awe

• vt.畏敬の念を抱かせる；臆病にさせる
• n. 畏敬の念
• n.（畏敬の）人名；（出）畏敬の念

PIE *agh（恐れる）から。ここでは肯定的な意味。語源的にはail（醜い）と同じ。

awe

awe: [13] Old English had the word ege, meaning ‘awe’, but modern English awe is a Scandinavian borrowing; the related Old Norse agi steadily infiltrated the language from the northeast southwards during the Middle Ages. Agi came, like ege, from a hypothetical Germanic form *agon, which in turn goes back to an Indo-European base *agh- (whence also Greek ákhos ‘pain’). The guttural g sound of the 13th-century English word (technically a voiced velar spirant) was changed to w during the Middle English period. This was a general change, but it is not always reflected in spelling – as in owe and ought, for instance, which were originally the same word.

awe (n.)

c. 1300, aue, "fear, terror, great reverence," earlier aghe, c. 1200, from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse agi "fright;" from Proto-Germanic *agiz- (cognates: Old English ege "fear," Old High German agiso "fright, terror," Gothic agis "fear, anguish"), from PIE *agh-es- (cognates: Greek akhos "pain, grief"), from root *agh- "to be depressed, be afraid" (see ail). Current sense of "dread mixed with admiration or veneration" is due to biblical use with reference to the Supreme Being. To stand in awe (early 15c.) originally was simply to stand awe. Awe-inspiring is recorded from 1814.

Al engelond of him stod awe.
["The Lay of Havelok the Dane," c. 1300]

awe (v.)

c. 1300, from awe (n.); Old English had egan (v.). Related: Awed; awing.

1. The higher we climbed，the more awe -inspiring the scenery became.

私たちは高く登るほど、景色はため息をつくほど。

2.He was in awe of her ; she held him spellbound.

彼は彼女に対して非常に畏敬している。彼女は彼を魅了した。

3.She filled me with a sense of awe .

彼女は私を畏敬させた。

4.She gazed in awe at the great stones.

彼女はそれらの巨石を驚嘆して見つめていた。

5.He speaks of her with awe .

彼は彼女の話をすると粛然とした。