"dauncen" meaning in Middle English

See dauncen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdau̯nsən/, /ˈdansən/
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman dauncer. Also synchronically derivable from daunce (noun) + -en (verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|dancier|dauncer}} Anglo-Norman dauncer, {{af|enm|daunce<pos:n>|-en<pos:verbal suffix>|id2=infinitival}} daunce (noun) + -en (verbal suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} dauncen, {{enm-verb|stem=daunc}} dauncen (third-person singular simple present daunceth, present participle dauncende, dauncynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle daunced) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|daunc}} Forms: daunceth [present, singular, third-person], dauncende [participle, present], dauncynge [participle, present], daunced [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], dauncen [infinitive], to dauncen [infinitive], daunce [infinitive], daunce [first-person, present, singular], daunced [first-person, past, singular], dauncest [present, second-person, singular], dauncedest [past, second-person, singular], daunceth [present, singular, third-person], daunced [past, singular, third-person], daunce [present, singular, subjunctive], daunced [past, singular, subjunctive], daunce [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], dauncen [plural, present], daunce [plural, present], daunceden [past, plural], dauncede [past, plural], daunceth [imperative, plural, present], daunce [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], dauncynge [participle, present], dauncende [participle, present], daunced [participle, past], ydaunced [participle, past], dancen [alternative], dansen [alternative], daunsen [alternative]
  1. To dance, be in a dance
    Sense id: en-dauncen-enm-verb-Go3vCEEL Categories (other): Dance Disambiguation of Dance: 75 25
  2. (figurative) To move about in a rapid manner, prance Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-dauncen-enm-verb-BKd1ORVi Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dauncynge Related terms: daunce 
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dauncynge"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "dance"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "dansth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "dancier",
        "4": "dauncer"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "daunce<pos:n>",
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      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman dauncer. Also synchronically derivable from daunce (noun) + -en (verbal suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "daunceth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunced",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to dauncen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunceth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunceden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunceth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ydaunced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dancen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dansen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunsen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dauncen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "daunc"
      },
      "expansion": "dauncen (third-person singular simple present daunceth, present participle dauncende, dauncynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle daunced)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "daunc"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "daunce"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Dance",
          "orig": "enm:Dance",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To dance, be in a dance"
      ],
      "id": "en-dauncen-enm-verb-Go3vCEEL",
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move about in a rapid manner, prance"
      ],
      "id": "en-dauncen-enm-verb-BKd1ORVi",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To move about in a rapid manner, prance"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdau̯nsən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdansən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dauncen"
}

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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Anglo-Norman",
    "Middle English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Dance"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dauncynge"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "dance"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "word": "dansth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "dancier",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman dauncer. Also synchronically derivable from daunce (noun) + -en (verbal suffix).",
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      "form": "daunceth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunced",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to dauncen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunceth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunceden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunceth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dauncende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ydaunced",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dancen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dansen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "daunsen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dauncen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "daunc"
      },
      "expansion": "dauncen (third-person singular simple present daunceth, present participle dauncende, dauncynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle daunced)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "daunc"
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "daunce"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To dance, be in a dance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To move about in a rapid manner, prance"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To move about in a rapid manner, prance"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdau̯nsən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdansən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dauncen"
}

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