"elleven" meaning in Middle English

See elleven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Numeral

IPA: /ɛ(n)ˈlɛvən/, /ɛˈlɛ̞ːvən/ [Northern, especially] Forms: ellevene [postpositional], eleven [alternative], enleven [alternative], ellevyn [alternative, Northern], eleivan [alternative], elleyven [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English endleofan, from Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun, alteration of *ainalif, in turn from Proto-Germanic *ainalif. The shift of primary stress from the first to the second syllable is unexpected; Jordan posits it originated in postpositive elevene to avoid a sequence of three unstressed syllables. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|endleofan|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English endleofan, {{inh+|enm|ang|endleofan}} Inherited from Old English endleofan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*ainalifun}} Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*ainalif}} Proto-Germanic *ainalif Head templates: {{head|enm|numeral|postpositive|ellevene|preconsonantal|elleve|f1l=|f2l=especially Southern or West Midland}} elleven (postpositive ellevene, preconsonantal (especially Southern or West Midland) elleve), {{enm-numeral|pc=elleve|pc_qual=especially Southern or West Midland|pp=ellevene}} elleven (postpositive ellevene, preconsonantal (especially Southern or West Midland) elleve)
  1. eleven Related terms: ellefte, elleventhe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        }
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      "form": "enleven",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellevyn",
      "tags": [
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        "Northern"
      ]
    },
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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        "alternative"
      ]
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        "f1l": "",
        "f2l": "especially Southern or West Midland"
      },
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    },
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        "pp": "ellevene"
      },
      "expansion": "elleven (postpositive ellevene, preconsonantal (especially Southern or West Midland) elleve)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English cardinal numbers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        }
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        "eleven"
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          "eleven"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "ellefte"
        },
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        }
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ(n)ˈlɛvən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛˈlɛ̞ːvən/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "especially"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "word": "eleeven"
        }
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          "word": "eleeven"
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "eleeven"
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      "word": "ellevin"
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "eleiven"
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          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "eleeven"
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      "word": "elevin"
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "eleiven"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "eleeven"
        }
      ],
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      "word": "levin"
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    {
      "form": "ellevene",
      "tags": [
        "postpositional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eleven",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enleven",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ellevyn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eleivan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elleyven",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "enm",
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        "3": "postpositive",
        "4": "ellevene",
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        "6": "elleve",
        "f1l": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "elleven (postpositive ellevene, preconsonantal (especially Southern or West Midland) elleve)",
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    },
    {
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        "pp": "ellevene"
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      "expansion": "elleven (postpositive ellevene, preconsonantal (especially Southern or West Midland) elleve)",
      "name": "enm-numeral"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "num",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ellefte"
    },
    {
      "word": "elleventhe"
    }
  ],
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        "Middle English cardinal numbers",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English numerals",
        "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 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "enm:Eleven",
        "enm:One"
      ],
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        "eleven"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ(n)ˈlɛvən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛˈlɛ̞ːvən/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "especially"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "elleven"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: preconsonantal (especially Southern or West Midland) elleve",
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  "section": "Middle English",
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