beaduweorcとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From beadu (“battle”) +‎ weorc (“work”)

発音

• IPA: /ˈbæ͜ɑ.duˌwe͜ork/, [ˈbæ͜ɑ.duˌwe͜orˠk]

名詞

beaduweorc n

1. battle-work, warlike operation
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5‎:

     Iċ eom ānhaga īserne wund, bille ġebennod, beadoweorca sæd, eċġum wēriġ.

     I am a lone one wounded with iron, wounded by sword, sated of battle-works, weary by edges.

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

参照

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “beaduweorc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.