Bowenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 būgan, from Proto-West Germanic *beugan.

発音

• IPA: /ˈbuːən/
• IPA: /ˈbuːɣən/ (Early Middle English), /ˈbuːɣə/ (Kent)

動詞

bowen (third-person singular simple present boweth, present participle bowende, bowynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bowed)

1. To bend, curve, or cause to bend:
   1. To bow or kneel; to bend reverently.
      • a. 1333, “Poem 15: Eterne rex altissime; Fol. 209v-210r”, in William Herebert, transl., Opera (British Library MS. Add. 46919)‎, Hereford; republished as The Works of William Herebert, OFM (Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse), [Ann Arbor]: University of Michigan, a. 2018:

        Vor hœ́uene and œ́rþe and helle, and al þat þrinne bœ́n, / To þé shullen bouwen hœm and bénden hœre knœ́n.

        Since heaven, earth, and hell, and everything that's in them, / shall bow before You and bend their knees.

      • c. 1390, [William Langland], “Incıpıt paſſus primus de dobeſt”, in Peeres plouheman (P, C-text), Monmouthshire: Thom[as] Dankaſtre, published c. 1400, folio 79, verso; republished as MS. HM 137, San Marino, CA: Huntingdon Digital Library, p. 2011:

        Patrıaꝛkes and prophetes pꝛophecıede by foꝛe / Þat alle kynne creatures ſholden kneolen and bowen

        Patriarchs and prophets previously prophecied / that all sorts of creatures should kneel and bow […]

   2. To turn; to move in response to.
   3. (figurative) To adjust in response to.
2. To fall, lower, or drop:
   1. (figurative) To end or cause to end.
3. To submit; to demonstrate obedience.
4. (poetic) To move or go.

Conjugation

派生した語

• English: bow
• Middle Scots: bow
  • Scots: bou, bow, boo

参照

• “bǒuen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 March 2018.