ydelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 古期英語 īdel, from Proto-West Germanic *īdal, from Proto-Germanic *īdalaz.

発音

• IPA: /ˈiːdəl/

形容詞

ydel (plural and weak singular ydele)

1. vain, worthless, pointless
   • c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r:

     I have so many an ydel thoght / Purely for defaulte of slepe / That by my trouthe I take no kepe / Of noo thinge how hyt cometh or gooth / Ne me nys no thynge leve nor looth

     I have so many idle thoughts / Purely from lack of sleep / That I swear I take no heed / Of anything, whether it comes or goes, / And nothing is either dear to me or hated.

2. empty, void, vacant
3. idle, inactive
4. lazy, sluggish

関連する語

• ydelly
• ydelnesse
• ydelschipe

派生した語

• English: idle
• Scots: idle

参照

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

名詞

ydel (uncountable)

1. (rare) uselessness, waste
2. (rare) idleness, inactivity

派生した語

• English: idle

参照

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