eofotとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From either æf- +‎ hāt (“promise, command”), or rare ef-, likely of similar origin; compare eofolsian (“to blaspheme”). The spelling ebhat- found in the Épinal and Erfurt glossaries (c. 700) serves as significant evidence for this etymology.

発音

• IPA: /ˈe͜o.fot/, [ˈe͜o.vot]

名詞

eofot n

1. sin, crime
2. debt
3. glossing Latin epiphonema; perhaps meaning a declaration of blame, or a condemnation
4. as part of the phrase flītere in eofotum, glossing Latin rabulus; perhaps a criminal case or suit

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

同意語

• synn
• sċyld
• mān
• wrōht
• gylt
• sacu

派生語

• ġeeofot

参照

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eofot”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “eofot”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.