"batayle" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /batˈæi̯l(ə)/, /ˈbatɛl(ə)/, /ˈbatəl(ə)/
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der. Germanicbor. Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der. Gaulishbor. Latin battuō Late Latin battālia Old French bataillebor. Middle English batayle Borrowed from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro:bataille|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der. Germanicbor. Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der. Gaulishbor. Latin battuō Late Latin battālia Old French bataillebor. Middle English batayle [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "battālia", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "beat", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Germanic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰedʰh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "gem" }, { "lang_name" : "Gaulish", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "dig", "pos" : "root" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰedʰh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "cel-gau" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "battuō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "battualia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "bataille", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "batayle", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="batayle">, {{bor|enm|fro|bataille}} Old French bataille, {{der|enm|la-lat|battālia}} Late Latin battālia, {{etymon|enm|:bor|fro:bataille|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der. Germanicbor. Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der. Gaulishbor. Latin battuō Late Latin battālia Old French bataillebor. Middle English batayle Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} batayle, {{enm-noun|batayles}} batayle (plural batayles) Forms: batayles [plural], batel [alternative], bataylle [alternative], bataille [alternative], bataile [alternative], bataill [alternative], batail [alternative], batell [alternative], batayll [alternative], bateil [alternative], baitale [alternative]
  1. An extended fight, war or armed contest; battling or warring.
    Sense id: en-batayle-enm-noun-ikF2zjvi Categories (other): Violence, War Disambiguation of Violence: 12 17 23 11 18 19 Disambiguation of War: 32 17 10 8 15 18
  2. A battle; a match between two rival armed forces.
    Sense id: en-batayle-enm-noun-DVSXdDZb Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 12 17 23 11 18 19
  3. A company or band of soldiers; a portion of one's fighting force.
    Sense id: en-batayle-enm-noun-t0pTalsh Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 12 17 23 11 18 19
  4. A duel or match to decide a dispute.
    Sense id: en-batayle-enm-noun-dAjsc9er Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 12 17 23 11 18 19
  5. A fight or dispute between ideas or religious forces:
    (rare) One's striving to eliminate or expunge malicious forces.
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-batayle-enm-noun-brqUnKXI Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymology trees, Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Military units, Violence Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymology trees: 15 16 12 12 26 19 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 15 16 13 12 26 19 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 13 14 9 13 32 19 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 12 12 12 11 30 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 12 12 11 30 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 6 6 47 28 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 11 11 11 11 40 17 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 10 10 10 9 43 18 Disambiguation of Military units: 6 20 5 4 41 23 Disambiguation of Violence: 12 17 23 11 18 19
  6. A fight or dispute between ideas or religious forces:
    (rare) A strike or blow from malicious forces.
    Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-batayle-enm-noun-NqWhdJGB Categories (other): Violence Disambiguation of Violence: 12 17 23 11 18 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: batailloure, bataylen, bataylous, bataylynge

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum x”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 43, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 86, lines 28–31:",
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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der.\nGermanicbor.\nProto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der.\nGaulishbor.\nLatin battuō\nLate Latin battālia\nOld French bataillebor.\nMiddle English batayle\nBorrowed from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "batayles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bataylle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bataille",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bataile",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bataill",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batail",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batell",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "batayll",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bateil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baitale",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "batayle",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "batayles"
      },
      "expansion": "batayle (plural batayles)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "batailloure"
    },
    {
      "word": "bataylen"
    },
    {
      "word": "bataylous"
    },
    {
      "word": "bataylynge"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An extended fight, war or armed contest; battling or warring."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "battling",
          "battling"
        ],
        [
          "warring",
          "warring"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A battle; a match between two rival armed forces."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              51
            ],
            [
              140,
              147
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              43,
              50
            ],
            [
              143,
              150
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Then King Arthur made ready his host in 10 battles and Nero was ready in the field before the castle Tarabil with a great host / and he had 10 battles with many more people than Arthur had …",
          "ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum x”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 43, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 86, lines 28–31:",
          "text": "Thenne kyng Arthur made redy his hooſt in x batails and Nero was redy in the felde afore the caſtel Tarabil with a grete hooſt / & he had x batails with many mo peple than Arthur had [...]",
          "translation": "Then King Arthur made ready his host in 10 battles and Nero was ready in the field before the castle Tarabil with a great host / and he had 10 battles with many more people than Arthur had …",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A company or band of soldiers; a portion of one's fighting force."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A duel or match to decide a dispute."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fight or dispute between ideas or religious forces:",
        "One's striving to eliminate or expunge malicious forces."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A fight or dispute between ideas or religious forces:",
        "(rare) One's striving to eliminate or expunge malicious forces."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A fight or dispute between ideas or religious forces:",
        "A strike or blow from malicious forces."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A fight or dispute between ideas or religious forces:",
        "(rare) A strike or blow from malicious forces."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/batˈæi̯l(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbatɛl(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbatəl(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "batayle"
}

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