「妖精の女王 第一巻」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I
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knight/ˈnaɪt/騎士, ナイト, 武士本文に223回
… justice, and energy shown by his countrymen were aptly portrayed under the allegory of a mighty spiritual warfare of the knights of old against the power of evil.
doth/ˈdɔθ/doの三人称・単数・現在形本文に86回
"In which that wicked wight his dayes doth weare."
unto/ˈəntu/…に, の方へ, まで本文に69回
But forth unto the darksome hole he went,
hart/ˈhɑɹt/心本文に65回
That glorious fire it kindled in his hart,
shield/ˈʃiɫd/盾本文に62回
Upon his shield the like was also scor'd,
thou/ˈðaʊ/なんじ, そなた本文に58回
Yet, till that thou thy poeme wilt make knowne,
wight/ˈwaɪt/人, 人間本文に45回
That everie wight to shrowd it did constrain,
goodly/ˈɡʊdɫi/器量よしの, みめ麗しい本文に45回
Was nigh beguiled with so goodly sight:
thee/ˈði/なんじを本文に44回
To thee that art the sommers Nightingale,
grace/ˈɡɹeɪs/優雅さ, 洗練本文に39回
The grace and dignity of his bearing was enhanced by a face of tender and thoughtful expression in which warmth of feeling was subdued by the informing spirit of refinement, truthfulness …
dread/ˈdɹɛd/非常に恐ろしい本文に37回
And thou most dreaded impe of highest Jove,°
sore/ˈsɔɹ/つらい, ひどい, 痛ましい本文に35回
His Lady sad to see his sore constraint,
beast/ˈbist/動物, 四足獣本文に35回
As her slow beast could make; but all in vaine:
heavenly/ˈhɛvənɫi/天国の[ような], 天来の本文に34回
And with them eke, O Goddesse heavenly bright,°
nigh/ˈnaɪ/近くに本文に33回
"Renownèd Spenser, lie a thought more nigh
nought=naught本文に33回
Who nought aghast his mightie hand enhaunst:
allegory/ˈæɫəˌɡɔɹi/寓意本文に33回
First among the poetic geniuses of the Elizabethan period came Edmund Spenser with his Faerie Queene, the allegory of an ideal chivalry.
wondrous/ˈwəndɹəs/=wonderful本文に32回
He is enamoured of Gloriana, having seen her in a wondrous vision, and is represented as journeying in quest of her.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/大喜び, 歓喜本文に31回
Add to this intense delight in life, with all its mystery …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/激しい, 猛烈な本文に29回
As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/高潔な, 気高い本文に28回
The whole land was saturated with an unexpressed poetry, and the imagination of young and old was so fired with patriotism and noble endeavor that nothing seemed impossible.
feeble/ˈfibəɫ/弱々しい, 虚弱な本文に27回
Shed thy faire beames into my feeble eyne,
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/悲しみ, 悲哀, 悲嘆本文に27回
But beeing unable to performe it by reason of the hard Enchauntments, after long sorrow, in the end met with Britomartis, who succoured him, and reskewed his love.
virgin/ˈvɝdʒɪn/処女, おとめ本文に24回
Most like that virgin true, which for her knight him took.
wont/ˈwoʊnt/…し慣れて, するのを常として本文に23回
Ay wont in desert darknesse to remaine,
behold/bɪˈhoʊɫd/…を見る, ながめる本文に23回
Did never mortall eye behold such heavenly grace.
sword/ˈsɔɹd/刀, 剣本文に23回
Much of the machinery and properties used in carrying on the story, such as speaking myrtles, magic mirrors, swords, rings, impenetrable armor, and healing fountains, is supernatural.
stanza/ˈstænzə/節本文に22回
If we include within the sphere of Spenser's influence also those who have made use of the stanza which he invented, we must add the names of Burns …
wretched/ˈɹɛtʃɪd/みじめな, 悲惨な, ひどい本文に22回
Die is my dew; yet rew my wretched state
dwell/ˈdwɛɫ/住む, 居住する本文に22回
But if of daunger which hereby doth dwell,
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/震動する, 揺れる, そよぐ本文に22回
And their greene leaves trembling with every blast,
earthly/ˈɝθɫi/この世の, 現世の本文に21回
The first two Hymns are early poems, and the two latter maturer work embodying Petrarch's philosophy, which teaches that earthly love is a ladder that leads men to the love of God.
wicked/ˈwɪkəd/悪い, 邪悪な, 不正な本文に21回
That soone to loose her wicked bands did her constraine.
mighty/ˈmaɪti/強力な, 勢力のある本文に21回
The mighty impulse of this New Learning culminated during the reign of the Virgin Queen in a profound quickening of the national consciousness, and in arousing an intense curiosity to know and to imitate the rich treasures of the classics and romance.
hight/ˈhaɪt/名づけられた本文に20回
The false Duessa, now Fidessa hight,
plight/ˈpɫaɪt/苦境, 窮状本文に20回
In this sad plight, friendlesse, unfortunate,
thence/ˈðɛns/そこから, その場所から本文に19回
… had bene by an huge dragon many yeers shut up in a brazen Castle, who thence suffered them not to issew: and therefore besought the Faery Queene to assigne her some one of her knights to take on him that exployt.
stout/ˈstaʊt/勇敢な本文に19回
The Champion stout
dragon/ˈdɹæɡən/リュウ, 竜本文に19回
All the characters—the knights, ladies, dwarfs, magicians, dragons, nymphs, satyrs, and giants—are the conventional figures of pastoral romance.
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[…ない], …になって初めて[…する]本文に19回
To this criticism, Mr. Saintsbury remarks: "Not, perhaps, till the Orlando has been carefully read, and read in the original, is Spenser's real greatness understood.
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