英和和英

発音

• IPA: /xwiːt/, [ʍiːt]

形容詞

hwīt (comparative hwītra, superlative hwīttost)

1. white
   • The Old English rune poem

     ᚻ byþ hwītust corna...

     Hail is the whitest of grains...

   • 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 ariseð 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: whit, hwit, white, whyte, whitt, whytt, whyt, whiȝt, qwyght, ȝwijt, wyghte, whiyt, whijt
  • English: white (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: quhite, fyte, fite, whyte, white
  • Yola: whit

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