widweとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 widuwe f, widuwa m, from Proto-West Germanic *widuwā, from Proto-Germanic *widuwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.

発音

• IPA: /ˈwidwə/, /ˈwidɔu̯(ə)/
• IPA: /ˈwiduː/, (with open-syllable lengthening) /ˈweːduː/ (especially Northern)
• IPA: /ˈwidiu̯(ə)/ (especially Kent, Southern, South Midland)

名詞

widwe (plural widwes or (Southern or West Midland) widewen)

1. A widow or widower (person whose spouse has died and hasn't remarried)
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Knẏghtes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 16, verso, lines 1169-1171:

     A man moot nedes loue / maugree hıs heed / He maẏ nat fleen it / thogh he sholde be deed / Al be she maẏde / wẏdwe / oꝛ ellıs wẏf […]

     A man must necessarily love, in spite of all he can do. / He can not flee [from] it, though he should be dead, / Whether she's a maiden, widow, or otherwise a wife […]

   1. A widowed woman who commits to living a chaste and devout life.
2. A person separated from their spouse.
3. (Christianity, figuratively) A person separated from God.
4. (figuratively) A building or property separated from its owner.

使用する際の注意点

• Used of men and women. The term widwere (modern widower) appeared in the 14th century for men who had lost their wives.

派生語

• widwehede
• widwere

派生した語

• English: widow
• Middle Scots: wedo, wedow, weidow
  • Scots: weedae, weedow

参照

• “widwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 23 August 2019.