"sullen" meaning in Middle Dutch

See sullen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: suelen [alternative], sēlen [alternative], sellen [alternative], sōlen [alternative], sollen [alternative]
Etymology: From Old Dutch sulan. Etymology templates: {{dercat|dum|frk|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=3}}, {{inh|dum|odt|sulan}} Old Dutch sulan Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|head=|head2=}} sullen, {{dum-verb}} sullen
  1. (auxiliary) must, to have to Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-sullen-dum-verb-ED8u0oz3
  2. (auxiliary, negated) may, be allowed to Tags: auxiliary, negative, participle, past
    Sense id: en-sullen-dum-verb-8HO1Grib
  3. (auxiliary) will, shall, be going to (future tense) Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-sullen-dum-verb-u9ucCat0
  4. (auxiliary, in the past tense) to be about to (inchoative) Tags: auxiliary, past
    Sense id: en-sullen-dum-verb-95pmPs6E Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 1 12 13 13 14 7 8 1 2 5 2 12 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 13 14 13 14 7 5 1 1 7 1 14 6 5 Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 2 10 2 62 12 12
  5. (modal auxiliary) indicates a possible or hypothetical situation Tags: auxiliary, modal
    Sense id: en-sullen-dum-verb-LI3R561n
  6. (modal auxiliary) indicates information garnered from a third party that may or may not be reliable Tags: auxiliary, modal
    Sense id: en-sullen-dum-verb-X9lAANIC

Inflected forms

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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "sal"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Jersey Dutch",
          "lang_code": "gmw-jdt",
          "word": "zal"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Negerhollands",
          "lang_code": "dcr",
          "word": "sa"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Negerhollands",
          "lang_code": "dcr",
          "word": "sal"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Skepi Creole Dutch",
          "lang_code": "skw",
          "word": "sa"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "zullen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "lang_code": "li",
      "word": "zölle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "lang_code": "li",
      "word": "zólle"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "gmw-pro",
        "4": "gem-pro",
        "5": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "3"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "sulan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch sulan",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Dutch sulan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "suelen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēlen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sellen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōlen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sollen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sullen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sullen",
      "name": "dum-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "must, to have to"
      ],
      "id": "en-sullen-dum-verb-ED8u0oz3",
      "links": [
        [
          "must",
          "must"
        ],
        [
          "have to",
          "have to"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) must, to have to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "may, be allowed to"
      ],
      "id": "en-sullen-dum-verb-8HO1Grib",
      "links": [
        [
          "may",
          "may"
        ],
        [
          "allowed",
          "allowed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, negated) may, be allowed to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "negative",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              66,
              71
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.",
          "ref": "1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:",
          "text": "Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.",
          "translation": "The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "will, shall, be going to (future tense)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sullen-dum-verb-u9ucCat0",
      "links": [
        [
          "will",
          "will"
        ],
        [
          "shall",
          "shall"
        ],
        [
          "going to",
          "going to"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) will, shall, be going to (future tense)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "1 12 13 13 14 7 8 1 2 5 2 12 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 13 14 13 14 7 5 1 1 7 1 14 6 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 10 2 62 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be about to (inchoative)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sullen-dum-verb-95pmPs6E",
      "links": [
        [
          "about to",
          "about to"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, in the past tense) to be about to (inchoative)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "indicates a possible or hypothetical situation"
      ],
      "id": "en-sullen-dum-verb-LI3R561n",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(modal auxiliary) indicates a possible or hypothetical situation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "modal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "indicates information garnered from a third party that may or may not be reliable"
      ],
      "id": "en-sullen-dum-verb-X9lAANIC",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(modal auxiliary) indicates information garnered from a third party that may or may not be reliable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "modal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sullen"
}
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    "Middle Dutch lemmas",
    "Middle Dutch terms derived from Frankish",
    "Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Frankish",
    "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle Dutch verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
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          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "sal"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Jersey Dutch",
          "lang_code": "gmw-jdt",
          "word": "zal"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Negerhollands",
          "lang_code": "dcr",
          "word": "sa"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Negerhollands",
          "lang_code": "dcr",
          "word": "sal"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Skepi Creole Dutch",
          "lang_code": "skw",
          "word": "sa"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "zullen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "lang_code": "li",
      "word": "zölle"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "lang_code": "li",
      "word": "zólle"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "gmw-pro",
        "4": "gem-pro",
        "5": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "3"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "odt",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Dutch sulan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "suelen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sēlen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sellen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sōlen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sollen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sullen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sullen",
      "name": "dum-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Dutch auxiliary verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "must, to have to"
      ],
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        [
          "must",
          "must"
        ],
        [
          "have to",
          "have to"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) must, to have to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Dutch auxiliary verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "may, be allowed to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "may",
          "may"
        ],
        [
          "allowed",
          "allowed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, negated) may, be allowed to"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "negative",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Dutch auxiliary verbs",
        "Middle Dutch terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              66,
              71
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              41,
              45
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.",
          "ref": "1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:",
          "text": "Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.",
          "translation": "The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "will, shall, be going to (future tense)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "will",
          "will"
        ],
        [
          "shall",
          "shall"
        ],
        [
          "going to",
          "going to"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary) will, shall, be going to (future tense)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Dutch auxiliary verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be about to (inchoative)"
      ],
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          "about to",
          "about to"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(auxiliary, in the past tense) to be about to (inchoative)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Dutch auxiliary verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indicates a possible or hypothetical situation"
      ],
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        "(modal auxiliary) indicates a possible or hypothetical situation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "modal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Dutch auxiliary verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indicates information garnered from a third party that may or may not be reliable"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(modal auxiliary) indicates information garnered from a third party that may or may not be reliable"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary",
        "modal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sullen"
}

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