onhniganとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈonˌxniː.ɡɑn/, [ˈonˌn̥iː.ɣɑn]

動詞

onhnīgan

1. (transitive and intransitive) to bow down, bend down, press down, bow
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30‎:

     Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.

     When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.

Conjugation

関連する語

• hnīgan

参照

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “onhnīgan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.