scirとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Proto-West Germanic *skīru.

別の表記

• sċiir, sċȳr

名詞

sċīr f

1. office (status of an official)
2. district (under an official or governor)
3. administrative region, shire (consisting of a number of hundreds or wapentakes, ruled jointly by an alderman and a sheriff)
   • Laws of King Ine

     Ġif hē ealdormon sīe, ðolie his sċīre, būton him kyning ārian wille.

     If he is an alderman, he shall lose his shire, unless the king wishes to pardon him.

語形変化

Strong ō-stem:

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: schire, chire, schere, schyere, schyr, schyre, shere, shiere, shire, shyre, ssire
  • English: shire
    • → Icelandic: skíri
  • Scots: shire

語源 2

From Proto-Germanic *skīraz, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“pure, bright”).

Cognate with Old Frisian skire, Old Saxon skīr, Dutch schier (“white, grey”), German schier (“pure”)), Old Norse skírr (Swedish skir), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 (skeirs) Related to scinan.

形容詞

sċīr

1. bright, shining
2. clear, pure

語形変化

派生した語

• Middle English: schyre
  • English: shire (obsolete),
  • English: sheer (partly)