widdien.

Brit.

/ˈwɪdi/, U.S.

/ˈwɪdi/, Scottish English

/ˈwɪdɪ/

Forms:

α. Scottish pre-1700 veddeis (plural), pre-1700 wedde, pre-1700 weddeis (plural), pre-1700 weddie, pre-1700 weddy, pre-1700 wedeis (plural), pre-1700 wedeys (plural), pre-1700 wedy, pre-1700 wedye, pre-1700 weiddie, pre-1700 weidis (plural); Irish English (northern) 1800s– weddy.

β. Scottish pre-1700 vidde, pre-1700 viddie, pre-1700 viddy, pre-1700 vyddy, pre-1700 widde, pre-1700 widdeis (plural), pre-1700 widemes (plural, transmission error), pre-1700 widey, pre-1700 widois (plural), pre-1700 wyddie, pre-1700 wyddis (plural), pre-1700 wyddy, pre-1700 1700s– widdie, pre-1700 1700s– widdy, 1800s widdey, 1800s–1900s widi, 1900s widie; Irish English (northern) 1800s– widdie; English regional (chiefly northern) 1800s widdey, 1800s widdy.

γ. Scottish pre-1700 1700s wooddie, pre-1700 1800s woddie, 1700s–1800s woody, 1700s– woodie, 1800s waddie, 1800s woodee, 1800s wudy, 1800s– wuddie, 1800s– wuddy; Irish English (northern) 1800s– wuddy, 1900s– wuddie; English regional (northern) 1800s woodie, 1800s wuddy.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: withy n.

Etymology: Northern and Scots variant of withy n. (compare withy n. 2).Forms with medial d (probably denoting the willow tree: see withy n. 1 and compare withe n. 3) are attested earlier in other parts of Britain, e.g. in the surnames Richard atte Widege and Robert Widie (both 1279, recorded in Oxfordshire), and also in place names, e.g. Widituna, Widintuna, Essex (1086, now Widdington), Widicumbe, Somerset (1086, now Withycombe), Widintona, Shropshire (c1155; 1086 as Wientone; now Withington). Compare the following apparently isolated example of such a form in lexical use denoting the willow tree, from a west midland manuscript:a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 174 He come by a wydye-tre [a1500 Douce 108 wythen-tre] and made þerof a goode ȝerde.

Originally and chiefly Scottish.

a. A rope, typically made of twisted or interlaced willow branches or similar material; esp. one made into a band, loop, or latch. Also as a mass noun. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > made of flexible twigs or branches

withec1000

withya1400

widdie1471

gad1689

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > stick, twig, or rod > flexible twig for binding

withec1000

withya1400

widdie1471

weef1831

1471 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) I. 167 Quhat women at flytis..thai sal be led to the four yetis of the town with the seriandis hyngand on thar schowder ij stanys in a irne chenya or in a wedy.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 215 Thai band thaim fast with wedeis [1570 widdeis] sad and sar.

1513 Rec. Burgh Prestwick (Maitland Club) 45 For..cuttyn of the vyddyis of þe dur.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) l. 232 in Shorter Poems (2003) 24 Out throw the wode come rydand catiuis twane. Ane on an asse, a wedy about his mone.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 90 Thir cannons to pase doune the gait thair lane witht the ingyne of man witht widdieis [c1600 windassis] and towis.

1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 67 Or twine a widdy 'bout his Craig, To ken him for a straying Naig.

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. iv. 87 Instead of Ropes for Halters and Harness, they generally make use of Sticks of Birch twisted and knotted together; these are called Woodies.

1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 491 I hae a wife and twa wee laddies,..I'll sned boosoms and thraw saugh-woodies Before they want.

1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 123 Widdy, twigs of willows or hazles dried partially in the fire, and then twisted into wreaths for many agricultural purposes.

1887 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends 74 I never fa' but I'm as stiff as a wuddie for twa or three days after it.

1901 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Eighty Years Ago 43 Weel! yae day the wuddy o' the yaird ligget gat lowse.

1930 in Sc. National Dict. (1976) X. at Widdie His theets wir made o' widdie-raips.

b. A rope used for hanging; a hangman's noose. Chiefly in allusive expressions referring to hanging. Cf. widdiefu n., widdieneck n. Now archaic and rare.In later use apparently also with the extended sense ‘the gallows’ (perhaps partly by association with wood n.¹).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope

ropeeOE

withec1275

cordc1330

snarea1425

tippet1447

girnc1480

halter1481

widdie1508

tether?a1513

hemp1532

Tyburn tippet1549

John Roper's window1552

neckweed1562

noose1567

horse-nightcap1593

tow1596

Tyburn tiffany1612

piccadill1615

snick-up1620

Tyburn piccadill1620

necklacea1625

squinsy1632

Welsh parsley1637

St. Johnston's riband1638

string1639

Bridport daggera1661

rope's end1663

cravat1680

swing1697

snecket1788

death cord1804

neckclothc1816

St. Johnston's tippet1816

death rope1824

mink1826

squeezer1836

yard-rope1850

necktie1866

Tyburn string1882

Stolypin's necktie1909

widdieneckc1920

1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 212 Thou has a wedy teuch..about thy crag to rax.

a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 57 He had purgatioun to mak a theif To dee withowt a widdy.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 823 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 120 Callit him thryss thevisnek to thrawe in a widdy.

1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) II. 299 All tymes in thair legasie, Fyre, sword, watter and woddie, Or ane of thir infirmeteis.

?c1625 in E. Beveridge & J. D. Westwood Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (1924) No. 1638 Ye ar a lick the widdie or pin.

1663 ‘P. Stampoy’ Coll. Scotch Prov. 32 It is as meet as a thief for the widdie.

1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 221 What the wooddie leaves the water gets.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 73 Then Orthodoxy yet may prance, And Learning in a woody dance.

1823 J. Galt Entail III. ii. 22 Let your father rin to the woody as he will.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona iii. 29 There's the shadow of the wuddy..that lies braid across your path.

?c1900 A. J. Armstrong Robbie Rankine's Visit to Glasgow Exhibition 43 If a' the Leezie Rankine's in the Northern Hemisphere were danglin' frae a tim'er wuddy.

1916 G. Abel Wylins 114 But fa did swing on the wuddy's rape Let the ancient story tell.

1929 Scots Mag. Aug. 386 Then will the truth..Grip thy craig like the wuddie's cord?

1988 Eng. World-wide 9 116/2 ‘Yon wickit, contermacious cheil’, Says Untie, ‘sair't the wuddie weel!’

†2. A certain quantity of iron. Obsolete.Perhaps originally a bundle of iron ingots bound with a widdie (sense 1a).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > specific quantity of

withy1438

widdie1482

1482 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 168 The hundreth widde of Oismond irne..cumand to Leith.

1483 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. Introd. p. cxxiv iij^xx xv wedeis of irne, price of the wedde ij s.

1527 in Sir W. Fraser Sutherland Bk. (1892) III. 79 Fowrtein xx of veddeis of irne.

1603 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 516/1 Ilk hundreth wyddie of Oismond iryn of unfremen cumand to Leith.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	widdie
释义	widdien. Brit. /ˈwɪdi/, U.S. /ˈwɪdi/, Scottish English /ˈwɪdɪ/ Forms: α. Scottish pre-1700 veddeis (plural), pre-1700 wedde, pre-1700 weddeis (plural), pre-1700 weddie, pre-1700 weddy, pre-1700 wedeis (plural), pre-1700 wedeys (plural), pre-1700 wedy, pre-1700 wedye, pre-1700 weiddie, pre-1700 weidis (plural); Irish English (northern) 1800s– weddy. β. Scottish pre-1700 vidde, pre-1700 viddie, pre-1700 viddy, pre-1700 vyddy, pre-1700 widde, pre-1700 widdeis (plural), pre-1700 widemes (plural, transmission error), pre-1700 widey, pre-1700 widois (plural), pre-1700 wyddie, pre-1700 wyddis (plural), pre-1700 wyddy, pre-1700 1700s– widdie, pre-1700 1700s– widdy, 1800s widdey, 1800s–1900s widi, 1900s widie; Irish English (northern) 1800s– widdie; English regional (chiefly northern) 1800s widdey, 1800s widdy. γ. Scottish pre-1700 1700s wooddie, pre-1700 1800s woddie, 1700s–1800s woody, 1700s– woodie, 1800s waddie, 1800s woodee, 1800s wudy, 1800s– wuddie, 1800s– wuddy; Irish English (northern) 1800s– wuddy, 1900s– wuddie; English regional (northern) 1800s woodie, 1800s wuddy. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: withy n. Etymology: Northern and Scots variant of withy n. (compare withy n. 2).Forms with medial d (probably denoting the willow tree: see withy n. 1 and compare withe n. 3) are attested earlier in other parts of Britain, e.g. in the surnames Richard atte Widege and Robert Widie (both 1279, recorded in Oxfordshire), and also in place names, e.g. Widituna, Widintuna, Essex (1086, now Widdington), Widicumbe, Somerset (1086, now Withycombe), Widintona, Shropshire (c1155; 1086 as Wientone; now Withington). Compare the following apparently isolated example of such a form in lexical use denoting the willow tree, from a west midland manuscript:a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 174 He come by a wydye-tre [a1500 Douce 108 wythen-tre] and made þerof a goode ȝerde. Originally and chiefly Scottish. 1. a. A rope, typically made of twisted or interlaced willow branches or similar material; esp. one made into a band, loop, or latch. Also as a mass noun. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > made of flexible twigs or branches withec1000 withya1400 widdie1471 gad1689 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > stick, twig, or rod > flexible twig for binding withec1000 withya1400 widdie1471 weef1831 1471 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) I. 167 Quhat women at flytis..thai sal be led to the four yetis of the town with the seriandis hyngand on thar schowder ij stanys in a irne chenya or in a wedy. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 215 Thai band thaim fast with wedeis [1570 widdeis] sad and sar. 1513 Rec. Burgh Prestwick (Maitland Club) 45 For..cuttyn of the vyddyis of þe dur. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) l. 232 in Shorter Poems (2003) 24 Out throw the wode come rydand catiuis twane. Ane on an asse, a wedy about his mone. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 90 Thir cannons to pase doune the gait thair lane witht the ingyne of man witht widdieis [c1600 windassis] and towis. 1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 67 Or twine a widdy 'bout his Craig, To ken him for a straying Naig. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. iv. 87 Instead of Ropes for Halters and Harness, they generally make use of Sticks of Birch twisted and knotted together; these are called Woodies. 1789 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 491 I hae a wife and twa wee laddies,..I'll sned boosoms and thraw saugh-woodies Before they want. 1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ 123 Widdy, twigs of willows or hazles dried partially in the fire, and then twisted into wreaths for many agricultural purposes. 1887 A. D. Willock Rosetty Ends 74 I never fa' but I'm as stiff as a wuddie for twa or three days after it. 1901 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Eighty Years Ago 43 Weel! yae day the wuddy o' the yaird ligget gat lowse. 1930 in Sc. National Dict. (1976) X. at Widdie His theets wir made o' widdie-raips. b. A rope used for hanging; a hangman's noose. Chiefly in allusive expressions referring to hanging. Cf. widdiefu n., widdieneck n. Now archaic and rare.In later use apparently also with the extended sense ‘the gallows’ (perhaps partly by association with wood n.¹). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope ropeeOE withec1275 cordc1330 snarea1425 tippet1447 girnc1480 halter1481 widdie1508 tether?a1513 hemp1532 Tyburn tippet1549 John Roper's window1552 neckweed1562 noose1567 horse-nightcap1593 tow1596 Tyburn tiffany1612 piccadill1615 snick-up1620 Tyburn piccadill1620 necklacea1625 squinsy1632 Welsh parsley1637 St. Johnston's riband1638 string1639 Bridport daggera1661 rope's end1663 cravat1680 swing1697 snecket1788 death cord1804 neckclothc1816 St. Johnston's tippet1816 death rope1824 mink1826 squeezer1836 yard-rope1850 necktie1866 Tyburn string1882 Stolypin's necktie1909 widdieneckc1920 1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 212 Thou has a wedy teuch..about thy crag to rax. a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 57 He had purgatioun to mak a theif To dee withowt a widdy. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 823 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 120 Callit him thryss thevisnek to thrawe in a widdy. 1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) II. 299 All tymes in thair legasie, Fyre, sword, watter and woddie, Or ane of thir infirmeteis. ?c1625 in E. Beveridge & J. D. Westwood Fergusson's Sc. Prov. (1924) No. 1638 Ye ar a lick the widdie or pin. 1663 ‘P. Stampoy’ Coll. Scotch Prov. 32 It is as meet as a thief for the widdie. 1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 221 What the wooddie leaves the water gets. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 73 Then Orthodoxy yet may prance, And Learning in a woody dance. 1823 J. Galt Entail III. ii. 22 Let your father rin to the woody as he will. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona iii. 29 There's the shadow of the wuddy..that lies braid across your path. ?c1900 A. J. Armstrong Robbie Rankine's Visit to Glasgow Exhibition 43 If a' the Leezie Rankine's in the Northern Hemisphere were danglin' frae a tim'er wuddy. 1916 G. Abel Wylins 114 But fa did swing on the wuddy's rape Let the ancient story tell. 1929 Scots Mag. Aug. 386 Then will the truth..Grip thy craig like the wuddie's cord? 1988 Eng. World-wide 9 116/2 ‘Yon wickit, contermacious cheil’, Says Untie, ‘sair't the wuddie weel!’ †2. A certain quantity of iron. Obsolete.Perhaps originally a bundle of iron ingots bound with a widdie (sense 1a). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [noun] > specific quantity of withy1438 widdie1482 1482 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 168 The hundreth widde of Oismond irne..cumand to Leith. 1483 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. Introd. p. cxxiv iij^xx xv wedeis of irne, price of the wedde ij s. 1527 in Sir W. Fraser Sutherland Bk. (1892) III. 79 Fowrtein xx of veddeis of irne. 1603 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 516/1 Ilk hundreth wyddie of Oismond iryn of unfremen cumand to Leith. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1471
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