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語源

From Proto-West Germanic *twihōn. Equivalent to twēo +‎ -ian.

発音

• IPA: /ˈtwe͜oː.jɑn/

動詞

twēoġan

1. to doubt [with genitive] (often impersonal, with accusative subject)

   Iċ ġehāte þæt mē nǣfre mā þīn ne twēoþ.

   I promise I won't ever doubt you again.

   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Ne twēoþ þæs nānne mann þe āwiht wāt.

     No one who knows anything doubts that.

使用する際の注意点

• A following clause expressing what is doubted goes in the subjunctive mood: Hīe twēoþ hwæðer hit man mæġe dōn (“She doubts whether it can be done”).

Conjugation

関連する語

• twēonian

派生した語

• Middle English: tweoȝean