See payn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "pain"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"pain",
"pain#Old_French"
],
[
"panis",
"panis#Latin"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "fro",
"3": "pain"
},
"expansion": "Old French pain",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "la",
"3": "panis",
"4": "",
"5": "bread"
},
"expansion": "Latin panis (“bread”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French pain, from Latin panis (“bread”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pain",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "paine",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "payn",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "pein",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "payn",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"bread"
],
"id": "en-payn-enm-noun-mFYEwrYC",
"links": [
[
"bread",
"bread"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bred"
}
]
}
],
"word": "payn"
}
{
"etymology_number": "2",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "payn",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "textile",
"word": "pane"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of pane (“textile”)"
],
"id": "en-payn-enm-noun-lKvlpOrl",
"links": [
[
"pane",
"pane#Middle_English:_fabric"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "payn"
}
{
"etymology_number": "3",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "payn",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "pagan",
"word": "payen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of payen (“pagan”)"
],
"id": "en-payn-enm-noun-Y8Jvi2NN",
"links": [
[
"payen",
"payen#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "payn"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms borrowed from Old French",
"Middle English terms derived from Latin",
"Middle English terms derived from Old French",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"word": "pain"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"pain",
"pain#Old_French"
],
[
"panis",
"panis#Latin"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "fro",
"3": "pain"
},
"expansion": "Old French pain",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "la",
"3": "panis",
"4": "",
"5": "bread"
},
"expansion": "Latin panis (“bread”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French pain, from Latin panis (“bread”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pain",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "paine",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "payn",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "pein",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "payn",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"bread"
],
"links": [
[
"bread",
"bread"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bred"
}
],
"word": "payn"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "payn",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "textile",
"word": "pane"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of pane (“textile”)"
],
"links": [
[
"pane",
"pane#Middle_English:_fabric"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "payn"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": "3",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "payn",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "pagan",
"word": "payen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of payen (“pagan”)"
],
"links": [
[
"payen",
"payen#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "payn"
}
Download raw JSONL data for payn meaning in Middle English (2.4kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). 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.