true-love knotn.

Brit.

/ˌtruːlʌv ˈnɒt/, U.S.

/ˌtruˌləv ˈnɑt/

Forms:

α. see true love n. and knot n.¹

β. 1500s trewe-loves knotte, 1500s true-looues knotte, 1500s–1600s true-loues knot, 1600s true-loves knot, 1700s–1800s true-love's knot.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: true love n., knot n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms < true love n. + knot n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of true love n. + knot n.¹

Now chiefly historical.

A kind of ornamental knot (often either a double-looped bow, or a knot formed of two loops intertwined), used as a symbol of true love; a representation of this. Also figurative and in allusive use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > love-token or love-gift > ribbon worn as love-token > knot or bow of ribbon used as love-token

true lovec1400

love-knotc1405

true-love knot1496

amoretc1500

lover's knot1565

true lover's knot1577

loving knota1596

α.

1496 Will of Johane Rogers (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/10) f. 239 Treue loue knottes.

a1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1977) 71 (MED) Just it is as trewloue knot..Hym to wurschyp wyth all ower thowth.

1565 R. Shacklock tr. J. Osório Epist. to Quene of Eng. f. 44 We haue fastened our selues vnto hym as it were with a true loue knott.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 46 Ile knit it vp in silken strings, With twentie od-conceited true-loue knots .

1643 G. Wither Campo-Musæ 74 A Peace, that by a true-love-knot, shall knit Three Nations..into One.

a1718 T. Parnell Poems Several Occasions (1721) 20 No more he..with a True-love Knot and Name Engraves a wounded Tree.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. x. 93 The girls..had their omens..and true love-knots lurked at the bottom of every tea-cup.

1835 C. M. Sedgwick Linwoods III. xxxiii. 145 She held up..a tress of her own fair hair, tied with a raven lock of his in a true-love knot.

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 414 True-love knots were common [on rings].

1925 D. Scarborough On Trail Negro Folk-songs 60 An' den dey tied a true-love knot, De sweet rose roun' de briar.

1997 A. Haynes Untam'd Desire ix. 97 (caption) This glass roundel was said to have been saved, bearing the letters W.A.S., for William and Anne Shakespeare, tied in a true love-knot.

β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 283/1 Treweloves knotte, neu damours.1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 85^v Whose losse to lose so great an ornament, Let them esteme which true loues knot can draw.1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fvi Sleeues..tyed with true-looues knottes, (for so they call them).1610 Histrio-mastix ii. sig. C^v Post. My maisters, what tire weares your lady on her head? Bell. Foure Squirrels tailes ti'de in a true loues knot.1662 H. Hibbert Exercitationes Theologicæ 145 in Syntagma Theologicum The Lords brother, tyed unto him with a true-loves-knot.1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 41 I'l carve your name on Barks of Trees, With true-loves knots, and flourishes.1741 T. C. Pagett Misc. Prose & Verse 370 Last Night, the True Love's Knot was ty'd, And she became my gentle Bride.1820 Morning Post 29 Sept. 3/4 A Lady bold, of high degree, who dwelt in foreign quarters, Seduced her Groom, who often tied in true-love's knots her garters.1858 Times 23 Jan. 10/1 A circle united at the base with the ‘true love's knot’, in blue set with pearls.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	true-love knot
释义	true-love knotn. Brit. /ˌtruːlʌv ˈnɒt/, U.S. /ˌtruˌləv ˈnɑt/ Forms: α. see true love n. and knot n.¹ β. 1500s trewe-loves knotte, 1500s true-looues knotte, 1500s–1600s true-loues knot, 1600s true-loves knot, 1700s–1800s true-love's knot. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: true love n., knot n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < true love n. + knot n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of true love n. + knot n.¹ Now chiefly historical. A kind of ornamental knot (often either a double-looped bow, or a knot formed of two loops intertwined), used as a symbol of true love; a representation of this. Also figurative and in allusive use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [noun] > love-token or love-gift > ribbon worn as love-token > knot or bow of ribbon used as love-token true lovec1400 love-knotc1405 true-love knot1496 amoretc1500 lover's knot1565 true lover's knot1577 loving knota1596 α. 1496 Will of Johane Rogers (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/10) f. 239 Treue loue knottes. a1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1977) 71 (MED) Just it is as trewloue knot..Hym to wurschyp wyth all ower thowth. 1565 R. Shacklock tr. J. Osório Epist. to Quene of Eng. f. 44 We haue fastened our selues vnto hym as it were with a true loue knott. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 46 Ile knit it vp in silken strings, With twentie od-conceited true-loue knots . View more context for this quotation 1643 G. Wither Campo-Musæ 74 A Peace, that by a true-love-knot, shall knit Three Nations..into One. a1718 T. Parnell Poems Several Occasions (1721) 20 No more he..with a True-love Knot and Name Engraves a wounded Tree. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. x. 93 The girls..had their omens..and true love-knots lurked at the bottom of every tea-cup. 1835 C. M. Sedgwick Linwoods III. xxxiii. 145 She held up..a tress of her own fair hair, tied with a raven lock of his in a true-love knot. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 414 True-love knots were common [on rings]. 1925 D. Scarborough On Trail Negro Folk-songs 60 An' den dey tied a true-love knot, De sweet rose roun' de briar. 1997 A. Haynes Untam'd Desire ix. 97 (caption) This glass roundel was said to have been saved, bearing the letters W.A.S., for William and Anne Shakespeare, tied in a true love-knot. β. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 283/1 Treweloves knotte, neu damours.1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes (new ed.) f. 85^v Whose losse to lose so great an ornament, Let them esteme which true loues knot can draw.1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fvi Sleeues..tyed with true-looues knottes, (for so they call them).1610 Histrio-mastix ii. sig. C^v Post. My maisters, what tire weares your lady on her head? Bell. Foure Squirrels tailes ti'de in a true loues knot.1662 H. Hibbert Exercitationes Theologicæ 145 in Syntagma Theologicum The Lords brother, tyed unto him with a true-loves-knot.1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 41 I'l carve your name on Barks of Trees, With true-loves knots, and flourishes.1741 T. C. Pagett Misc. Prose & Verse 370 Last Night, the True Love's Knot was ty'd, And she became my gentle Bride.1820 Morning Post 29 Sept. 3/4 A Lady bold, of high degree, who dwelt in foreign quarters, Seduced her Groom, who often tied in true-love's knots her garters.1858 Times 23 Jan. 10/1 A circle united at the base with the ‘true love's knot’, in blue set with pearls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1496
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