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語源

From Proto-Germanic *hwalbaz. Cognate with Old High German walbe, Old Norse hvalf (Icelandic hólf).

発音

• IPA: /xwæ͜ɑlf/, [ʍæ͜ɑɫf]
• 韻: -æ͜ɑlf

名詞

hwealf f

1. vault, arch
   • 10th century, Anonymous, Beowulf, line 576:

     under heofenes hwealf

     under heaven’s vault

語形変化

Strong ō-stem:

形容詞

hwealf

1. arched, vaulted, hollow, concave, bent
   • 10th century, Anonymous, Judith XI 214, Nowell Codex:

     bordum beðeahte, / hwealfum lindum,

     with bucklers protected, / With their hollow shields,
     warded with bucklers, / Linden-shields curved,

語形変化

関連する語

• hwealfian

参照

• John R. Clark Hall (1916), “hwealf”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hwealf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
• Vladimir Orel (2003), A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197