"ealh" meaning in All languages combined

See ealh on Wiktionary

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /æ͜ɑlx/, [æ͜ɑɫx]
Rhymes: -æ͜ɑlx Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *alh, from Proto-Germanic *alhs (“protection, building, house, temple, settlement”), cognate to Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs) and Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᚺ (alh). According to Pokorny (1959:32) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to close, ward off, protect”), i.e. the root of Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō) and Sanskrit रक्षति (rakṣati, “guard, protect”), though Kroonen (2013:22 s.v. alh-) dismisses this as “arbitrary[.]” Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*alh}} Proto-West Germanic *alh, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*alhs|t=protection, building, house, temple, settlement}} Proto-Germanic *alhs (“protection, building, house, temple, settlement”), {{cog|got|𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃}} Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs), {{cog|gmq-pro|ᚨᛚᚺ}} Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᚺ (alh), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*h₂lek-||to close, ward off, protect}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to close, ward off, protect”), {{cog|grc|ἀλέξω}} Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō), {{cog|sa|रक्षति|t=guard, protect}} Sanskrit रक्षति (rakṣati, “guard, protect”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|ēalas}} ealh m (nominative plural ēalas) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|ēal|nomsg=ealh}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ealh|ēalas|ealh|ēalas|ēales|ēala|ēale|ēalum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: ēalas [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ealh [nominative, singular], ēalas [nominative, plural], ealh [accusative, singular], ēalas [accusative, plural], ēales [genitive, singular], ēala [genitive, plural], ēale [dative, singular], ēalum [dative, plural], alh [alternative], alhn [alternative]
  1. temple Tags: masculine Categories (place): Places of worship
    Sense id: en-ealh-ang-noun-Z0JYAb8a Disambiguation of Places of worship: 58 42 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Religion Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Religion: 100 0
  2. residence Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ealh-ang-noun-E9ALT1Cw Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tempel Derived forms: Ealhburg, Ealhflæd, Ealhfriþ, Ealhheard, Ealhhelm, Ealhhere, Ealhmund, Ealhstan, Ealhswiþ Related terms: ealgian, ealu

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ealhburg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ealhflæd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ealhfriþ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ealhheard"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ealhhelm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ealhhere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ealhmund"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ealhstan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ealhswiþ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*alh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *alh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*alhs",
        "t": "protection, building, house, temple, settlement"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *alhs (“protection, building, house, temple, settlement”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-pro",
        "2": "ᚨᛚᚺ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᚺ (alh)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂lek-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to close, ward off, protect"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to close, ward off, protect”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἀλέξω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "रक्षति",
        "t": "guard, protect"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit रक्षति (rakṣati, “guard, protect”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *alh, from Proto-Germanic *alhs (“protection, building, house, temple, settlement”), cognate to Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs) and Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᚺ (alh).\nAccording to Pokorny (1959:32) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to close, ward off, protect”), i.e. the root of Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō) and Sanskrit रक्षति (rakṣati, “guard, protect”), though Kroonen (2013:22 s.v. alh-) dismisses this as “arbitrary[.]”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ēalas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēalas",
          "ealas"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēalas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēalas",
          "ealas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēalas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēalas",
          "ealas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēales",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēales",
          "eales#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēala",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēala",
          "eala#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēale",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēale",
          "eale#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēalum",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēalum",
          "ealum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alhn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "ēalas"
      },
      "expansion": "ealh m (nominative plural ēalas)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ēal",
        "nomsg": "ealh"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ealh",
        "2": "ēalas",
        "3": "ealh",
        "4": "ēalas",
        "5": "ēales",
        "6": "ēala",
        "7": "ēale",
        "8": "ēalum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ealgian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ealu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "ang:Religion",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Places of worship",
          "orig": "ang:Places of worship",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "temple"
      ],
      "id": "en-ealh-ang-noun-Z0JYAb8a",
      "links": [
        [
          "temple",
          "temple"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "residence"
      ],
      "id": "en-ealh-ang-noun-E9ALT1Cw",
      "links": [
        [
          "residence",
          "residence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æ͜ɑlx/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[æ͜ɑɫx]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æ͜ɑlx"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tempel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ealh"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "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 inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Old English/æ͜ɑlx",
    "Rhymes:Old English/æ͜ɑlx/1 syllable",
    "ang:Places of worship",
    "ang:Religion"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ealhburg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ealhflæd"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ealhfriþ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ealhheard"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ealhhelm"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ealhhere"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ealhmund"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ealhstan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ealhswiþ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*alh"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *alh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*alhs",
        "t": "protection, building, house, temple, settlement"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *alhs (“protection, building, house, temple, settlement”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmq-pro",
        "2": "ᚨᛚᚺ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᚺ (alh)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂lek-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to close, ward off, protect"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to close, ward off, protect”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἀλέξω"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "रक्षति",
        "t": "guard, protect"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit रक्षति (rakṣati, “guard, protect”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *alh, from Proto-Germanic *alhs (“protection, building, house, temple, settlement”), cognate to Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs) and Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᚺ (alh).\nAccording to Pokorny (1959:32) from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to close, ward off, protect”), i.e. the root of Ancient Greek ἀλέξω (aléxō) and Sanskrit रक्षति (rakṣati, “guard, protect”), though Kroonen (2013:22 s.v. alh-) dismisses this as “arbitrary[.]”",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ēalas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēalas",
          "ealas"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēalas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēalas",
          "ealas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ealh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēalas",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēalas",
          "ealas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēales",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēales",
          "eales#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēala",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēala",
          "eala#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēale",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēale",
          "eale#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ēalum",
      "links": [
        [
          "ēalum",
          "ealum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alhn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "ēalas"
      },
      "expansion": "ealh m (nominative plural ēalas)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ēal",
        "nomsg": "ealh"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ealh",
        "2": "ēalas",
        "3": "ealh",
        "4": "ēalas",
        "5": "ēales",
        "6": "ēala",
        "7": "ēale",
        "8": "ēalum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ealgian"
    },
    {
      "word": "ealu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "temple"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "temple",
          "temple"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "residence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "residence",
          "residence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æ͜ɑlx/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[æ͜ɑɫx]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æ͜ɑlx"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tempel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ealh"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ealh meaning in All languages combined (4.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.