wælの英語

語源

From Proto-Germanic *walaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit, to strike”). Cognate with Old Saxon wal, Old High German wal, and Old Norse valr.

発音

• IPA: /wæl/
• 韻: -æl

名詞

wæl n

1. slaughter, carnage
2. the slain
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCXXIII Hēr wæs Wāla ġefeoht ⁊ Defna æt Gafulforda. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare ġefeaht Eċġbryht cyning ⁊ Beornwulf cyning on Ellendūne, ⁊ Eċġbryht siġe nam, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel wæl ġeslæġen.

     Year 823 In this year there was a battle between the Welsh and the Devons at Gafulford. And in the same year Kings Edgebright and Beornwulf fought at Allington, and Edgebright took the victory, and many were slain there.

3. (rare) a slain person, corpse

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: wal