elpendとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *elpand (“elephant; ivory”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈel.pend/, [ˈeɫ.pend]

名詞

elpend m

1. elephant
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ⁊ hē [Pirrus] hæfde XX elpenda tō þǣm ġefeohte mid him, þe Rōmane ǣr na ne ne ġesawon: hē wæs sē forma mon þe hīe ǣrest on Italium brōhte.

     And he [Pyrrhus] had twenty elephants with him in battle, which the Romans had never seen before; he was the first man to bring them to Italy.

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

同意語

• elp

派生語

• elpendbān

関連する語

• olfend

派生した語

• Middle English: elp, ylp