nebbとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *nabi, from Proto-Germanic *nabją. Akin to Old Norse nef, Middle Low German nebbe and Middle Dutch nebbe.

発音

• IPA: /nebb/, [neb]

名詞

nebb n

1. face
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"

     He gesette his tacn on minum nebbe þæt ic nænne oðerne ofer hine ne lufige.

     He hath set His token upon my face that I should love none other beside Him.

   • Wonders of the East

     Ðǣr beoð akende men, ðā beoð fiftȳne fōta lange ⁊ hī habbað hwīt līċ ⁊ tū neb on ānum hēafde, fēt ⁊ cnēowu swīðe rēad, ⁊ lange nosu ⁊ sweart feax.

     Men are born there who are fifteen feet tall. They have white bodies, two faces on each head, feet and knees that are very red, long noses, and black hair.

2. nose
3. bill or beak

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生した語

• English: neb, nib, nibble