"gesceap" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /jeˈʃæ͜ɑp/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *gaskapą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”). Compare Old Saxon giskap (“creation, destiny”), Old Norse skap (“creation, fate”). Etymology templates: {{der|ang|gem-pro|*gaskapą}} Proto-Germanic *gaskapą, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*(s)kep-||to split, cut}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”), {{cog|osx|giskap||creation, destiny}} Old Saxon giskap (“creation, destiny”), {{cog|non|skap||creation, fate}} Old Norse skap (“creation, fate”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|n|ġesċeapu|head=ġesċeap}} ġesċeap n (nominative plural ġesċeapu) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|ġesċeap|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ġesċeap|ġesċeapu|ġesċeap|ġesċeapu|ġesċeapes|ġesċeapa|ġesċeape|ġesċeapum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: ġesċeap [canonical, neuter], ġesċeapu [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ġesċeap [nominative, singular], ġesċeapu [nominative, plural], ġesċeap [accusative, singular], ġesċeapu [accusative, plural], ġesċeapes [genitive, singular], ġesċeapa [genitive, plural], ġesċeape [dative, singular], ġesċeapum [dative, plural]
  1. shape (external form)
    Sense id: en-gesceap-ang-noun-UuhznIFS Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 15 3 3 41 38
  2. creation
    Sense id: en-gesceap-ang-noun-llq7JUsQ
  3. creature
    Sense id: en-gesceap-ang-noun-3460Kzff
  4. (rare) fate, destiny Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-gesceap-ang-noun-M3SW~3gm Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 15 3 3 41 38
  5. genitals
    Sense id: en-gesceap-ang-noun-4bcwdmmM Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Genitalia Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 15 3 3 41 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 7 6 22 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 2 7 84 Disambiguation of Genitalia: 4 2 2 2 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ġesċeaphwīl (english: a fated moment)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a fated moment",
      "translation": "a fated moment",
      "word": "ġesċeaphwīl"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "shape"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "shap"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "shape"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "schape"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)kep-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to split, cut"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "creation, destiny"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "skap",
        "3": "",
        "4": "creation, fate"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *gaskapą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”). Compare Old Saxon giskap (“creation, destiny”), Old Norse skap (“creation, fate”).",
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeapu",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeap",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeapu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeap",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeapu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeapes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeapa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeape",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeapum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "ġesċeapu",
        "head": "ġesċeap"
      },
      "expansion": "ġesċeap n (nominative plural ġesċeapu)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġesċeap",
        "short": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġesċeap",
        "2": "ġesċeapu",
        "3": "ġesċeap",
        "4": "ġesċeapu",
        "5": "ġesċeapes",
        "6": "ġesċeapa",
        "7": "ġesċeape",
        "8": "ġesċeapum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 3 3 41 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shape (external form)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gesceap-ang-noun-UuhznIFS",
      "links": [
        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "creation"
      ],
      "id": "en-gesceap-ang-noun-llq7JUsQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "creation",
          "creation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "creature"
      ],
      "id": "en-gesceap-ang-noun-3460Kzff",
      "links": [
        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 3 3 41 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fate, destiny"
      ],
      "id": "en-gesceap-ang-noun-M3SW~3gm",
      "links": [
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "destiny",
          "destiny"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) fate, destiny"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 3 3 41 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 7 6 22 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 2 7 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 2 2 2 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Genitalia",
          "orig": "ang:Genitalia",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.",
          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nSē wōda ðā āwende āweġ his ċeaflas fram ðǣre hālgan handa, swilċe fram hātum īsene, and sē āwyrġeda gāst ġewāt of ðām men ūt ðurh his ġesċēapu, mid sċēandlīcum flēame.",
          "translation": "The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitals"
      ],
      "id": "en-gesceap-ang-noun-4bcwdmmM",
      "links": [
        [
          "genital",
          "genital"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈʃæ͜ɑp/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gesceap"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Genitalia"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "a fated moment",
      "translation": "a fated moment",
      "word": "ġesċeaphwīl"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "shape"
        }
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      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "shap"
    },
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          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "shape"
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      "lang_code": "enm",
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    },
    {
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        "4": "creation, destiny"
      },
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    {
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        "4": "creation, fate"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *gaskapą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”). Compare Old Saxon giskap (“creation, destiny”), Old Norse skap (“creation, fate”).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeapu",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeap",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeap",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeapu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeapes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeapa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeape",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesċeapum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "ġesċeapu",
        "head": "ġesċeap"
      },
      "expansion": "ġesċeap n (nominative plural ġesċeapu)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġesċeap",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ġesċeap",
        "2": "ġesċeapu",
        "3": "ġesċeap",
        "4": "ġesċeapu",
        "5": "ġesċeapes",
        "6": "ġesċeapa",
        "7": "ġesċeape",
        "8": "ġesċeapum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shape (external form)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "creation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "creation",
          "creation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "creature"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fate, destiny"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "destiny",
          "destiny"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.",
          "text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nSē wōda ðā āwende āweġ his ċeaflas fram ðǣre hālgan handa, swilċe fram hātum īsene, and sē āwyrġeda gāst ġewāt of ðām men ūt ðurh his ġesċēapu, mid sċēandlīcum flēame.",
          "translation": "The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitals"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genital",
          "genital"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈʃæ͜ɑp/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gesceap"
}

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