"weder" meaning in Middle English

See weder in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛdər/, /ˈwɛːdər/ Forms: wedir [alternative], wedur [alternative], wæder [alternative, Early-Middle-English], wedder [alternative, Late-Middle-English], weddyr [alternative, Late-Middle-English], wedire [alternative, Late-Middle-English], wedyr [alternative, Late-Middle-English], wethyr [alternative, Late-Middle-English], wheder [alternative, Late-Middle-English]
Etymology: From Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|weder}} Old English weder, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*wedr}} Proto-West Germanic *wedr, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*wedrą}} Proto-Germanic *wedrą, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*wedʰrom}} Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} weder
  1. weather, condition of the sky
    Sense id: en-weder-enm-noun--e2UapP9 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Weather Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 43 43 Disambiguation of Weather: 30 35 35
  2. good weather
    Sense id: en-weder-enm-noun-mIzCWsVp Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Weather Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 43 43 Disambiguation of Weather: 30 35 35
  3. bad weather
    Sense id: en-weder-enm-noun-00Ww3~Zs Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Weather Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 43 43 Disambiguation of Weather: 30 35 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wederin, unweder

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "weather"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "weather"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wather"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wither"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wadder"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "widder"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "weddir"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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          "word": "weather"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wather"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wither"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wadder"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "widder"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "wethir"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "weather"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wather"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wither"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wadder"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "widder"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "wathir"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "weder"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wedr"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wedr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wedrą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wedrą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wedʰrom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wedir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wedur",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wæder",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wedder",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weddyr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wedire",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wedyr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wethyr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wheder",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "weder",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wederin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "unweder"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 43 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 35 35",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Weather",
          "orig": "enm:Weather",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-weder-enm-noun--e2UapP9",
      "links": [
        [
          "weather",
          "weather"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "15 43 43",
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          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "good weather"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "weather",
          "weather"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
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        "bad weather"
      ],
      "id": "en-weder-enm-noun-00Ww3~Zs",
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "weather",
          "weather"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛdər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛːdər/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weder"
}
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    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Weather"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "weather"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "weather"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wather"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wither"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wadder"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "widder"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "weddir"
    },
    {
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        {
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "weather"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wather"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wither"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wadder"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "widder"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "wethir"
    },
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          "word": "weather"
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        {
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wather"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wither"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "wadder"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "widder"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Scots",
      "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
      "word": "wathir"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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        "3": "weder"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wedr",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*wedʰrom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wedir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wedur",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wæder",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wedder",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weddyr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wedire",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wedyr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wethyr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wheder",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "weder",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wederin"
    },
    {
      "word": "unweder"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "weather, condition of the sky"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weather",
          "weather"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "good weather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "weather",
          "weather"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bad weather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "weather",
          "weather"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛdər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛːdər/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weder"
}

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