“eldring”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

eldring

释义

▪ I. † ˈeldring¹ Obs.
[f. elder a. + -ing³.]
In pl., Elders, parents, ancestors.
c1300K. Alis. 4948 Her eldrynges beth elde.c1315Shoreham 97 Ȝyf thou rewardest thyne eldrynges nauȝt A-lyve and eke a-dethe.1340Ayenb. 118 Þe..yefþes þet he broȝte mid him uor to yeue..to his eldringes.
▪ II. † ˈeldring² Obs. rare.
Also 4 elringe, 7 elldring, 8 eldriene.
[app. = OHG. erlinc, ‘escaurus’, prob. cognate and synonymous with mod.Ger. elritze minnow, which Kluge connects with eller (OHG. elira, erila), alder, as if ‘fish that lives under the shade of alders’.]
A fish; perh. properly the minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus), though this does not suit quot. 1618.
c1325Metr. Hom. 136 Wit pouer men fares the king Riht als the quale fars wit the elringe.1618in Naworth Househ. Bks. 83, 3 elldrings vd.1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Eldriene..a name by which some call the..minnow.

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