wepanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian wēpa, Old Saxon wōpian, Old High German wuofan, Old Norse ǿpa, Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈweː.pɑn/
• 韻: -eː.pɑn

動詞

wēpan (West Saxon, late Kentish)

1. to weep
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     þā wēop sē cyning and þancode gode his gōdan wyllan.

     Then the king wept and thanked God for his good will.

2. to complain, bewail

Conjugation

派生語

• bewēpan
• ġewēpan

派生した語

• Middle English: wepen, wepe, weepe, wepyn (Late Middle English), wep (Northern), wepenn (Ormulum), weopen (West Midland)
  • English: weep
  • Middle Scots: weip, wepe
    • Scots: weep