burnie-been.

Brit.

/ˈbəːnɪbiː/, U.S.

/ˈbərniˌbi/

Forms:

α. 1700s– burnie-bee, 1800s burnabee, 1800s burney-bee, 1800s– burny-bee.

β. 1800s barnabee, 1800s barney-bee, 1800s barnie-bee.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: bishy barnabee n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps shortened < bishy barnabee n. (although this is first attested later in the relevant forms: see δ. forms at that entry), unless this is itself the original form of bishy barnabee n. (see discussion at that entry).

English regional (East Anglian).

A ladybird. Cf. bishy barnabee n.Chiefly in the nursery rhyme first cited in quot. 1814.

ΚΠ

1799 Ann. Anthol. 1 64 To the Burnie Bee. [Note] A provincial name for the beetle coccinella, or lady-bird.

1814 Monthly Mag. Sept. 148/1 In Norfolk the May-bird is called burnie-bee, by contraction from burnie-beetle, or fiery beetle. The following address to that insect is in the mouths of children there: Bless you, bless you, burnie-bee, Tell me where my true love be; Be she east, or be she west, Seek the path she loveth best.

1920 H. Bayley Archaic Eng. ix. 507 Burnie bee, Burnie bee, fly away home Your house is on fire, your children will burn.

2011 @insanebri 23 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Burnie bee, burnie bee, Tell me when your wedding be? If it be to-morrow day, Take your wings and fly away.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	burnie-bee
释义	burnie-been. Brit. /ˈbəːnɪbiː/, U.S. /ˈbərniˌbi/ Forms: α. 1700s– burnie-bee, 1800s burnabee, 1800s burney-bee, 1800s– burny-bee. β. 1800s barnabee, 1800s barney-bee, 1800s barnie-bee. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: bishy barnabee n. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps shortened < bishy barnabee n. (although this is first attested later in the relevant forms: see δ. forms at that entry), unless this is itself the original form of bishy barnabee n. (see discussion at that entry). English regional (East Anglian). A ladybird. Cf. bishy barnabee n.Chiefly in the nursery rhyme first cited in quot. 1814. ΚΠ 1799 Ann. Anthol. 1 64 To the Burnie Bee. [Note] A provincial name for the beetle coccinella, or lady-bird. 1814 Monthly Mag. Sept. 148/1 In Norfolk the May-bird is called burnie-bee, by contraction from burnie-beetle, or fiery beetle. The following address to that insect is in the mouths of children there: Bless you, bless you, burnie-bee, Tell me where my true love be; Be she east, or be she west, Seek the path she loveth best. 1920 H. Bayley Archaic Eng. ix. 507 Burnie bee, Burnie bee, fly away home Your house is on fire, your children will burn. 2011 @insanebri 23 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Burnie bee, burnie bee, Tell me when your wedding be? If it be to-morrow day, Take your wings and fly away. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1799
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