beargとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *barug, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz: cognate with Old Frisian barch (West Frisian baarch), Old Saxon barug (Dutch barg), Old High German barug (dialectal German Barch), Old Norse bǫrgr.

発音

• IPA: /bæ͜ɑrɡ/, [bæ͜ɑrˠɣ]
• 韻: -æ͜ɑrɡ

名詞

bearg m

1. castrated boar, barrow
   • Exeter Book, riddle 40

     Māra iċ eom ond fǣttra • þonne āmæsted swīn
     bearg bellende, • þe on bōcwuda,
     won wrōtende • wynnum lifde
     

     I am greater and fatter than the fattened up swine,
     a bellowing barrow, that in a beechwood
     lived rooting with joy.

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生した語

• Middle English: barow, barew, barwe, borwȝ, bareȝ, bareh (Early Middle English)
  • English: barrow