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語源

From Proto-Germanic *skelbaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, cleave”), and therefore related to 古期英語 sċylfe (shelf) Cognate with Old Norse skjálfa.

発音

• IPA: /ˈʃel.fɑn/, [ˈʃeɫ.vɑn]

動詞

sċelfan

1. to shake, quiver, totter

   On ðyssum stapelum sceall ǣlc cynestōl standan mid rihte on cristenre þēode, and āwācie heora ǣnig, sōna se stōl scylfþ [...] āwācie se cristendōm, sōna scylfþ se cynedōm

   on these pillars shall every throne stand with law in the Christian nation, and any of them may weaken, then shall the throne shake, if Christendom may weaken, then shall the kingdom shake

Conjugation

同意語

• cweċċan
• hrisian
• sċeacan
• tealtrian
• sċūdan

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “scelfan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.