C. Sturm Refl. Wks. God IV. 77 My present existence may be regarded as the seed-time of a future life. 1860 T. Guthrie (title) Seed-time and harvest of ragged schools. 1963 C. A. Chambers (title) Seedtime of Reform. 2016 Africa News (Nexis) 17 Feb. We have sowed in the wind and we are now reaping whirlwind and as long as the earth abides, there will be seed time and harvest time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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