leoþの英語

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *leuþ, from Proto-Germanic *leuþą, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w-. Cognate with Old High German liod (German Lied), Old Saxon lioð (Dutch lied), Old Norse ljóð (“verse, song”), Latin laus (“praise”).

発音

• IPA: /le͜oːθ/

名詞

lēoþ n

1. poem
   • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy

     Iċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle, for þon þē lyst nū lēoða.

     I see I've bored you with that long argument, since you want poems now.

2. song

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: leoþ, leod, led, lede
  • Scots: leith, leeth, lethe, leed, lede
  • English: leed (dialectal); lidden (dialectal, archaic)

参考

• fitt
• ġiedd
• meterwyrhta
• sċop (“poet”)
• wōþbora