† whalefishn.

Forms: Also 1500s wall-, whal(le)-, 1500s–1600s wale-.

Etymology: representing unrecorded Old English *hwælfisc , or < Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch walvisch = Old High German walvisc (Middle High German -visch , German walfisch ), Old Norse hvalfiskr : see whale n. and fish n.¹

Obsolete.

A whale.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale)

whalec893

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baleen1387

whalefish?c1510

hurlpool1553

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?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Aiij^v There by be many walefysshes and flyinge fysshes.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxlviii. 7 Prayse the Lorde vpon earth, ye whalfishes and all depes.

1546 tr. A. P. Gasser Prognostication A v b The Son in the same euening shall go doune or set with the tayle of the Whalle fish.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. ii. 6 b These people doe mainteine themselues with rootes of hearbes, with Sea Woulfes, and Whale fish.

1615 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 91 2 pec. wale fyshe.

1635 R. Johnson Hist. Tom a Lincolne (1828) 105 The whale fishes lay wallowing in the waves.

1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 440 About two Years ago there came a Stranger to me, who had two Penis's of the Whale Fish.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	whalefish
释义	† whalefishn. Forms: Also 1500s wall-, whal(le)-, 1500s–1600s wale-. Etymology: representing unrecorded Old English hwælfisc , or < Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch walvisch* = Old High German walvisc (Middle High German -visch , German walfisch ), Old Norse hvalfiskr : see whale n. and fish n.¹ Obsolete. A whale. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale) whalec893 cethegrandec1220 baleen1387 whalefish?c1510 hurlpool1553 sog1839 blower1854 ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Aiij^v There by be many walefysshes and flyinge fysshes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxlviii. 7 Prayse the Lorde vpon earth, ye whalfishes and all depes. 1546 tr. A. P. Gasser Prognostication A v b The Son in the same euening shall go doune or set with the tayle of the Whalle fish. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. ii. 6 b These people doe mainteine themselues with rootes of hearbes, with Sea Woulfes, and Whale fish. 1615 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 91 2 pec. wale fyshe. 1635 R. Johnson Hist. Tom a Lincolne (1828) 105 The whale fishes lay wallowing in the waves. 1712 Philos. Trans. 1710–12 (Royal Soc.) 27 440 About two Years ago there came a Stranger to me, who had two Penis's of the Whale Fish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?c1510
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