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語源

Inherited from 古期英語 wull, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. The final vowel is generalised from the 古期英語 oblique cases.

発音

• IPA: /ˈwul(ə)/

名詞

wolle (plural wolles)

1. wool (coat of sheep), especially when used to make fabric
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:14, folio 117, verso; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     ⁊ þe heed of him ⁊ his heeris weren whiyt as whiyt wolle .· ⁊ as ſnow / ⁊ þe iȝen of him as flawme of fier .·

     And his head and his hairs were white, like white wool or snow, and his eyes were like fire's flame.

2. Shorn wool, especially stockpiled in bulk.
3. Woollen garments or clothing; woolwear.
4. Sheepskin; the skin of sheep.
5. (rare) Other woolen goods; woollens.
6. (rare) Other fibres (substituting wool)
7. (rare) The flesh or innards of fruit.

関連する語

• wolled
• wollemongere
• wollen
• wolward

派生した語

• English: wool
• Scots: woll, wol, wow, wo, oull, owll, owl, oo
• Yola: wul

参照

• “wǒl, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 August 2018.