sweltanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną. Cognate with Old Saxon sweltan, Old Dutch *sweltan, Old High German swelzan, Old Norse svelta, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 (swiltan).

発音

• IPA: /ˈswel.tɑn/, [ˈsweɫ.tɑn]

動詞

sweltan

1. to die

   Far þū wel! Ealle menn sċulon sweltan.

   Farewell! All men must die.

使用する際の注意点

• Dying "of" something can be expressed with the dative or instrumental case: Mē is lēofre þæt iċ hungre swelte þonne sċame (“I'd rather die of hunger than of shame”). Various prepositions are also commonly used, namely mid, for, and on, the latter especially with diseases: Þū ġefōre on ūtsihte (“You have died of dysentery”).

• The dative/instrumental is also used for "dying [a certain kind of] death": Sibsume dēaðe hēo swealt (“She died a peaceful death”).

Conjugation

同意語

• See Thesaurus:sweltan.

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: swelten, swelte, squelt, suelt, sweltan
  • English: swelt
  • Scots: swelt, swalt

参考

• swylt