"cwellan" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈkwel.lɑn/, [ˈkweɫ.ɫɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to torment”). Cognates include Old Saxon quellian, Middle Dutch quellen (Dutch kwellen), Old High German quellen (German quälen), Old Norse kvelja (Danish kvæle). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kwalljan}} Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*kwaljaną||to torment}} Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to torment”), {{cog|osx|quellian}} Old Saxon quellian, {{cog|dum|quellen}} Middle Dutch quellen, {{cog|nl|kwellen}} Dutch kwellen, {{cog|goh|quellen}} Old High German quellen, {{cog|de|quälen}} German quälen, {{cog|non|kvelja}} Old Norse kvelja, {{cog|da|kvæle}} Danish kvæle Head templates: {{ang-verb}} cwellan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|cwellan<w1/papp:cweald>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], cwellan [infinitive], cwellenne [infinitive], cwelle [first-person, present, singular], cwealde [first-person, past, singular], cwelest [present, second-person, singular], cwealdest [past, second-person, singular], cweleþ [present, singular, third-person], cwealde [past, singular, third-person], cwellaþ [plural, present], cwealdon [past, plural], cwelle [present, singular], cwealde [past, singular], cwellen [plural, present], cwealden [past, plural], cwele [imperative, past, present, singular], cwellaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], cwellende [imperative, present], cweald [imperative, past], ġecweald [imperative, past]
  1. to kill, slay Categories (topical): Death, Violence Derived forms: cwellere
    Sense id: en-cwellan-ang-verb-9W9eC7bx Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "quellen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: quellen, cwellen, quell, quelle, qwell, qwelle, cwellenn (Ormulum)\nEnglish: quell\nScots: quell, quel",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: quellen, cwellen, quell, quelle, qwell, qwelle, cwellenn (Ormulum)\nEnglish: quell\nScots: quell, quel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kwalljan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kwaljaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to torment"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to torment”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "quellian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon quellian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "quellen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch quellen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "kwellen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kwellen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "quellen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German quellen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "quälen"
      },
      "expansion": "German quälen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kvelja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kvelja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "kvæle"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish kvæle",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to torment”). Cognates include Old Saxon quellian, Middle Dutch quellen (Dutch kwellen), Old High German quellen (German quälen), Old Norse kvelja (Danish kvæle).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwelle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwelest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweleþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwelle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweald",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecweald",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cwellan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cwellan<w1/papp:cweald>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Death",
          "orig": "ang:Death",
          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "Life",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "ang:Violence",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "cwellere"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kill, slay"
      ],
      "id": "en-cwellan-ang-verb-9W9eC7bx",
      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "slay",
          "slay"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwel.lɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkweɫ.ɫɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cwellan"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cwellere"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "quellen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: quellen, cwellen, quell, quelle, qwell, qwelle, cwellenn (Ormulum)\nEnglish: quell\nScots: quell, quel",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: quellen, cwellen, quell, quelle, qwell, qwelle, cwellenn (Ormulum)\nEnglish: quell\nScots: quell, quel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kwalljan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kwaljaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to torment"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to torment”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "quellian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon quellian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "quellen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch quellen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "kwellen"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kwellen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "quellen"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German quellen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "quälen"
      },
      "expansion": "German quälen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "kvelja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kvelja",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "kvæle"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish kvæle",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to torment”). Cognates include Old Saxon quellian, Middle Dutch quellen (Dutch kwellen), Old High German quellen (German quälen), Old Norse kvelja (Danish kvæle).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwelle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwelest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealdest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweleþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealdon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwelle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwealden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwellende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cweald",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġecweald",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cwellan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cwellan<w1/papp:cweald>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 1 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-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Death",
        "ang:Violence"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kill, slay"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "slay",
          "slay"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwel.lɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkweɫ.ɫɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cwellan"
}

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