See erce on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "Attested in the 11th-century Æcerbot (\"field-remedy\") charm.\nThe triple invocation erce, erce, erce is compared to the Latin sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, and interpreted as derived from a vocative form of eorcnan \"true, genuine; holy\", or a proper name Erce, from an earlier *Eorce for a fertility goddess addressed as \"mother of earth\".", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "interjection", "head": "erce" }, "expansion": "erce", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Old English", "lang_code": "ang", "pos": "intj", "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 2 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "english": "Erce, erce, erce, mother of earth, may the all-wielder grant thee, the great Lord, acres waxing and covering, increasing and strengthening! […]", "ref": "A Spell to promote the Fertility of Land rendered sterile by Witchcraft. From M. S. Cott. Caligula, A. 7., in: A Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue from the Danish of Erasmus Rask. By Benjamin Thorpe, 2nd edition, London, 1865, p. 148ff., excerpt from p. 151", "text": "Erce, erce, erce, / eorðan módor, / geunne ðe se alwealda / éce drihten / æcera wexendra / and wriðendra, / eácniendra and elniendra! […]", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "holy" ], "id": "en-erce-ang-intj-FVHR6wIK", "links": [ [ "holy", "holy" ] ], "qualifier": "magic", "raw_glosses": [ "(magic) holy" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈer.ke/" }, { "ipa": "[ˈerˠ.ke]" } ], "word": "erce" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "pl", "2": "noun form" }, "expansion": "erce", "name": "head" } ], "hyphenation": [ "er‧ce" ], "lang": "Polish", "lang_code": "pl", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 2 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Polish entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" } ], "form_of": [ { "word": "erka" } ], "glosses": [ "dative locative singular of erka" ], "id": "en-erce-pl-noun-agcw14ms", "links": [ [ "erka", "erka#Polish" ] ], "tags": [ "dative", "form-of", "locative", "singular" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈɛr.t͡sɛ/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɛrt͡sɛ" } ], "word": "erce" }
{ "etymology_text": "Attested in the 11th-century Æcerbot (\"field-remedy\") charm.\nThe triple invocation erce, erce, erce is compared to the Latin sanctus, sanctus, sanctus, and interpreted as derived from a vocative form of eorcnan \"true, genuine; holy\", or a proper name Erce, from an earlier *Eorce for a fertility goddess addressed as \"mother of earth\".", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "interjection", "head": "erce" }, "expansion": "erce", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Old English", "lang_code": "ang", "pos": "intj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Old English entries with incorrect language header", "Old English interjections", "Old English lemmas", "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation", "Old English terms with quotations", "Old English terms with redundant head parameter", "Pages with 2 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "english": "Erce, erce, erce, mother of earth, may the all-wielder grant thee, the great Lord, acres waxing and covering, increasing and strengthening! […]", "ref": "A Spell to promote the Fertility of Land rendered sterile by Witchcraft. From M. S. Cott. Caligula, A. 7., in: A Grammar of the Anglo-Saxon Tongue from the Danish of Erasmus Rask. By Benjamin Thorpe, 2nd edition, London, 1865, p. 148ff., excerpt from p. 151", "text": "Erce, erce, erce, / eorðan módor, / geunne ðe se alwealda / éce drihten / æcera wexendra / and wriðendra, / eácniendra and elniendra! […]", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "holy" ], "links": [ [ "holy", "holy" ] ], "qualifier": "magic", "raw_glosses": [ "(magic) holy" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈer.ke/" }, { "ipa": "[ˈerˠ.ke]" } ], "word": "erce" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "pl", "2": "noun form" }, "expansion": "erce", "name": "head" } ], "hyphenation": [ "er‧ce" ], "lang": "Polish", "lang_code": "pl", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Pages with 2 entries", "Pages with entries", "Polish 2-syllable words", "Polish entries with incorrect language header", "Polish non-lemma forms", "Polish noun forms", "Polish terms with IPA pronunciation", "Rhymes:Polish/ɛrt͡sɛ", "Rhymes:Polish/ɛrt͡sɛ/2 syllables" ], "form_of": [ { "word": "erka" } ], "glosses": [ "dative locative singular of erka" ], "links": [ [ "erka", "erka#Polish" ] ], "tags": [ "dative", "form-of", "locative", "singular" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈɛr.t͡sɛ/" }, { "rhymes": "-ɛrt͡sɛ" } ], "word": "erce" }
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