"chavel" meaning in Middle English

See chavel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaːvəl/, /ˈt͡ʃavəl/
Etymology: From Old English ċeafl, from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|ċeafl}} Old English ċeafl, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*kafl}} Proto-West Germanic *kafl, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*kaflaz}} Proto-Germanic *kaflaz Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} chavel, {{enm-noun|chaveles|pl2=chaules|pl3=choules}} chavel (plural chaveles or chaules or choules) Forms: chaveles [plural], chaules [plural], choules [plural], chevel [alternative], chaule [alternative], chawel [alternative], chavyl [alternative], chawil [alternative], chawyl [alternative], chavalle [alternative], chaul [alternative], chewil [alternative], chawle [alternative], chawl [alternative], chefle [alternative, Early-Middle-English], chafle [alternative, Early-Middle-English], jawe [alternative], jawle [alternative]
  1. jaw
    Sense id: en-chavel-enm-noun-9pXnGrOB
  2. oral cavity, pharynx, throat
    Sense id: en-chavel-enm-noun-CqqoQhRb Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 58 34
  3. jabber, gossip
    Sense id: en-chavel-enm-noun-YSzc12jN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chavelen, jolle Related terms: jollen

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "chavelen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "jolle"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "jowl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "chavel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "chowl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "chow"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "chew"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "choule"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ċeafl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ċeafl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kafl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kafl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kaflaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kaflaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English ċeafl, from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chaveles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaules",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "choules",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chevel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaule",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chavyl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawyl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chavalle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaul",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chewil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chefle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chafle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jawe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jawle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "chavel",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chaveles",
        "pl2": "chaules",
        "pl3": "choules"
      },
      "expansion": "chavel (plural chaveles or chaules or choules)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "jollen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "jaw"
      ],
      "id": "en-chavel-enm-noun-9pXnGrOB",
      "links": [
        [
          "jaw",
          "jaw"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 58 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oral cavity, pharynx, throat"
      ],
      "id": "en-chavel-enm-noun-CqqoQhRb",
      "links": [
        [
          "oral",
          "oral"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "pharynx",
          "pharynx"
        ],
        [
          "throat",
          "throat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "jabber, gossip"
      ],
      "id": "en-chavel-enm-noun-YSzc12jN",
      "links": [
        [
          "jabber",
          "jabber"
        ],
        [
          "gossip",
          "gossip"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃaːvəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃavəl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chavel"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "chavelen"
    },
    {
      "word": "jolle"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "jowl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "chavel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "chowl"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "chow"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "chew"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "choule"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ċeafl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ċeafl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kafl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kafl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kaflaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kaflaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English ċeafl, from Proto-West Germanic *kafl, from Proto-Germanic *kaflaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chaveles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaules",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "choules",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chevel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaule",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chavyl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawyl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chavalle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaul",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chewil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chefle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chafle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jawe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jawle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "chavel",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "chaveles",
        "pl2": "chaules",
        "pl3": "choules"
      },
      "expansion": "chavel (plural chaveles or chaules or choules)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "jollen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "jaw"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jaw",
          "jaw"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oral cavity, pharynx, throat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oral",
          "oral"
        ],
        [
          "cavity",
          "cavity"
        ],
        [
          "pharynx",
          "pharynx"
        ],
        [
          "throat",
          "throat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "jabber, gossip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "jabber",
          "jabber"
        ],
        [
          "gossip",
          "gossip"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃaːvəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃavəl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chavel"
}

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