seyntとは 意味・読み方・使い方

アナグラム

• tynes, yesn't, nesty, styen

語源

From a combination of Anglo-Norman seint (continental Old French saint) and 古期英語 sanct (“saint”), both from Latin sanctus.

発音

• IPA: /sæi̯nt/, (sometimes preconsonantally) /sæi̯n/
• IPA: /sant/ (mainly Northern or early)

名詞

seynt (plural seyntes, genitive plural seyntes or seyntene)

1. A faithful Christian (or Jew in the Old Testament)
2. A particularly holy or pious person.
3. A saint (one of the blessed in heaven)
4. A saint (individual recognised for holiness):
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, General Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 173-176:

     The reule of seint Maure or of seint Beneit,
     By-cause that it was old and som-del streit,
     This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace,
     And held after the newe world the space.

     The rule of Saint Maurus or of Saint Benedict,
     Because it was old and somewhat strict,
     This same monk let old things pass away,
     And followed the broader customs of modern times.

5. (rare) Anything holy, particularly saints' relics.

関連する語

• Seynt Graal

派生した語

• English: saint, Saint
• Middle Scots: Sanct, Sant, sanct, sant
  • Scots: sant, saunt
• Yola: Sankt, Sank, Saan

参照

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