strathspeyn.

Brit.

/straθˈspeɪ/, U.S.

/stræθˈspeɪ/

Forms: 1700s straspae, 1700s– strathspey. Also (esp. in compounds) with capital initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Strathspey.

Etymology: < Strathspey (Scottish Gaelic Srath Spé , lit. ‘Spey valley’; compare strath n.), the name of a river valley in the Highlands of Scotland (Inverness-shire and Moray).Compare the following, which has sometimes been interpreted as an earlier example of this word; however, what is transcribed here as Stravetspy has also been read as ‘strive to essay’ (by G. S. Emmerson 1972, in Soc. Hist. Sc. Dance XI. 173):a1653 Z. Boyd in G. Neil Biogr. Sketch Z. Boyd (1832) App. p. xxxi/1 To please the king, the Morice dance I will; Stravetspy; and after, last of all, The drunken dance I'le dance within that hall. The place name is attested in English contexts from the 17th cent. or earlier; compare also (in a Latin context) the apparently Scots form Straithspay (1554).

I. Compounds.

a. Strathspey reel n. now chiefly historical a strathspey; = sense 2; (also) a piece of music to accompany this; = 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish

reela1585

Strathspey reel1747

Strathspey minuet1756

strathspey1776

Strathspey dance1780

Petronella1828

strip the willow1924

sixteensome reel1926

Dashing White Sergeant1929

Gay Gordons1947

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Scottish or Highland

reel1591

Strathspey reel1747

strathspey?1790

money musk1792

shantrews1807

1747 R. Forbes Lyon in Mourning (1895) I. 109 We cannot have a bag-pipe just now, but I shall sing you a Strathspey reel.

1749 in H. A. Thurston Scotland's Dances (1954) 93 The Montgomeries' rant—a strathspey reele. Conteraller's rant—a strathspey reele.

1832 J. Hogg Altrive Tales p. cxlix The comparative merits of some Strathspey reels.

1937 Scotsman 15 Nov. 9/7 Two well-known bands who played their Strathspey reels like psalm tunes.

2003 J. G. Gibson Old & New World Highland Bagpiping iv. 91 The Strathspey Reel gained rapidly in popularity in Lowland Scotland in the 1760s.

b. Strathspey minuet n. now historical (apparently) a slower variant of the strathspey (sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish

reela1585

Strathspey reel1747

Strathspey minuet1756

strathspey1776

Strathspey dance1780

Petronella1828

strip the willow1924

sixteensome reel1926

Dashing White Sergeant1929

Gay Gordons1947

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) vii. 188 Lady Hellen and Lord Garless danced a strathspey minuet.

1781 in W. Fraser Chiefs of Grant (1883) II. 473 The Dutchess was in such spirits that she began every night with a Strathspey minuet.

1845 J. H. Jesse Pretenders & Adherents I. 226 The first dance he called for was a Strathspey minuet.

1964 J. F. Flett & T. M. Flett Trad. Dancing in Scotl. 90 The only dance ever known to have been performed to them was the Strathspey Minuet.

2014 A. M. Stapleton Pointed Encounters i. 44 The ‘Strathspey minuet’ suggests the Scottish variant of..the French or English minuet.

c. Strathspey dance n. = sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish

reela1585

Strathspey reel1747

Strathspey minuet1756

strathspey1776

Strathspey dance1780

Petronella1828

strip the willow1924

sixteensome reel1926

Dashing White Sergeant1929

Gay Gordons1947

1780 W. Shaw Galic & Eng. Dict. I Damhsadh deise, a Strathspey dance.

1844 Caledonian Mercury 15 July The different Highland dances afforded great amusement—the performance of the strathspey dance..being especially applauded.

2008 K. J. Donnelly in T. Bergfelder & C. Cargnelli Destination London (2012) xvii. 223 A rapid grace note, highly notable in Strathspey dances.

II. Simple uses.

2. A Scottish dance resembling a reel but performed more slowly, originally for two, and now typically for four dancers in a set.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish

reela1585

Strathspey reel1747

Strathspey minuet1756

strathspey1776

Strathspey dance1780

Petronella1828

strip the willow1924

sixteensome reel1926

Dashing White Sergeant1929

Gay Gordons1947

1776 E. Topham Lett. from Edinb. 265 Another of the national Dances is a kind of quick minuet, or what the Scotch call a Straspae.

1786 Lounger No. 62. 258 Methought I was just standing up to dance a Strathspey with him.

1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 117 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 561 Nae cotillion brent-new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 59 Nor would my footsteps spring more gay In courtly dance than blithe strathspey.

1866 C. Engel Introd. Stud. National Music iii. 99 The Scotch Catch,..evidently originated in the dance called Strathspey.

1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 536/2 The Scottish strathspey is related to the reel, but is danced in a slower tempo.

1982 R. Hall Just Relations i. x. 94 And wasn't the verandah itself..solid enough for a clan of Scotchmen to go dancing the strathspey.

2001 Brit. Bandsman 8 Sept. 23/1 He witnesses the Witches' Sabbath (the witches dancing Scottish reels and strathspeys of course).

3. A piece of music played or composed to accompany this dance, typically in common time.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Scottish or Highland

reel1591

Strathspey reel1747

strathspey?1790

money musk1792

shantrews1807

?1790 A. Macdonald Laura I. vi. 82 He..favoured them with a jig, and after that with a hornpipe, and after that with a minuet, and after that with a Strathspey.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 198 He..sate himself down on the oak table and whistled a strathspey.

1882 J. F. S. Gordon Shaw's Hist. Moray I. 239 He was one of the best violinists in the north and excelled in Strathspeys.

1937 N. M. Gunn Highland River vii. 102 To watch a youth playing marches, strathspeys and reels without an instant's pause.

1984 F. W. P. Bolger Memories Old Home Place 72/2 Island musicians are ‘rosining’ their bows and entertaining with their strathspeys, jigs and reels.

2008 V. Henley Decadent Duke 84 To honor the Gordons..Gow played a strathspey that the duke himself had written.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	strathspey
释义	strathspeyn. Brit. /straθˈspeɪ/, U.S. /stræθˈspeɪ/ Forms: 1700s straspae, 1700s– strathspey. Also (esp. in compounds) with capital initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Strathspey. Etymology: < Strathspey (Scottish Gaelic Srath Spé , lit. ‘Spey valley’; compare strath n.), the name of a river valley in the Highlands of Scotland (Inverness-shire and Moray).Compare the following, which has sometimes been interpreted as an earlier example of this word; however, what is transcribed here as Stravetspy has also been read as ‘strive to essay’ (by G. S. Emmerson 1972, in Soc. Hist. Sc. Dance XI. 173):a1653 Z. Boyd in G. Neil Biogr. Sketch Z. Boyd (1832) App. p. xxxi/1 To please the king, the Morice dance I will; Stravetspy; and after, last of all, The drunken dance I'le dance within that hall. The place name is attested in English contexts from the 17th cent. or earlier; compare also (in a Latin context) the apparently Scots form Straithspay (1554). I. Compounds. 1. a. Strathspey reel n. now chiefly historical a strathspey; = sense 2; (also) a piece of music to accompany this; = 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish reela1585 Strathspey reel1747 Strathspey minuet1756 strathspey1776 Strathspey dance1780 Petronella1828 strip the willow1924 sixteensome reel1926 Dashing White Sergeant1929 Gay Gordons1947 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Scottish or Highland reel1591 Strathspey reel1747 strathspey?1790 money musk1792 shantrews1807 1747 R. Forbes Lyon in Mourning (1895) I. 109 We cannot have a bag-pipe just now, but I shall sing you a Strathspey reel. 1749 in H. A. Thurston Scotland's Dances (1954) 93 The Montgomeries' rant—a strathspey reele. Conteraller's rant—a strathspey reele. 1832 J. Hogg Altrive Tales p. cxlix The comparative merits of some Strathspey reels. 1937 Scotsman 15 Nov. 9/7 Two well-known bands who played their Strathspey reels like psalm tunes. 2003 J. G. Gibson Old & New World Highland Bagpiping iv. 91 The Strathspey Reel gained rapidly in popularity in Lowland Scotland in the 1760s. b. Strathspey minuet n. now historical (apparently) a slower variant of the strathspey (sense 2). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish reela1585 Strathspey reel1747 Strathspey minuet1756 strathspey1776 Strathspey dance1780 Petronella1828 strip the willow1924 sixteensome reel1926 Dashing White Sergeant1929 Gay Gordons1947 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) vii. 188 Lady Hellen and Lord Garless danced a strathspey minuet. 1781 in W. Fraser Chiefs of Grant (1883) II. 473 The Dutchess was in such spirits that she began every night with a Strathspey minuet. 1845 J. H. Jesse Pretenders & Adherents I. 226 The first dance he called for was a Strathspey minuet. 1964 J. F. Flett & T. M. Flett Trad. Dancing in Scotl. 90 The only dance ever known to have been performed to them was the Strathspey Minuet. 2014 A. M. Stapleton Pointed Encounters i. 44 The ‘Strathspey minuet’ suggests the Scottish variant of..the French or English minuet. c. Strathspey dance n. = sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish reela1585 Strathspey reel1747 Strathspey minuet1756 strathspey1776 Strathspey dance1780 Petronella1828 strip the willow1924 sixteensome reel1926 Dashing White Sergeant1929 Gay Gordons1947 1780 W. Shaw Galic & Eng. Dict. I Damhsadh deise, a Strathspey dance. 1844 Caledonian Mercury 15 July The different Highland dances afforded great amusement—the performance of the strathspey dance..being especially applauded. 2008 K. J. Donnelly in T. Bergfelder & C. Cargnelli Destination London (2012) xvii. 223 A rapid grace note, highly notable in Strathspey dances. II. Simple uses. 2. A Scottish dance resembling a reel but performed more slowly, originally for two, and now typically for four dancers in a set. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish reela1585 Strathspey reel1747 Strathspey minuet1756 strathspey1776 Strathspey dance1780 Petronella1828 strip the willow1924 sixteensome reel1926 Dashing White Sergeant1929 Gay Gordons1947 1776 E. Topham Lett. from Edinb. 265 Another of the national Dances is a kind of quick minuet, or what the Scotch call a Straspae. 1786 Lounger No. 62. 258 Methought I was just standing up to dance a Strathspey with him. 1790 R. Burns Tam o' Shanter 117 in Poems & Songs (1968) II. 561 Nae cotillion brent-new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 59 Nor would my footsteps spring more gay In courtly dance than blithe strathspey. 1866 C. Engel Introd. Stud. National Music iii. 99 The Scotch Catch,..evidently originated in the dance called Strathspey. 1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 536/2 The Scottish strathspey is related to the reel, but is danced in a slower tempo. 1982 R. Hall Just Relations i. x. 94 And wasn't the verandah itself..solid enough for a clan of Scotchmen to go dancing the strathspey. 2001 Brit. Bandsman 8 Sept. 23/1 He witnesses the Witches' Sabbath (the witches dancing Scottish reels and strathspeys of course). 3. A piece of music played or composed to accompany this dance, typically in common time. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Scottish or Highland reel1591 Strathspey reel1747 strathspey?1790 money musk1792 shantrews1807 ?1790 A. Macdonald Laura I. vi. 82 He..favoured them with a jig, and after that with a hornpipe, and after that with a minuet, and after that with a Strathspey. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 198 He..sate himself down on the oak table and whistled a strathspey. 1882 J. F. S. Gordon Shaw's Hist. Moray I. 239 He was one of the best violinists in the north and excelled in Strathspeys. 1937 N. M. Gunn Highland River vii. 102 To watch a youth playing marches, strathspeys and reels without an instant's pause. 1984 F. W. P. Bolger Memories Old Home Place 72/2 Island musicians are ‘rosining’ their bows and entertaining with their strathspeys, jigs and reels. 2008 V. Henley Decadent Duke 84 To honor the Gordons..Gow played a strathspey that the duke himself had written. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1747
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