efnnihtとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *ebnanaht (literally “equal night”), a calque of Latin aequinoctium. Cognate with Old Frisian evennacht and Old Norse jafnnætti. Equivalent to efn- +‎ niht.

発音

• IPA: /ˈefnˌnixt/, [ˈevnˌniçt]

名詞

efnniht f

1. equinox
   • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

     Rōmanisc̄e lēodan ongynnað heora ġēar æfter hǣðenum ġewunan on winterlīċere tīde. Ebrei healdað heora geares annginn on lenctenlīcre emnihte. Đā Grēcisċan onginnað hyra ġēar æt ðām sunnstede; ⁊ ða Egiptisċan on hærfest.

     The Roman people begin theirs, after the heathen custom, in the winter time. The Hebrews observe the beginning of their year on the vernal equinox. The Greeks begin their year at the solstice; and the Egyptians in the fall.

語形変化

Strong consonant stem:

派生した語

• Middle English: *even-night
  • English: evennight

参照

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “efen-niht”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.