Engelondとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 Engla land (“land of the Angles”) by haplology.

発音

• IPA: /ˈɛnɡəlɔ̝ːnd/

固有名詞

Engelond

1. England (a medieval kingdom in Northern Europe)
   • late 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 15-16.
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto:

     […] and specıallẏ from euerẏ shire' ende / Of Engelond to Caunterburẏ theẏ wende / The holẏ blıſful martır foꝛ to seke / That hem hath holpen whan þᵗ theẏ weere seeke […]

     […] and specially from every county's end / of England to Canterbury they went / to seek the holy blessed martyr / that had helped them when they were sick […]

2. Britain (a large island of Northern Europe)
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Ffrankeleẏns Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 155, recto:

     A yeer and moore laſted this bliſful lyf, / Til that the knyght of which I ſpeke of thus, / That of Kayrrud was cleped Arveragus, / Shoop hym to goon and dwelle a yeer or twayne / In Engelond, that cleped was ek Britayne

     A year and more lasted this blissful life, / Until the knight of whom I thus speak, / That was called Arveragus of Kayrrud, / Prepared himself to go and dwell a year or two / In England, which was also called Britain

   • 1461, John Wrexworth, Guyan King-of-Arms, Grant of Arms to William Swayne of Somerset (Add. MS. 14295, fo. 5b):

     The w blason I the foresayd Gwyon Kinge of Armes witnesse: not then borne of any other ꝑson whatsoever he bee win the Realme of England (otherwyse called the Ile of Great Brittaigne)

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   Synonym: Britayne

関連する語

• Englisch

派生した語

• English: England (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: Ingland, England
• Yola: Engelhoan, Englone
• → Latin: Angliterra (calque) (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle High German: Engellant, Engelant, Engenlant (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle Welsh: Englont, Inglont

参考

• Gret Britaine, Grete Britayne, Grete Britaigne
• Wales
• Scotlond
• Cornwaile

参照

• “Engelōnd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.