† thingern.¹

Forms: Old English ðingere, Old English þyngere, Old English–early Middle English þingere.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymons: thing v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian thingere plaintiff, Middle Dutch dingere, dinger judge, plaintiff, advocate (Dutch dinger), Middle Low German dinger judge, trader, buyer, seller, negotiator, Old High German dingāri preacher, advocate (Middle High German dingære, dinger preacher, advocate, German †Dinger judge, broker) < the Germanic base of thing v.¹ + the Germanic base of -er suffix¹.

Obsolete.

An intercessor, a mediator.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > mediator between God and man

thingerOE

meana1382

mediatorc1384

intercessora1530

OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 366 We habbað on þam Suna swiðe godne þingere [c1175 Bodl. 343 þingere].

OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Corpus Cambr. 196) 13 Dec. 263 Ic beo eower þyngere to Gode, gif ge habbað Godes geleafan and hys wyllan doð.

lOE St. Neot (Vesp.) in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 134 Uten nu bidden georne Seinte Neoten & oðre halgen, þæt heo ure þingeres beon to þan Heofonkinge.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

thingern.²

Brit.

/ˈθɪŋə/, U.S.

/ˈθɪŋər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: thing v.², -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < thing v.² + -er suffix¹.

rare.

A person who represents or expresses concepts by means of material objects. Also: a person concerned with practical things rather than abstract concepts; a practical or matter-of-fact person.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > [noun] > one who or that which

common person1535

figurer1548

representor1553

representera1586

representator1603

representative1638

embodier1654

butt-cut1830

thinger1883

1883 G. Massey Nat. Genesis I. i. 16 Things were pourtrayed before thoughts by those who were thingers rather than thinkers.

1902 C. H. Cooley Human Nature & Social Order ix. 289 R. [sc. a child] invented the happy word ‘thinger’ to describe this sort of people, and while performing similar feats would proudly proclaim himself a thinger.

1985 R. E. Kelley Gold-collar Worker 1 Whether engineers, managers, salespeople, financial analysts, lawyers, or writers, they translated information into knowledge and knowledge into profits. As one senior chemist in a research firm told me, ‘I am a thinker, not a thinger.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thinger
释义	† thingern.¹ Forms: Old English ðingere, Old English þyngere, Old English–early Middle English þingere. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymons: thing v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian thingere plaintiff, Middle Dutch dingere, dinger judge, plaintiff, advocate (Dutch dinger), Middle Low German dinger judge, trader, buyer, seller, negotiator, Old High German dingāri preacher, advocate (Middle High German dingære, dinger preacher, advocate, German †Dinger judge, broker) < the Germanic base of thing v.¹ + the Germanic base of -er suffix¹. Obsolete. An intercessor, a mediator. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > mediator between God and man thingerOE meana1382 mediatorc1384 intercessora1530 OE Ælfric Homily (Cambr. Ii.4.6) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 366 We habbað on þam Suna swiðe godne þingere [c1175 Bodl. 343 þingere]. OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Corpus Cambr. 196) 13 Dec. 263 Ic beo eower þyngere to Gode, gif ge habbað Godes geleafan and hys wyllan doð. lOE St. Neot (Vesp.) in R. D.-N. Warner Early Eng. Homilies (1917) 134 Uten nu bidden georne Seinte Neoten & oðre halgen, þæt heo ure þingeres beon to þan Heofonkinge. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2020). thingern.² Brit. /ˈθɪŋə/, U.S. /ˈθɪŋər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: thing v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < thing v.² + -er suffix¹. rare. A person who represents or expresses concepts by means of material objects. Also: a person concerned with practical things rather than abstract concepts; a practical or matter-of-fact person. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > [noun] > one who or that which common person1535 figurer1548 representor1553 representera1586 representator1603 representative1638 embodier1654 butt-cut1830 thinger1883 1883 G. Massey Nat. Genesis I. i. 16 Things were pourtrayed before thoughts by those who were thingers rather than thinkers. 1902 C. H. Cooley Human Nature & Social Order ix. 289 R. [sc. a child] invented the happy word ‘thinger’ to describe this sort of people, and while performing similar feats would proudly proclaim himself a thinger. 1985 R. E. Kelley Gold-collar Worker 1 Whether engineers, managers, salespeople, financial analysts, lawyers, or writers, they translated information into knowledge and knowledge into profits. As one senior chemist in a research firm told me, ‘I am a thinker, not a thinger.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹OEn.²1883
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