千早ぶ

From Old Japanese.

Shift from classical verb 逸早ぶ (ichihayabu, “to move or act quickly and strongly”).[1][2]

Compare the development of 茨 (ibara, “bramble”) → 薔薇 (bara, “rose”).

千(ち)早(はや)ぶ • (chihayabu) intransitive ^†nidan

1. (archaic) to move or act ferociously, with terrible godly power

• 千(ち)早(はや)振(ぶ)る (chihayaburu, pillow word)

Shift from verb 逸早ぶ (itipayabu, “to move or act quickly and strongly”).[1][2]

千早ぶ (tipayabu) (kana ちはやぶ)

1. to move or act ferociously, with terrible godly power
   • 711–712, Kojiki (First scroll, subjugation of Ashihara no Nakatsukuni)

     ...故、以爲於此國道速振、荒振國神等之多在。

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   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 2, poem 199, first variant), text here

     ...鷄之鳴吾妻乃國之御軍士乎喚賜而千磐破人乎和爲跡不奉仕國乎治跡...

     ...to₂ri ga naku aduma no₂ kuni no₂ mi₁-ikusa wo me₁si-tamapi₁te tipayaburu hi₁to₂ wo yapase to₂ maturo₁panu kuni wo wosame₂ to₂...

     ...let us summon the glorious troops from the Eastern Lands where birds cry to vanquish the unruly peoples and conquer the defiant lands.[3]

     [Note: Another variant says 國乎掃部等 (kuni wo parape₁ to₂, “purify (literally ‘sweep’) these lands”) instead of kuni wo wosame₂ to₂.]

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 7, poem 1230), text here

     千磐破金之三埼乎過鞆吾者不忘壯鹿之須賣神

     tipayaburu kane no₂ mi₁saki₁ wo sugi₂nu to₂ mo ware pa wasurezi Sika no sume₁kami₂

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• 千早振る (tipayaburu, pillow word)

• Japanese: 千早ぶ (chihayabu)