knelenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 *cnēolian, variant of cnēowlian, from cnēo, cnēow (“knee”); by surface analysis, kne (“knee”) +‎ -len.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkneːlən/
• IPA: /ˈknøːlən/, /ˈknøːliː/ (Southern, West Midland)

動詞

knelen (third-person singular simple present kneleth, present participle knelende, knelynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle kneled)

1. To kneel or genuflect; to rest on one's 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 […]

Conjugation

派生した語

• English: kneel
• Middle Scots: kneill
  • Scots: kneel

参照

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