See cwen on Wiktionary
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},
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},
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"tags": [
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]
},
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},
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]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
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]
},
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]
},
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]
},
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]
},
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]
},
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]
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"word": "cwene"
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"english": "Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with much honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.",
"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...",
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4,
9
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6,
10
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],
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"id": "en-cwen-ang-noun-DuOIu16e",
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]
},
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"princess (a king's daughter)"
],
"id": "en-cwen-ang-noun-QPTy9F~N",
"links": [
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]
]
},
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"woman"
],
"id": "en-cwen-ang-noun-zy5b~x7w",
"links": [
[
"woman",
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]
]
},
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"wife"
],
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"wife",
"wife"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/kweːn/"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "rare word for queen",
"word": "cyninge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "peace-weaver; figurative/kenning",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "friþuwebbe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "noble woman, lady, queen",
"word": "hlǣfdīġe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "the usual word for woman/wife",
"word": "wīf"
}
],
"word": "cwen"
}
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"Old English feminine nouns",
"Old English i-stem nouns",
"Old English lemmas",
"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-Indo-European",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Pages with entries",
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"word": "cwēnfugol"
},
{
"word": "cwēnhierde"
},
{
"word": "Cwēnland"
},
{
"word": "cwēnlīċ"
},
{
"word": "Cwēnsǣ"
},
{
"word": "dryhtcwēn"
},
{
"word": "ealdcwēn"
},
{
"word": "ealdra cwēna spell"
},
{
"word": "folccwēn"
},
{
"word": "gūþcwēn"
},
{
"word": "portcwēn"
},
{
"word": "rihtæþelcwēn"
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{
"word": "þēodcwēn"
}
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"name": "desctree"
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
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"form": "cwēna",
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"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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},
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"form": "cwēne",
"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
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"tags": [
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},
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
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},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "cwēne",
"source": "declension",
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},
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cwǣn",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "cuēn",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "cwœ̄n",
"tags": [
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]
},
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"form": "cœ̄n",
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"alternative"
]
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"2": "cwēne,cwēna",
"3": "cwēn,cwēne",
"4": "cwēne,cwēna",
"5": "cwēne",
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{
"english": "Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with much honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.",
"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...",
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4,
9
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[
6,
10
]
],
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"type": "example"
}
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"queen (a ruling female monarch or a king's wife)"
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"queen",
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"princess (a king's daughter)"
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"princess",
"princess"
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},
{
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"woman"
],
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[
"woman",
"woman"
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"wife"
],
"links": [
[
"wife",
"wife"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/kweːn/"
}
],
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{
"english": "rare word for queen",
"word": "cyninge"
},
{
"english": "peace-weaver; figurative/kenning",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "friþuwebbe"
},
{
"english": "noble woman, lady, queen",
"word": "hlǣfdīġe"
},
{
"english": "the usual word for woman/wife",
"word": "wīf"
}
],
"word": "cwen"
}
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