Timeline for When was the noun 'labour' first used in relation to childbirth?
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
15 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Commonmark migration
|
|
| Apr 24, 2018 at 5:14 | vote | accept | Nigel J | ||
| Apr 24, 2018 at 3:16 | answer | added | Laurel♦ | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 23, 2018 at 18:36 | comment | added | Nigel J | @KateBunting On reflection, 1580 seems solid. The 1529 has a ? which makes it doubtful either in origin or in dating. | |
| Apr 23, 2018 at 17:03 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Your earlier quotations seem clearly to refer to childbirth in my opinion. | |
| Apr 23, 2018 at 16:37 | comment | added | Lambie | In Old English, I'm seeing that labor or labour also means: trial, tribulation, affliction, suffering. In short, a disease. earfoðe= Strong Neuter Noun -ubodily pain labor of childbirth disease hardship. This paper talks about pregnancy as illness: fau.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fau%3A3798/datastream/OBJ/… But I cannot specifically make a link between labor as disease and early texts. Perhaps one of the luminaries can... | |
| Apr 23, 2018 at 16:10 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/988450087771787264 | ||
| Apr 23, 2018 at 16:02 | history | edited | Laurel♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
newlines; no space before '?' and ':'
|
| Apr 23, 2018 at 13:13 | comment | added | Nigel J | @Spagirl They are both my own opinions based on my own perceptions. Shakespeare used many collocations from the 1611 version of the AV. And the quotes I have referenced do not seem (to me) to be proven in reference to childbirth. | |
| Apr 23, 2018 at 13:08 | comment | added | Spagirl | Can you clarify why you are doubtful of the pre-KJV examples in the OED and why you think Shakespeare's usage is undoubtedly influenced by the KJV? | |
| Apr 23, 2018 at 12:37 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | With apologies to Spock, It's English, @Nigel J, but not as we know it. | |
| Apr 23, 2018 at 12:30 | comment | added | Nigel J | @FumbleFingers An interesting quote in that link is in 1512 In great paine and travaille of bodye she childed , using 'child' as a verb. | |
| Apr 23, 2018 at 11:40 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I think it's relevant to mention that OED also flags up the link to earlier travail - derived from French, and first recorded as an "English" usage in 1297. At which time English was barely English anyway,. | |
| Apr 23, 2018 at 10:50 | history | edited | Nigel J | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 26 characters in body
|
| Apr 23, 2018 at 10:45 | history | asked | Nigel J | CC BY-SA 3.0 |