"tealtrian" meaning in All languages combined

See tealtrian on Wiktionary

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈtæ͜ɑl.tri.ɑn/, [ˈtæ͜ɑɫ.tri.ɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *taltrōn, from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, a frequentative of *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Equivalent to tealt + -rian. Cognate with Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), Norwegian dialectal totra (“to quiver, shake”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Related to tilt. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*taltrōn}} Proto-West Germanic *taltrōn, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*taltrōną}} Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*del-}} Proto-Indo-European *del-, {{suf|ang|tealt|-rian}} tealt + -rian, {{cog|nl|touteren|t=to tremble}} Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|frr|talt}} North Frisian talt Head templates: {{ang-verb|tealtrian}} tealtrian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|tealtrian<w2>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], tealtrian [infinitive], tealtrienne [infinitive], tealtriġe [first-person, present, singular], tealtrode [first-person, past, singular], tealtrast [present, second-person, singular], tealtrodest [past, second-person, singular], tealtraþ [present, singular, third-person], tealtrode [past, singular, third-person], tealtriaþ [plural, present], tealtrodon [past, plural], tealtriġe [present, singular], tealtrode [past, singular], tealtriġen [plural, present], tealtroden [past, plural], tealtra [imperative, past, present, singular], tealtriaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], tealtriende [imperative, present], tealtrod [imperative, past], ġetealtrod [imperative, past]
  1. to shake, stagger, be unsteady, be uncertain, vacillate Related terms: tealt (english: unsteady), tealtian

Inflected forms

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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "tolter"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "totter"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "talteren"
    },
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          "lang_code": "en",
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        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "toteren"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tealt",
        "3": "-rian"
      },
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      "name": "suf"
    },
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        "2": "touteren",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "talt"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian talt",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtriġe",
      "links": [
        [
          "tealtriġe",
          "tealtrige#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtriaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtriġe",
      "links": [
        [
          "tealtriġe",
          "tealtrige#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtriġen",
      "links": [
        [
          "tealtriġen",
          "tealtrigen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtroden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtriende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetealtrod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tealtrian"
      },
      "expansion": "tealtrian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tealtrian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms suffixed with -rian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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              3,
              13
            ]
          ],
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            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We totter with feeble mind and wander with humility",
          "text": "Wē tealtrigaþ tȳdran mōde hwearfiaþ hēanlīce",
          "translation": "We totter with feeble mind and wander with humility",
          "type": "example"
        },
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              33,
              42
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Lest that the Easter calculation be uncertain",
          "text": "Ðȳ læs ðe ðæt ēasterlīce gescēad tealtrige",
          "translation": "Lest that the Easter calculation be uncertain",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              40,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Lest the standing (of affairs) began to shake the church",
          "text": "Ðȳ læs se steall cyricean tealtrian ongunne",
          "translation": "Lest the standing (of affairs) began to shake the church",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to shake, stagger, be unsteady, be uncertain, vacillate"
      ],
      "id": "en-tealtrian-ang-verb-gHfp2-wP",
      "links": [
        [
          "shake",
          "shake"
        ],
        [
          "stagger",
          "stagger"
        ],
        [
          "unsteady",
          "unsteady"
        ],
        [
          "uncertain",
          "uncertain"
        ],
        [
          "vacillate",
          "vacillate"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "unsteady",
          "translation": "unsteady",
          "word": "tealt"
        },
        {
          "word": "tealtian"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtæ͜ɑl.tri.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtæ͜ɑɫ.tri.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tealtrian"
}
{
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    {
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        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "tolter"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "totter"
        }
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      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "talteren"
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          "lang_code": "en",
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          "lang_code": "en",
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        }
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      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "3": "*taltrōną"
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "-rian"
      },
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      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "touteren",
        "t": "to tremble"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch touteren (“to tremble”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "talt"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian talt",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtriġe",
      "links": [
        [
          "tealtriġe",
          "tealtrige#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtraþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtriaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtriġe",
      "links": [
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          "tealtriġe",
          "tealtrige#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtriġen",
      "links": [
        [
          "tealtriġen",
          "tealtrigen#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtroden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtriaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtriende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tealtrod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġetealtrod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tealtrian"
      },
      "expansion": "tealtrian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tealtrian<w2>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "unsteady",
      "translation": "unsteady",
      "word": "tealt"
    },
    {
      "word": "tealtian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "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 suffixed with -rian",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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              3,
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              3,
              9
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          ],
          "english": "We totter with feeble mind and wander with humility",
          "text": "Wē tealtrigaþ tȳdran mōde hwearfiaþ hēanlīce",
          "translation": "We totter with feeble mind and wander with humility",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              33,
              42
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              33,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Lest that the Easter calculation be uncertain",
          "text": "Ðȳ læs ðe ðæt ēasterlīce gescēad tealtrige",
          "translation": "Lest that the Easter calculation be uncertain",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              26,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              40,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Lest the standing (of affairs) began to shake the church",
          "text": "Ðȳ læs se steall cyricean tealtrian ongunne",
          "translation": "Lest the standing (of affairs) began to shake the church",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to shake, stagger, be unsteady, be uncertain, vacillate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shake",
          "shake"
        ],
        [
          "stagger",
          "stagger"
        ],
        [
          "unsteady",
          "unsteady"
        ],
        [
          "uncertain",
          "uncertain"
        ],
        [
          "vacillate",
          "vacillate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtæ͜ɑl.tri.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtæ͜ɑɫ.tri.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tealtrian"
}

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