fleaxとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *flahs, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą.

発音

• IPA: /flæ͜ɑks/

名詞

fleax n

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

     ⁊ hæfdon ġeleornad mā cræfta hū hīe þā elpendas beswīcan mehton, mid þǣm þæt hīe nāmon trēowu, ⁊ slōgon on oþerne ende moniġe sċearpe īsene næġlas, ⁊ hīe mid flexe bewundon, ⁊ onbǣrndon hit, ⁊ beþyddan hit þonne on þone elpend hindan...

     And they had learned more tricks through which they could ensnare the elephants; they took stakes and drove into the other end many sharp iron nails, and wrapped them in flax, and set them on fire, and then thrust them into the elephant from behind...

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

同意語

• līn

派生語

• fleaxen

派生した語

• Middle English: flax
  • English: flax