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語源

From Proto-Germanic *biliwit- (“gentle-minded”), from Proto-Germanic *biliz (“merciful, kind”) (from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- (“decent, good”)) + Proto-Germanic *witją (“mind, wit”) (from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”)), equivalent to 古期英語 bile- + witt. Related to Middle High German bilwiz (“genius, mischievous person, goblin, witch”), unbil (“unbecoming, improper”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈbi.le.wit/

形容詞

bilewit (superlative bilewitust)

1. innocent, simple
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     On ðām tīman wæs sum þėgen Drihtelm ġehāten, on Norðhymbra lande, bilewite on andgyte, ġemetegod on ðēawum, ārfæst on līfe, and his hīwrǣdene tō ðām ylcan ġewissode.

     At that time there was a certain servant living in Northumbria, called Drihtelm, who was innocent of mind, temperate of character, righteous in life, and instructed his household on how to do the same.

2. calm, gentle
3. merciful, gracious
4. plausible

語形変化

派生語

• bilewitnes

関連する語

• bilehwīt

派生した語

• Middle English: bilewit

語源

From a conflation of 古期英語 bilewit (“innocent, simple”) and bilehwīt (“simple, honest, sincere”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈbiləˌʍiːt/, /ˈbiləˌwit/

形容詞

bilewit

1. simple, innocent

関連する語

• bilewitnesse

参照

• “bile-whīt, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.