Wohとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *wą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *wanhaz. Akin to Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃 (unwāhs, “blameless”).

発音

• IPA: /woːx/
• 韻: -oːx

形容詞

wōh

1. wrong
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Hit is ryht þæt man yfeliġe þā yfelan, and hit is wōh þæt hīe man lǣte unwītnode.

     It is right to hurt evil people, and it is wrong to let them go unpunished.

2. crooked, bent
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care

     Sē hæfþ tō miċele nosu and tō wō.

     His nose is too big and too crooked.

   • c. 900, Life of St. Guthlac

     Hīe hæfdon wō sċancan.

     They had bowed legs.

語形変化

名詞

wōh n

1. wrong (something wrong or wrong things collectively)

   riht and wōh

   right and wrong

   • c. 897, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care

     Sē þonne þe wilnaþ wōh tō dōnne, and wilnaþ þēah þæt þæs ōðre menn swīgiġen, hē þonne biþ him selfum ġewita þæt hē wilnaþ mā þæt hine man lufiġe þonne ryhtwīsnesse.

     Someone who wants to do wrong, but wants others to be silent about it, is their own witness that they want to be loved more than they want justice.

2. error or an error; a mistake
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Ælfric's Preface to Grammar

     Miċel yfel dēþ sē unwrītere ġif hē nylle his wōh ġeryhtan.

     The bad writer does a lot of harm if he refuses to correct his mistakes.

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派生した語

• Middle English: wough, wouȝh
  • English: wough