wuldorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *wuldr, from Proto-Germanic *wuldrą (“shine, radiance, glory, splendor”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈwul.dor/, [ˈwuɫ.dor]

名詞

wuldor n

1. glory
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30‎:

     Iċ eom līġbysiġ, lāce mid winde, bewunden mid wuldre, wedre ġesomnad, fūs forðweġes, fȳre ġemelted, bearu blōwende, byrnende glēd.

     I am busy with fire, sway with wind, wrapped with glory, gathered in good weather, ready to go forward, melted by fire, a blooming grove, a burning ember.

   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Sē Antonius ġesēah þǣs Paules sāwle swā hwīte swā snāw stīgan tō heofonum betweoh engla þrēatas; ond tweġen lēon ādulfan his byrġenne on þǣs wēstenes sande; þǣr resteð Paules līchoma mid yfellīċe dūste bewrigen, ac on dōmes dæġe hē āriseð on wuldor.

     Antonius saw Paul's soul, as white as snow, ascend to heaven among throngs of angels; and two lions dug his tomb in the sand of the desert. There lies Paul's body, covered by filthy dust, but on Judgement Day he will arise in glory.

語形変化

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: wulder

参照

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wuldor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.