"scars" meaning in Middle English

See scars in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /skaːrs/, /skars/, /skaːs/ (note: with assimilation)
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, escars, possibly from Late Latin *excarpsus; see scarce for more. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro-nor|scars}} Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, {{der|enm|LL.||*excarpsus}} Late Latin *excarpsus Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} scars, {{enm-adj}} scars
  1. Rare, scarce; not common or widespread.
    Sense id: en-scars-enm-adj-29~Vy1ng
  2. Insufficient, lacking; not enough. Categories (topical): Quantity
    Sense id: en-scars-enm-adj-f1B0qPI5 Disambiguation of Quantity: 7 32 3 5 18 20 15
  3. Frugal, thrifty; selective with money or resources.
    Sense id: en-scars-enm-adj-i~cPCxXA
  4. (rare) Narrow, tight; lacking space. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-scars-enm-adj-rqbqG-DR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: escarse, scace, scarce, scarse, schars, skace, skarce, skars, skarse

Adverb

IPA: /skaːrs/, /skars/, /skaːs/ (note: with assimilation)
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, escars, possibly from Late Latin *excarpsus; see scarce for more. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro-nor|scars}} Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, {{der|enm|LL.||*excarpsus}} Late Latin *excarpsus Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb}} scars
  1. Scarcely, sparingly, infrequently.
    Sense id: en-scars-enm-adv-N35dpDTh
  2. (rare) Moderately, temperately. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-scars-enm-adv-NRXGHMqK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: escarse, scace, scarce, scarse, schars, skace, skarce, skars, skarse

Noun

IPA: /skaːrs/, /skars/, /skaːs/ (note: with assimilation)
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, escars, possibly from Late Latin *excarpsus; see scarce for more. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro-nor|scars}} Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, {{der|enm|LL.||*excarpsus}} Late Latin *excarpsus Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} scars
  1. (uncommon) Deficiency, rarity. Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-scars-enm-noun-H0cIPl9G
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: escarse, scace, scarce, scarse, schars, skace, skarce, skars, skarse

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "scarce#Adjective"
          },
          "expansion": "English: scarce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: scarce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-msc",
            "2": "scarce",
            "3": "skarce"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Scots: scarce, skarce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Scots: scarce, skarce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "scarce"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: scarce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: scarce"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "scars"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*excarpsus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin *excarpsus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, escars, possibly from Late Latin *excarpsus; see scarce for more.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "scars",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scars",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Rare, scarce; not common or widespread."
      ],
      "id": "en-scars-enm-adj-29~Vy1ng",
      "links": [
        [
          "Rare",
          "rare"
        ],
        [
          "scarce",
          "scarce"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "widespread",
          "widespread"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 32 3 5 18 20 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Quantity",
          "orig": "enm:Quantity",
          "parents": [
            "Mathematics",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Insufficient, lacking; not enough."
      ],
      "id": "en-scars-enm-adj-f1B0qPI5",
      "links": [
        [
          "Insufficient",
          "insufficient"
        ],
        [
          "lacking",
          "lacking"
        ],
        [
          "enough",
          "enough"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Frugal, thrifty; selective with money or resources."
      ],
      "id": "en-scars-enm-adj-i~cPCxXA",
      "links": [
        [
          "Frugal",
          "frugal"
        ],
        [
          "thrifty",
          "thrifty"
        ],
        [
          "selective",
          "selective"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Narrow, tight; lacking space."
      ],
      "id": "en-scars-enm-adj-rqbqG-DR",
      "links": [
        [
          "Narrow",
          "narrow"
        ],
        [
          "tight",
          "tight"
        ],
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Narrow, tight; lacking space."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːrs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skars/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːs/",
      "note": "with assimilation"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "escarse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scace"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scarce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scarse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "schars"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skace"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skarce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skars"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skarse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scars"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "scarce#Adverb",
            "qq": "archaic or dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "English: scarce (archaic or dialectal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: scarce (archaic or dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-msc",
            "2": "scarce",
            "3": "skarce"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Scots: scarce, skarce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Scots: scarce, skarce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "scarce"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: scarce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: scarce"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "scars"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*excarpsus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin *excarpsus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, escars, possibly from Late Latin *excarpsus; see scarce for more.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "scars",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Scarcely, sparingly, infrequently."
      ],
      "id": "en-scars-enm-adv-N35dpDTh",
      "links": [
        [
          "Scarcely",
          "scarcely"
        ],
        [
          "sparingly",
          "sparingly"
        ],
        [
          "infrequently",
          "infrequently"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Moderately, temperately."
      ],
      "id": "en-scars-enm-adv-NRXGHMqK",
      "links": [
        [
          "Moderately",
          "moderately"
        ],
        [
          "temperately",
          "temperately"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Moderately, temperately."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːrs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skars/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːs/",
      "note": "with assimilation"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "escarse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scace"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scarce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scarse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "schars"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skace"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skarce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skars"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skarse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scars"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "scars"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*excarpsus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin *excarpsus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, escars, possibly from Late Latin *excarpsus; see scarce for more.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "scars",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Deficiency, rarity."
      ],
      "id": "en-scars-enm-noun-H0cIPl9G",
      "links": [
        [
          "Deficiency",
          "deficiency"
        ],
        [
          "rarity",
          "rarity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon) Deficiency, rarity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːrs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skars/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːs/",
      "note": "with assimilation"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "escarse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scace"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scarce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "scarse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "schars"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skace"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skarce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skars"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "skarse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scars"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English adverbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old Northern French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old Northern French",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Quantity"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "scarce#Adjective"
          },
          "expansion": "English: scarce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: scarce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-msc",
            "2": "scarce",
            "3": "skarce"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Scots: scarce, skarce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Scots: scarce, skarce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "scarce"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: scarce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: scarce"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "scars"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*excarpsus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin *excarpsus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, escars, possibly from Late Latin *excarpsus; see scarce for more.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{3}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "scars",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "scars",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Rare, scarce; not common or widespread."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Rare",
          "rare"
        ],
        [
          "scarce",
          "scarce"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "widespread",
          "widespread"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Insufficient, lacking; not enough."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Insufficient",
          "insufficient"
        ],
        [
          "lacking",
          "lacking"
        ],
        [
          "enough",
          "enough"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Frugal, thrifty; selective with money or resources."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Frugal",
          "frugal"
        ],
        [
          "thrifty",
          "thrifty"
        ],
        [
          "selective",
          "selective"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Narrow, tight; lacking space."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Narrow",
          "narrow"
        ],
        [
          "tight",
          "tight"
        ],
        [
          "space",
          "space"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Narrow, tight; lacking space."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːrs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skars/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːs/",
      "note": "with assimilation"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "escarse"
    },
    {
      "word": "scace"
    },
    {
      "word": "scarce"
    },
    {
      "word": "scarse"
    },
    {
      "word": "schars"
    },
    {
      "word": "skace"
    },
    {
      "word": "skarce"
    },
    {
      "word": "skars"
    },
    {
      "word": "skarse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scars"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English adverbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old Northern French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old Northern French",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Quantity"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "scarce#Adverb",
            "qq": "archaic or dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "English: scarce (archaic or dialectal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: scarce (archaic or dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-msc",
            "2": "scarce",
            "3": "skarce"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Scots: scarce, skarce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Scots: scarce, skarce"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "scarce"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: scarce",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: scarce"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "scars"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*excarpsus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin *excarpsus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, escars, possibly from Late Latin *excarpsus; see scarce for more.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "scars",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Scarcely, sparingly, infrequently."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Scarcely",
          "scarcely"
        ],
        [
          "sparingly",
          "sparingly"
        ],
        [
          "infrequently",
          "infrequently"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Moderately, temperately."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Moderately",
          "moderately"
        ],
        [
          "temperately",
          "temperately"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Moderately, temperately."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːrs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skars/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːs/",
      "note": "with assimilation"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "escarse"
    },
    {
      "word": "scace"
    },
    {
      "word": "scarce"
    },
    {
      "word": "scarse"
    },
    {
      "word": "schars"
    },
    {
      "word": "skace"
    },
    {
      "word": "skarce"
    },
    {
      "word": "skars"
    },
    {
      "word": "skarse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scars"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English adjectives",
    "Middle English adverbs",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old Northern French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old Northern French",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Quantity"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fro-nor",
        "3": "scars"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*excarpsus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin *excarpsus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Northern French scars, escars, possibly from Late Latin *excarpsus; see scarce for more.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "scars",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with uncommon senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deficiency, rarity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Deficiency",
          "deficiency"
        ],
        [
          "rarity",
          "rarity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncommon) Deficiency, rarity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːrs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skars/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/skaːs/",
      "note": "with assimilation"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "escarse"
    },
    {
      "word": "scace"
    },
    {
      "word": "scarce"
    },
    {
      "word": "scarse"
    },
    {
      "word": "schars"
    },
    {
      "word": "skace"
    },
    {
      "word": "skarce"
    },
    {
      "word": "skars"
    },
    {
      "word": "skarse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scars"
}

Download raw JSONL data for scars meaning in Middle English (6.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (9a96ef4 and 4ed51a5). 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.