"one" meaning in Middle English

See one in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|altform=1}} one
  1. alternative form of owen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: owen
    Sense id: en-one-enm-adj-Omnmo4Jk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 9

Adverb

Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb|altform=1}} one
  1. alternative form of on (“on”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: on (extra: on)
    Sense id: en-one-enm-adv-TyA-xD-U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb|altform=1}} one
  1. alternative form of on (“singly”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: on (extra: singly)
    Sense id: en-one-enm-adv-8X1tr0Vz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} one
  1. alternative form of hone (“delay”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hone (extra: delay)
    Sense id: en-one-enm-noun-yrFwDJdY Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 6 17 12 14 14 7 7 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} one
  1. alternative form of wone (“course”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wone (extra: course)
    Sense id: en-one-enm-noun-mWyKneXJ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 6 17 12 14 14 7 7 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} one
  1. alternative form of oven Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: oven
    Sense id: en-one-enm-noun-9U1s4XpS Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 6 17 12 14 14 7 7 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 8

Numeral

Head templates: {{head|enm|numeral|altform=1}} one
  1. alternative form of on Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: on
    Sense id: en-one-enm-num-1~TP42vl Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 6 17 12 14 14 7 7 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

Head templates: {{head|enm|preposition|altform=1}} one
  1. alternative form of on Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: on
    Sense id: en-one-enm-prep-1~TP42vl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} one
  1. alternative form of onen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: onen
    Sense id: en-one-enm-verb-BWVNBeMg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} one
  1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of unnen Tags: Early-Middle-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: unnen
    Sense id: en-one-enm-verb-Za-qjaBK Categories (other): Early Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 6 17 12 14 14 7 7 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). 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.