middelertheとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From earlier middelerd, featuring the frequent conflation of erd (“homeland”) with erthe (“earth, Earth”); in turn an alteration of earlier middenerd; from 古期英語 middaneard, in turn an alteration of 古期英語 middanġeard; derived from Proto-Germanic *midjagardaz. Equivalent to middel +‎ erthe.

発音

• IPA: /ˈmidəlˌɛːrð(ə)/, /ˈmidəlˌeːrð(ə)/

名詞

middelerthe (uncountable)

1. The Earth; the world (as between Heaven and Hell or in the middle of the universe)
2. The people, things, or trappings of the world.

派生した語

• English: Middle Earth, middle earth, middle-earth, Middle-earth, Middle-Earth
• Middle Scots: middilerd, middil erde, middil ȝerd
  • Scots: middle erd, midlert (obsolete)

参照

• “middel-ē̆rthe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 March 2018.