"splayen" meaning in Middle English

See splayen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsplæi̯ən/
Etymology: An apheretic form of displayen. Etymology templates: {{apheretic form|enm|displayen|nocap=1}} apheretic form of displayen Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} splayen, {{enm-verb|stem=splay}} splayen (third-person singular simple present splayeth, present participle splayende, splayynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle splayed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|splay|inf2=0|y=0}} Forms: splayeth [present, singular, third-person], splayende [participle, present], splayynge [participle, present], splayed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], splayen [infinitive], to splayen [infinitive], splaye [infinitive], splaye [first-person, present, singular], splayed [first-person, past, singular], splayest [present, second-person, singular], splayedest [past, second-person, singular], splayeth [present, singular, third-person], splayed [past, singular, third-person], splaye [present, singular, subjunctive], splayed [past, singular, subjunctive], splaye [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], splayen [plural, present], splaye [plural, present], splayeden [past, plural], splayede [past, plural], splayeth [imperative, plural, present], splaye [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], splayynge [participle, present], splayende [participle, present], splayed [participle, past], splaie [alternative], splaien [alternative], splay [alternative]
  1. To raise or unfold a banner.
    Sense id: en-splayen-enm-verb-RGLVA00n Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 34 41 26
  2. To spread or stretch out; to unfold.
    Sense id: en-splayen-enm-verb-whZpQVtF Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 34 41 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 46 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 59 20
  3. (rare) To spread as to display or make visible. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-splayen-enm-verb-ZjoMR3oU Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 34 41 26

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "splay"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "splay"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "apheretic form"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "splayeth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayed",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to splayen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaie",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaien",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splay",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "splayen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "stem": "splay"
      },
      "expansion": "splayen (third-person singular simple present splayeth, present participle splayende, splayynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle splayed)",
      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "splay",
        "inf2": "0",
        "y": "0"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 41 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To raise or unfold a banner."
      ],
      "id": "en-splayen-enm-verb-RGLVA00n",
      "links": [
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "unfold",
          "unfold"
        ],
        [
          "banner",
          "banner"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 41 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 46 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 59 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spread or stretch out; to unfold."
      ],
      "id": "en-splayen-enm-verb-whZpQVtF",
      "links": [
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "stretch",
          "stretch"
        ],
        [
          "unfold",
          "unfold"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 41 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spread as to display or make visible."
      ],
      "id": "en-splayen-enm-verb-ZjoMR3oU",
      "links": [
        [
          "display",
          "display"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To spread as to display or make visible."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsplæi̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "splayen"
}

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    "Middle English apheretic forms",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "splay"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "splay"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "displayen",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
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      "name": "apheretic form"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An apheretic form of displayen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "splayeth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayed",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to splayen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splayed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaie",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splaien",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "splay",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "splayen",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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        "stem": "splay"
      },
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      "name": "enm-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "inf2": "0",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To raise or unfold a banner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "raise",
          "raise"
        ],
        [
          "unfold",
          "unfold"
        ],
        [
          "banner",
          "banner"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To spread or stretch out; to unfold."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spread",
          "spread"
        ],
        [
          "stretch",
          "stretch"
        ],
        [
          "unfold",
          "unfold"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spread as to display or make visible."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "display",
          "display"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To spread as to display or make visible."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsplæi̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "splayen"
}

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