See almesse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ælmesse"
},
"expansion": "Old English ælmesse",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*alemōsinā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "la-vul",
"3": "*alemosyna"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *alemosyna",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "non",
"3": "ǫlmusa",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "borrowed from Old Norse ǫlmusa",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English ælmesse, from Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna.\nForms with /u/ are probably borrowed from Old Norse ǫlmusa or influenced by it.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "almesses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "almesse",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "almessen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "allemesse",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "almes",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "almys",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "elmes",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "elmesse",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "helmes",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ealmesse",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "allmess",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Ormulum"
]
},
{
"form": "amesse",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "almos",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern",
"especially"
]
},
{
"form": "almose",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern",
"especially"
]
},
{
"form": "almouse",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern",
"especially"
]
},
{
"form": "almouse",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern",
"especially"
]
},
{
"form": "almus",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern",
"especially"
]
},
{
"form": "almows",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "almws",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "awmus",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "almesse",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl2": "almesse",
"pl3": "almessen"
},
"expansion": "almesse (plural almesses or almesse or almessen)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Alms (charitable gifts, especially to the poor or suffering)",
"The act of giving such gifts; almsgiving."
],
"links": [
[
"Alms",
"alms"
],
[
"charitable",
"charitable#English"
],
[
"gift",
"gift#English"
],
[
"poor",
"poor#English"
],
[
"suffering",
"suffering#English"
],
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"giving",
"giving"
],
[
"gift",
"gift"
],
[
"almsgiving",
"almsgiving"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Alms (charitable gifts, especially to the poor or suffering)",
"An single gift or instance of giving."
],
"links": [
[
"Alms",
"alms"
],
[
"charitable",
"charitable#English"
],
[
"gift",
"gift#English"
],
[
"poor",
"poor#English"
],
[
"suffering",
"suffering#English"
],
[
"single",
"single"
],
[
"gift",
"gift"
],
[
"instance",
"instance"
],
[
"giving",
"giving"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Commendable or kind acts; good deeds.",
"An single commendable or praiseworthy act."
],
"links": [
[
"Commendable",
"commendable"
],
[
"kind",
"kind"
],
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"deed",
"deed"
],
[
"single",
"single"
],
[
"commendable",
"commendable"
],
[
"praiseworthy",
"praiseworthy"
],
[
"act",
"act"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) Commendable or kind acts; good deeds.",
"An single commendable or praiseworthy act."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Commendable or kind acts; good deeds.",
"Spiritual rewards obtained through such deeds."
],
"links": [
[
"Commendable",
"commendable"
],
[
"kind",
"kind"
],
[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"deed",
"deed"
],
[
"Spiritual",
"spiritual"
],
[
"reward",
"reward"
],
[
"obtain",
"obtain"
],
[
"such",
"such"
],
[
"deed",
"deed"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) Commendable or kind acts; good deeds.",
"Spiritual rewards obtained through such deeds."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Property law"
],
"glosses": [
"Frankalmoign, property under, or income from it."
],
"links": [
[
"property law",
"property law"
],
[
"Frankalmoign",
"frankalmoign"
],
[
"property",
"property"
],
[
"under",
"under"
],
[
"income",
"income"
],
[
"from",
"from"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(property law) Frankalmoign, property under, or income from it."
],
"topics": [
"law",
"property"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with uncommon senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Pity, compassion, benevolence."
],
"links": [
[
"Pity",
"pity"
],
[
"compassion",
"compassion"
],
[
"benevolence",
"benevolence"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncommon) Pity, compassion, benevolence."
],
"tags": [
"uncommon"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈalmɛs(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈalməs(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛlmɛs(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɛlməs(ə)/",
"note": "especially East Anglia, Kent, or West Midland"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈalmus/",
"tags": [
"Northern",
"especially"
]
}
],
"word": "almesse"
}
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