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語源

From 古期英語 sċēaphierde, from Proto-West Germanic *skāpahirdī; equivalent to schep (“sheep”) +‎ herde (“herder”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈʃeːpˌ(h)eːrd(ə)/, /ˈʃɛpˌ(h)eːrd(ə)/, /-(h)iːrd(ə)/
• (with reduction) IPA: /ˈʃɛpˌ(h)ɛrd(ə)/, /ˈʃɛpərd(ə)/

名詞

schepherde (plural schepherdes or (rare) schepherden)

1. shepherd (person who herds sheep)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Joon 10:11, page 49v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     I am a good ſchepparde / a good ſchepparde ȝyueþ his lijf foꝛ his ſcheep

     I am a good shepherd; a good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.

2. (figuratively) A spiritual leader or guide.

派生した語

• English: shepherd
• Scots: shepherd

参照

• “shẹ̄̆p-hẹ̄̆rd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.