schireとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• chire, schere, schyere, schyr, schyre, shere, shiere, shire, shyre, ssire

発音

• IPA: /ˈʃiːr(ə)/, (Southeastern) /ˈʃeːr(ə)/

名詞

schire (plural schires or schiren)

1. An administrative division or region:
   1. One of the counties of England or elsewhere in the British Isles; a shire.
      • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 2, recto:

        […] and specıallẏ from euerẏ shires ende / Of Engelond to Caunterburẏ theẏ wende / The holẏ blıſful martır foꝛ to seke / That hem hath holpen whan þᵗ theẏ weere seeke […]

        […] and specially from every county's end / of England to Canterbury they went / to seek the holy blessed martyr / that had helped them when they were sick […]

   2. The people of such a region.
   3. (law) The shire court or one of its sessions.

関連する語

派生した語

• English: shire
  • → Icelandic: skíri
• Scots: shire

参照

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

語源 2

形容詞

schire

1. alternative form of schyre (“bright”)