yorlingn.

Brit.

/ˈjɔːlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈjɔrlɪŋ/, Irish English

/ˈjɒːrlɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s yourling, 1700s yawling, 1700s–1800s yorlin, 1800s yarlin', 1800s yeorling, 1800s yerlin, 1800s yorlan, 1800s yorline, 1800s yorlyn, 1800s youlin, 1800s yowling, 1800s–1900s yorlin', 1800s– yarlin, 1800s– yirlin, 1900s yolling, 1900s yorleen, 1900s– yarling, 1900s– yorling.

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

Etymology: Variant of yowlring n., with metathesis of r and l , perhaps influenced by -ling suffix¹. Compare yoldring n.

Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English (northern).

More fully yellow yorling. The yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Emberiza > emberiza citrinella (yellow-hammer)

yellowhammer1538

yellow ham1544

yowlring1544

goldhammer1611

yellow-pate1612

yellow ambird1657

yorling1679

yoldring1699

goldspink1785

yowley1797

yite1812

devil's bird1837

writing master1840

ammer1843

goldie1865

1679 A. Lovell tr. F. Pomey Indiculus Universalis 31 A Yellow-hammer or Yourling [L. Florus; Fr. Bruant].

1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 151 Should at his feet a scared yorlin bir.

1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. xiii. 176 It was only to hear the Yorlin sing.

1861 J. C. Atkinson Brit. Birds' Eggs & Nests 50 I used to hear in Berwickshire, that ‘The Brock, the Toad, and the Yellow Yeörling, Get a drap o' the Deil's bluid ilka May morning.’

1884 Chambers' Jrnl. 12 July 436/1 I cannot possibly carry the egg home unbroken, and so return it to its place..where..it will produce its gaping addition to the family of yorlings.

1912 R. Mayne Drone in Drone & Other Plays 10 Ach. You've no more head than a yellow yorling.

1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 4 An a feelin-herteet yallih-yorleen, hippin alang the deike.

1993 J. Alder Birds & Flowers Castle Mey 66/1 They [sc. yellow buntings] are also called ‘yellow yowlring’, while ‘yarlin’ is heard near the Castle of Mey.

2014 Stirling Observer (Nexis) 1 Aug. 26 There is still some work to do for the yellow yorlings, the ‘horrid yellow yorlings’ as legend has it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	yorling
释义	yorlingn. Brit. /ˈjɔːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈjɔrlɪŋ/, Irish English /ˈjɒːrlɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s yourling, 1700s yawling, 1700s–1800s yorlin, 1800s yarlin', 1800s yeorling, 1800s yerlin, 1800s yorlan, 1800s yorline, 1800s yorlyn, 1800s youlin, 1800s yowling, 1800s–1900s yorlin', 1800s– yarlin, 1800s– yirlin, 1900s yolling, 1900s yorleen, 1900s– yarling, 1900s– yorling. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: yowlring n. Etymology: Variant of yowlring n., with metathesis of r and l , perhaps influenced by -ling suffix¹. Compare yoldring n. Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English (northern). More fully yellow yorling. The yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Emberizinae (bunting) > genus Emberiza > emberiza citrinella (yellow-hammer) yellowhammer1538 yellow ham1544 yowlring1544 goldhammer1611 yellow-pate1612 yellow ambird1657 yorling1679 yoldring1699 goldspink1785 yowley1797 yite1812 devil's bird1837 writing master1840 ammer1843 goldie1865 1679 A. Lovell tr. F. Pomey Indiculus Universalis 31 A Yellow-hammer or Yourling [L. Florus; Fr. Bruant]. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 151 Should at his feet a scared yorlin bir. 1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. xiii. 176 It was only to hear the Yorlin sing. 1861 J. C. Atkinson Brit. Birds' Eggs & Nests 50 I used to hear in Berwickshire, that ‘The Brock, the Toad, and the Yellow Yeörling, Get a drap o' the Deil's bluid ilka May morning.’ 1884 Chambers' Jrnl. 12 July 436/1 I cannot possibly carry the egg home unbroken, and so return it to its place..where..it will produce its gaping addition to the family of yorlings. 1912 R. Mayne Drone in Drone & Other Plays 10 Ach. You've no more head than a yellow yorling. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 4 An a feelin-herteet yallih-yorleen, hippin alang the deike. 1993 J. Alder Birds & Flowers Castle Mey 66/1 They [sc. yellow buntings] are also called ‘yellow yowlring’, while ‘yarlin’ is heard near the Castle of Mey. 2014 Stirling Observer (Nexis) 1 Aug. 26 There is still some work to do for the yellow yorlings, the ‘horrid yellow yorlings’ as legend has it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1679
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