"fannen" meaning in Middle English

See fannen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfanən/, /ˈvanən/
Etymology: From Old English fannian, from Latin vannō; equivalent to fan + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|fannian}} Old English fannian, {{der|enm|la|vannō}} Latin vannō, {{af|enm|fan|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} fan + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} fannen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|fann}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fannen [infinitive], to fannen [infinitive], fanne [infinitive], fanne [first-person, present, singular], fanned [first-person, past, singular], fannest [present, second-person, singular], fannedest [past, second-person, singular], fanneth [present, singular, third-person], fanned [past, singular, third-person], fanne [present, singular, subjunctive], fanned [past, singular, subjunctive], fanne [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], fannen [plural, present], fanne [plural, present], fanneden [past, plural], fannede [past, plural], fanneth [imperative, plural, present], fanne [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], fannynge [participle, present], fannende [participle, present], fanned [participle, past], yfanned [participle, past], vanne [alternative], vanni [alternative], fanne [alternative]
  1. To process grain as to remove waste from usable product; to winnow.
    Sense id: en-fannen-enm-verb-FKykdv3J Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Grains Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 6 25 22 23 15 Disambiguation of Grains: 48 26 26
  2. (rare) To move one's wings; to make a flapping motion. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-fannen-enm-verb-LHFyCc7w Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 6 25 22 23 15
  3. (rare) To blow; to move away by using the wind's motion. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-fannen-enm-verb-WRq-sSm2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 6 25 22 23 15

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "fan"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "fan"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ang",
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vannō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vannō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fan",
        "3": "-en",
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        "pos2": "infinitival suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "fan + -en (infinitival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English fannian, from Latin vannō; equivalent to fan + -en (infinitival suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to fannen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanneth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanneden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanneth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfanned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vanne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vanni",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "fannen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fann"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 6 25 22 23 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 26 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Grains",
          "orig": "enm:Grains",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To process grain as to remove waste from usable product; to winnow."
      ],
      "id": "en-fannen-enm-verb-FKykdv3J",
      "links": [
        [
          "process",
          "process"
        ],
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ],
        [
          "usable",
          "usable"
        ],
        [
          "winnow",
          "winnow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 6 25 22 23 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move one's wings; to make a flapping motion."
      ],
      "id": "en-fannen-enm-verb-LHFyCc7w",
      "links": [
        [
          "wings",
          "wings"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To move one's wings; to make a flapping motion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 6 25 22 23 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To blow; to move away by using the wind's motion."
      ],
      "id": "en-fannen-enm-verb-WRq-sSm2",
      "links": [
        [
          "blow",
          "blow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To blow; to move away by using the wind's motion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfanən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvanən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fannen"
}

{
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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Grains"
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  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "fan"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "fan"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ang",
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vannō"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "fan",
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      "name": "af"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English fannian, from Latin vannō; equivalent to fan + -en (infinitival suffix).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to fannen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanneth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanneden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanneth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fannende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yfanned",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vanne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vanni",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fanne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "fannen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fann"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To process grain as to remove waste from usable product; to winnow."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "process",
          "process"
        ],
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ],
        [
          "usable",
          "usable"
        ],
        [
          "winnow",
          "winnow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move one's wings; to make a flapping motion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wings",
          "wings"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To move one's wings; to make a flapping motion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To blow; to move away by using the wind's motion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blow",
          "blow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To blow; to move away by using the wind's motion."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfanən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvanən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fannen"
}

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