"cwealm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /kwæ͜ɑlm/, [kwæ͜ɑɫm]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *kwalm. Etymology templates: {{ety|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*kwalm}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kwalm", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "cwealm", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }" data-lang="ang" data-title="cwealm">, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kwalm}} Proto-West Germanic *kwalm Head templates: {{ang-noun|m}} cwealm m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|cwealm}}, {{ang-decl-noun|cwealm|cwealmas|cwealm|cwealmas|cwealmes|cwealma|cwealme|cwealmum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cwealm [nominative, singular], cwealmas [nominative, plural], cwealm [accusative, singular], cwealmas [accusative, plural], cwealmes [genitive, singular], cwealma [genitive, plural], cwealme [dative, singular], cwealmum [dative, plural], cwelm [alternative]
  1. death Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cwealm-ang-noun-UsjgKYfM Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 94 6
  2. slaughter, plague, pestilence Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cwealm-ang-noun-y6S4htmZ Categories (other): Old English entries with etymon, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Old English entries with etymon: 22 78 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cwalu, swylt Derived forms: bealocwealm, cwealmbǣre, ūtcwealm (english: utter destruction)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bealocwealm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cwealmbǣre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "utter destruction",
      "translation": "utter destruction",
      "word": "ūtcwealm"
    }
  ],
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealm",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "cwealmas",
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    {
      "form": "cwealma",
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      "form": "cwealme",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealmum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwelm",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "6": "cwealma",
        "7": "cwealme",
        "8": "cwealmum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Death",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞæt fīfte wīte wæs cwealm on heora orfe, swā þæt on ðām lande fornēan nān orf ne belāf, buton Israheles bē ānsund ġestōd.",
          "translation": "The fifth plague was a pestilence among their livestock, such that in the land almost no livestock were left, except for those of Israel, who remained healthy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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          "slaughter"
        ],
        [
          "plague",
          "plague"
        ],
        [
          "pestilence",
          "pestilence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kwæ͜ɑlm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kwæ͜ɑɫm]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cwalu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "swylt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cwealm"
}
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    "Old English masculine nouns",
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    "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 *gʷelH- (throw)",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    },
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      "word": "cwealmbǣre"
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      "english": "utter destruction",
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      "word": "ūtcwealm"
    }
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "cwelm",
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          "english": "The fifth plague was a pestilence among their livestock, such that in the land almost no livestock were left, except for those of Israel, who remained healthy.",
          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nÞæt fīfte wīte wæs cwealm on heora orfe, swā þæt on ðām lande fornēan nān orf ne belāf, buton Israheles bē ānsund ġestōd.",
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      "ipa": "/kwæ͜ɑlm/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[kwæ͜ɑɫm]"
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    {
      "word": "cwalu"
    },
    {
      "word": "swylt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cwealm"
}

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