westenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *wōstini. Related to 古期英語 wēste (“void, desolate”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈweːs.ten/

名詞

wēsten m or f or n

1. wasteland, desert, wilderness
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 1:13-14

     And hē on wēstene wæs fēowertiġ dagas and fēowertiġ nihta, and hē wæs frām Satane ġecostnod; and hē mid wilddēorum wæs; and him englas þenodon.

     And he was in the wilderness for forty days and forty nights, and was tempted by Satan; and he was with wild animals, and was served by angels.

   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Sē Antonius ġesēah þǣs Paules sāwle swā hwīte swā snāw stīgan tō heofonum betweoh engla þrēatas; ond tweġen lēon ādulfan his byrġenne on þǣs wēstenes sande; þǣr resteð Paules līchoma mid yfellīċe dūste bewrigen, ac on dōmes dæġe hē ariseð on wuldor.

     Antonius saw Paul's soul, as white as snow, ascend to heaven among throngs of angels; and two lions dug his tomb in the sand of the desert. There lies Paul's body, covered by filthy dust, but on Judgement Day he will arise in glory.

語形変化

masculine

Strong-a-stem

feminine

Strong ō-stem:

neuter

Strong a-stem:

派生語

• wēstengryre
• wēstensetla
• wēstenstaþol
• wuduwēsten

派生した語

• Middle English: westen, wæsten

形容詞

wēsten

1. desolate, waste

語形変化

別の表記

• westan, westene

発音

• IPA: /ˈwɛstən/, /ˈwɛstən(ə)/

名詞

westen (uncountable)

1. (uncommon, Early Middle English) west (cardinal direction)

形容詞

westen

1. (rare, Early Middle English) western (of the west)

派生した語

• Yola: westan

副詞

westen

1. (rare, Early Middle English) westwards (from the west)

参照

• “westen, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “westen(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “westen(e, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

語源 2

From 古期英語 wēsten (“a desert, waste”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōstini (“a waste, wilderness”). Doublet of wastyne; compare weste (“desolate”).

別の表記

• wæsten

発音

• IPA: /ˈweːstən/

名詞

westen

1. (rare, Early Middle English) wasteland, desert

参照

• “wẹ̄sten, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

語源 3

From west (“west”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

別の表記

• west, weste

発音

• IPA: /ˈwɛstən/

動詞

westen (third-person singular simple present westeth, present participle westende, westynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wested)

1. (uncommon, astronomy) To move westwards.

Conjugation

派生した語

• English: west

参照

• “westen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

語源 4

Inherited from 古期英語 wēstan, from Proto-West Germanic *wōstijan; equivalent to weste (“desolate”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Compare wasten.

別の表記

• weste

発音

• IPA: /ˈweːstən/

動詞

westen (third-person singular simple present westeth, present participle westynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle weste) (uncommon)

1. To devastate; to lay waste to.
2. To waste away; to weaken

Conjugation

参照

• “wẹ̄sten, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

語源 5

動詞

westen

1. alternative form of wisten