idelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈiː.del/

形容詞

īdel (superlative īdelst)

1. empty, void; bereft

   īdelhende ― empty-handed

   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend
     oþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase
     eald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.

     Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world
     until works of old giants, lacking of
     citizens' noises, stood empty.

2. worthless, useless, vain

   īdelbliss ― vain joy

   īdelġielp ― vain glory, arrogance

   īdelsprǣċe ― idle-speaking, talkative

語形変化

派生した語

• Middle English: ydel, idel, idil, idill, idul, idyl, idyll, ydell, ydil, ydill, ydul, ydull
  • English: idle
  • Scots: idle

名詞

īdel n

1. idleness, vanity, futility, frivolity

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

• on īdel

派生した語

• Middle English: idel, ydel

形容詞

idel

1. alternative form of ydel (“empty”)

名詞

idel

1. alternative form of ydel (“idleness”)

語源 2

名詞

idel

1. (Early Middle English, Northern) alternative form of ydole