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語源

From Middle High German bervrit, bercfrit, or another Germanic cognate. Cognate with English belfry and French beffroi.

発音

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈber.fre.dus/, [ˈbɛrfred̪us]

名詞

berfredus m (genitive berfredī); second declension (Medieval Latin)

1. wall tower
2. siege tower
   • 1142, Orderic Vitalis, Historia Ecclesiastica, 8.16:

     Quondam de conflictu Rodberto cum suis fugiente, insecutores armigerum quemdam fecerunt in berfredum ascendere, et a boreali plaga ignem immittere. Justo itaque Dei judicio machina combusta est […] .

     At one point, with Robert and his men having fled from battle, their pursuers made a certain squire climb onto the siege tower and start a fire on the northern side. In this way, by the righteous judgement of God, the machine […] was burned down.