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語源

From 古期英語 sċrīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban, from Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, from Latin scrībāre, from Proto-Italic *skreiβō.

The sense "give thanks" is a semantic loan from Latin confitēri.

発音

• IPA: /ˈʃriːvən/

動詞

schryven (third-person singular simple present schryveth, present participle schryvynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative schrof, past participle schryven)

1. (ambitransitive; especially reflexive) To confess (admit one's sins at confession)
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XXI, Chapter ii, leaf 421v:

     And thenne whan paper & ynke was broughte thenne Gawayn was set vp weykely by kynge Arthur for he was shryuen a lytel tofore and thenne he wrote thus as the Frensshe book maketh mencyon

     And then when paper and ink was brought, then Gawaine was set up weakly by King Arthur, for he was shriven a little to-fore; and then he wrote thus, as the French book maketh mention

2. (ambitransitive) To hear the sacrament of confession.
3. (ambitransitive) To administer absolution or penance for a confession.
4. (transitive, by extension) To confess or admit.
5. (intransitive) To give praise or thanks (usually to God).

Conjugation

関連する語

• schryvere
• schryvynge

派生した語

• English: shrive
• Middle Scots: schrife, schrive

参照

• “shrīven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.
• “shrive, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.