"net" meaning in Middle English

See net in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /nɛːt/, /nɛt/ Forms: nett [alternative], nette [alternative], nete [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman neit, a variant of Old French net, nette, from Latin nitidus (“gleaming”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|fine}}, {{bor+|enm|xno|neit}} Borrowed from Anglo-Norman neit, {{der|enm|fro|net}} Old French net, {{der|enm|la|nitidus||gleaming}} Latin nitidus (“gleaming”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{sup2}}}|f3l=|f5l=|head=}} net, {{enm-adj}} net
  1. worthy, good, pure, fine, elegant
    Sense id: en-net-enm-adj-3V3RUMi7 Categories (other): Middle English nouns with invariant plurals Disambiguation of Middle English nouns with invariant plurals: 15 14 34 3 33
  2. net
    Sense id: en-net-enm-adj-oIoPy96v Categories (other): Middle English nouns with invariant plurals Disambiguation of Middle English nouns with invariant plurals: 15 14 34 3 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /nɛt/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją. Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:inh|ang:nett<id:net>|id=mesh}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|nett|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English nett, {{inh+|enm|ang|nett}} Inherited from Old English nett, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*nati}} Proto-West Germanic *nati, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*natją}} Proto-Germanic *natją Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} net
  1. net (a mesh of string, cord or rope)
    Sense id: en-net-enm-noun-szbOeqwr Categories (other): Middle English nouns with invariant plurals Disambiguation of Middle English nouns with invariant plurals: 15 14 34 3 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /nɛ̝ːt/ Forms: net [plural], neet [alternative], neth [alternative], nett [alternative], neete [alternative, Late-Middle-English, especially], nete [alternative, Late-Middle-English, especially], nette [alternative, Late-Middle-English, especially], neette [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English nēat. from Proto-West Germanic *naut, from Proto-Germanic *nautą, from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to acquire, make use of”). Doublet of nowt. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|cattle}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|nēat|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English nēat, {{inh+|enm|ang|nēat}} Inherited from Old English nēat, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*naut}} Proto-West Germanic *naut, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*nautą}} Proto-Germanic *nautą, {{der|enm|ine-pro|*newd-|t=to acquire, make use of}} Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to acquire, make use of”), {{doublet|enm|nowt}} Doublet of nowt Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} net, {{enm-noun|net}} net (plural net)
  1. A bull or cow; a bovine.
    Sense id: en-net-enm-noun-XrBtq5Uf
  2. (collectively) Livestock (especially bovines) Tags: collective
    Sense id: en-net-enm-noun-dOrYd~20 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English nouns with invariant plurals, Bovines, Livestock Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 7 36 3 46 Disambiguation of Middle English nouns with invariant plurals: 15 14 34 3 33 Disambiguation of Bovines: 3 3 3 38 53 Disambiguation of Livestock: 0 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 9, verso, lines 597-599:",
          "text": "Hıs loꝛdes sheep[e] / hıs neet / hıs daẏerẏe / Hıs swẏn / hıs hoꝛs / hıs stooꝛ / and hıs pultrẏe / Was hoollẏ / ın thıs Reues gou[er]nẏnge […]",
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      "ipa": "/nɛt/"
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}

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    "West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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    "enm:Bovines",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      "form": "net",
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      "form": "neet",
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    },
    {
      "form": "neth",
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        "alternative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nett",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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      "form": "neete",
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        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "especially"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nete",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "especially"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nette",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "especially"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "neette",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "net",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "net"
      },
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A bull or cow; a bovine."
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        [
          "bull",
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        ],
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          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
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          "bovine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English collective nouns",
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              26,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "His lord's sheep, beef herd, dairy herd, / swine, horses, livestock, and poultry, / were entirely under this reeve's control […]",
          "ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 9, verso, lines 597-599:",
          "text": "Hıs loꝛdes sheep[e] / hıs neet / hıs daẏerẏe / Hıs swẏn / hıs hoꝛs / hıs stooꝛ / and hıs pultrẏe / Was hoollẏ / ın thıs Reues gou[er]nẏnge […]",
          "translation": "His lord's sheep, beef herd, dairy herd, / swine, horses, livestock, and poultry, / were entirely under this reeve's control […]",
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        }
      ],
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        "Livestock (especially bovines)"
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          "Livestock",
          "livestock"
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          "bovine",
          "bovine#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(collectively) Livestock (especially bovines)"
      ],
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        "collective"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/nɛ̝ːt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "net"
}

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