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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃeɪ.əl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt͡ʃeɪ.ɚl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ceorl.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ceorls [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ċeorl. Doublet of carl, churl, and karl. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|ang|ċeorl}} Learned borrowing from Old English ċeorl, {{doublet|en|carl|churl|karl}} Doublet of carl, churl, and karl Head templates: {{en-noun}} ceorl (plural ceorls)
  1. (historical) An Anglo-Saxon churl. Tags: historical Derived forms: ceorlish
    Sense id: en-ceorl-en-noun-4gM~C-mV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with etymon, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Old English entries with etymon: 87 9 1 3 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 85 11 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 77 15 3 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 85 12 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 11 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 77 15 3 5

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /t͡ʃe͜orl/, [t͡ʃe͜orˠl]
Rhymes: -e͜orl Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *karil, *karul, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, *karulaz (“man”), akin to Old Frisian tzerl, tzirl (West Frisian tsjirl), Old Norse karl (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish/Danish karl), Old High German karal, Middle Low German kerl (German Kerl). Doublet of carl. Etymology templates: {{ety|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*karil}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow old", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵerh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*karaz", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*karilaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*karil", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "ceorl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }" data-lang="ang" data-title="ceorl">, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*karil}} Proto-West Germanic *karil, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*karilaz}} Proto-Germanic *karilaz, {{cog|ofs|tzerl}} Old Frisian tzerl, {{cog|fy|tsjirl}} West Frisian tsjirl, {{cog|non|karl}} Old Norse karl, {{cog|da|karl}} Danish karl, {{cog|goh|karal}} Old High German karal, {{cog|gml|kerl}} Middle Low German kerl, {{cog|de|Kerl}} German Kerl, {{doublet|ang|carl}} Doublet of carl Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=ċeorl}} ċeorl m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|ċeorl}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ċeorl|ċeorlas|ċeorl|ċeorlas|ċeorles|ċeorla|ċeorle|ċeorlum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: ċeorl [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], ċeorl [nominative, singular], ċeorlas [nominative, plural], ċeorl [accusative, singular], ċeorlas [accusative, plural], ċeorles [genitive, singular], ċeorla [genitive, plural], ċeorle [dative, singular], ċeorlum [dative, plural], ċiorl [alternative]
  1. (historical) a churl, a freeman ranked below a thane but above a thrall Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-ceorl-ang-noun-X-1E76Vj Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 100 0 0
  2. man
    Sense id: en-ceorl-ang-noun-SLZ24rEH
  3. peasant
    Sense id: en-ceorl-ang-noun-dXmC13c4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ċeorlfolc, ċeorlisċ Coordinate_terms: þegn (english: thane, baron), þrǣl (english: thrall, slave)

Inflected forms

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          "_dis": "100 0 0",
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          "english": "If any person of Kent buys property in London, he should have two or three trustworthy men or the king's reeve as a witness.",
          "text": "Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric\nĠif Cantwara æniġ in Lundenwīċ fēoh ġebyċġe, hæbbe him tweġen oððe ðrēo unfācne ċeorlas tō ġewitnesse oþþe cyninges wīcġerēfan.",
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  "categories": [
    "Old English doublets",
    "Old English entries with etymon",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵerh₂-",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Rhymes:Old English/e͜orl",
    "Rhymes:Old English/e͜orl/1 syllable",
    "ang:People"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "english": "thane, baron",
      "translation": "thane, baron",
      "word": "þegn"
    },
    {
      "english": "thrall, slave",
      "translation": "thrall, slave",
      "word": "þrǣl"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ċeorlfolc"
    },
    {
      "word": "ċeorlisċ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "churl"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "churl"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "churl"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "churl"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "churle"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Yola",
          "lang_code": "yol",
          "word": "chourle"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "lang_code": "kw",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "chorl"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "cherl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "learned borrowing",
        "learned"
      ],
      "word": "ceorl"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "gmw-pro:*karil"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"grow old\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ǵerh₂-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*karaz\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*karilaz\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*karil\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"ceorl\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" }\" data-lang=\"ang\" data-title=\"ceorl\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*karil"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *karil",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*karilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *karilaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "tzerl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian tzerl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "tsjirl"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian tsjirl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "karl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse karl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "karl"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish karl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "karal"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German karal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "kerl"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German kerl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Kerl"
      },
      "expansion": "German Kerl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "carl"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of carl",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *karil, *karul, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, *karulaz (“man”), akin to Old Frisian tzerl, tzirl (West Frisian tsjirl), Old Norse karl (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish/Danish karl), Old High German karal, Middle Low German kerl (German Kerl). Doublet of carl.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ċeorl",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċeorl",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċeorl",
          "ceorl#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċeorlas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċeorlas",
          "ceorlas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċeorl",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċeorl",
          "ceorl#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċeorlas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċeorlas",
          "ceorlas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċeorles",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċeorles",
          "ceorles#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċeorla",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċeorla",
          "ceorla#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċeorle",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċeorle",
          "ceorle#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċeorlum",
      "links": [
        [
          "ċeorlum",
          "ceorlum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċiorl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "ċeorl"
      },
      "expansion": "ċeorl m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ċeorl"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ċeorl",
        "2": "ċeorlas",
        "3": "ċeorl",
        "4": "ċeorlas",
        "5": "ċeorles",
        "6": "ċeorla",
        "7": "ċeorle",
        "8": "ċeorlum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a churl, a freeman ranked below a thane but above a thrall"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "churl",
          "churl"
        ],
        [
          "freeman",
          "freeman"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "thane",
          "thane"
        ],
        [
          "thrall",
          "thrall"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) a churl, a freeman ranked below a thane but above a thrall"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If any person of Kent buys property in London, he should have two or three trustworthy men or the king's reeve as a witness.",
          "text": "Laws of Hlothhere and Eadric\nĠif Cantwara æniġ in Lundenwīċ fēoh ġebyċġe, hæbbe him tweġen oððe ðrēo unfācne ċeorlas tō ġewitnesse oþþe cyninges wīcġerēfan.",
          "translation": "If any person of Kent buys property in London, he should have two or three trustworthy men or the king's reeve as a witness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "peasant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "peasant",
          "peasant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃe͜orl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃe͜orˠl]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-e͜orl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceorl"
}

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