Engelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *angil, borrowed from Latin angelus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈen.jel/, [ˈen.d͡ʒel]

名詞

enġel m (nominative plural englas)

1. angel

   Slǣp þū swōte. Iċ hopiġe þæt þē mǣte be englum.

   Sleep well. I hope you dream about angels.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"

     Seo eahteoðe leahter is superbia gehaten þæt is on ænglisc modigynss gecweden. Seo is ord and ende ælcere synne. Seo geworhte englas to atelicum deoflum...

     The eighth sin is called Superbia that is called Pride, in English, which is the beginning and end of every sin; it made angels into horrible devils,...

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Eft æt sumum sæle ætslād sē hālga wer on ðām hēalīcum gradum æt þām hālgum weofode, swā þæt hē fornēan eal wearð tōcwȳsed; ac on þǣre nihte hine ġelācnode God, ðurh his hālgan enġel, tō ansundre hǣle.

     Also, at a certain hall, the holy man slipped on the high steps at the holy altar, so that almost his whole body became bruised; but in the night, God restored him to full health through his holy angel.

   • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil‎:

     On ðām forman dæġe ūre drihten ġesċeōp seofonfealde weorc, ðæt wǣron ealle englas, and ðǣs lēohtes anġin, and ðæt antimber ðe hē of ġesċeōp syððan ġesċeafta, ðā upplīċan heofenan and ðā nyðerlīċan eorðan, ealle wætersċypas, and ða widgillan sǣ, and ðæt uppliċe lyft, eall on anū dæġe.

     On the first day our Lord created seven works, which were: all of angels; the beginning of light; the substance from which he later made all the creatures; the high heavens; the low earth; all the bodies of water; the wide ocean; and the lofty sky, all in a single day.

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: engel, ængel, angel, ennꟑell (Ormulum)
• ⇒? Middle English: aungel, angel, angell, angyl, angyll, angylle, aungell, aungil, awngel (Late Middle English), angele, ongel (Early Middle English)
  • English: angel (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: angel, angell
    • Scots: angel

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 enġel, from Proto-West Germanic *angil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos). Merged with aungel in later 中期英語.

発音

• IPA: /ˈeːnd͡ʒəl/ (from nominative singular enġel), /ˈɛnɡəl/ (from oblique engl-)

名詞

engel (plural engles) (Early Middle English)

1. An angel; a heavenly messenger of God (usually Christian):
2. (rare) A human messenger of God.

語形変化

参照

• “aunǧel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 October 2018.