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名詞

hende

1. alternative form of ende (“end”)

語源 2

名詞

hende

1. alternative form of ende (“duck”)

語源 3

From 古期英語 ġehende, from Proto-West Germanic *gahandī.

形容詞

hende

1. courteous, gracious
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Freres Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     Oure Hoost þo spak, “A, sire, ye sholde be hende / And curteys, as a man of youre estaat ...

     Our Host then spoke, “Ah, sire, you should be gracious / And courteous, as a man of your status ...

     • 14th century: And if he were so hende and so wis / Þat she ne myȝt al abate his pris, / Yit wolde she blame his worþynesse / Or by hir wordis make it lesse. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose (OUP 1988, p. 689-90)

派生した語

• English: hend