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語源

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman warison, from warir (“to protect”); equivalent to warysshen +‎ -isoun. Doublet of garisoun.

発音

• IPA: /wariˈzuːn/, /ˈwar(i)zun/, /ˈwar(i)sun/

名詞

warisoun (uncountable) (especially Northern)

1. A monetary transaction; the act of paying for a service:
   1. A stipend; a regular fixed payment.
   2. (rare) Compensation or recompense for wrong.
2. A reward, recompense; what one deserves.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX:

     whanne sire Tristram was in the see / he said / Grete wel kyng Marke and all myn enemyes / and saye hem I wille come ageyne whan I maye / And wel am I rewarded for the fyghtynge with sire Marhaus […] and wel I am rewarded for […] many other dedes haue I done for hym / and now haue I my waryson

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. Wealth, possessions; a treasure (literal or figurative).
4. Benefit, advantage; the gain accrued from some act.
5. (rare) Ownership; the state of owning or possessing.
6. (rare) Security, safety; protection from harm.

派生した語

• Middle Scots: warisoun, warisone
  • → English: warison, warrison

参照

• “warisǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.