esenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Old French aaisier, aesier (“to ease”) (cf. eise (“ease”)). Compare obsolete French aiser (“to get comfortable”).

動詞

esen (third-person singular simple present eseth, present participle esende, esynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle esed)

1. to comfort (provide comfort, make comfortable)
2. to accommodate (a guest)
   • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 28–29:

     The chambres and the stables weren wyde, / And wel we weren esed atte beste;

     The rooms and stables spacious were and wide, / And well we there were accommodated, and of the best.

3. to ease (relieve from pain, anxiety, a burden, etc.)

派生した語

• English: ease
• Scots: ease

参照

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