"law" meaning in Middle English

See law in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} law
  1. alternative form of lawe Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lawe
    Sense id: en-law-enm-noun-JBS8YNVC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} law
  1. (Early Scots) alternative form of lowe (“mound”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lowe (extra: mound)
    Sense id: en-law-enm-noun--5mOf7ee Categories (other): Early Scots, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "altform": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "law",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "lawe"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of lawe"
      ],
      "id": "en-law-enm-noun-JBS8YNVC",
      "links": [
        [
          "lawe",
          "lawe#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "law"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "altform": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "law",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "mound",
          "word": "lowe"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Early Scots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of lowe (“mound”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-law-enm-noun--5mOf7ee",
      "links": [
        [
          "lowe",
          "lowe#Middle_English:_mound"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Early Scots",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Early Scots) alternative form of lowe (“mound”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "law"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English alternative forms",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "altform": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "law",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "lawe"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of lawe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lawe",
          "lawe#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "law"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English alternative forms",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "altform": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "law",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "mound",
          "word": "lowe"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Early Scots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of lowe (“mound”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lowe",
          "lowe#Middle_English:_mound"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Early Scots",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Early Scots) alternative form of lowe (“mound”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "law"
}

Download raw JSONL data for law meaning in Middle English (1.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.