Ymbeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• ymb, embe, ymbi

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *umbi (“around, near”), akin to Old High German umbi (“around”), Latin ambi (“both, around”), Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides, around”), Old Irish imb, 古期英語 bī (“near, by”). More at by.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈym.be/

前置詞

ymbe

1. around, about

   And Iohannes wæs ġescryd mid oluendes hærum, and fellen gyrdel wæs ymbe his lendenu; and gærstapan, and wudu huniġ he æt. [West Saxon dialect]

   John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

   And Hierusalem, and fram Idumea and beġeondan Iordane, and to him com mycel meneġeo, ymbe Tirum and Sidone, ġehyrende ða þing ðe he worhte. [West Saxon dialect]

   And Jerusalem, and from Idumæa and beyond Jordan, and to him came many people, around Tyre and Sidon, when they had heard about the things he did.

   And ða se Hælend eft on scype ferde ofer ðone muþan, him com to mycel meniġu, and wæs ymbe ða sæ. [West Saxon dialect]

   And Jesus entered into a ship and sat in the sea; and there a great multitude gathered unto him; and was around the sea.

2. near, along

派生した語

• Middle English: umbe, embe
  • English: umbe, umb, um, umben (廃れた用法)
  • Scots: umbe-