"womman" meaning in Middle English

See womman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈwuman/, /ˈwivman/, /ˈwiman/
Etymology: From Old English wīmman, wīfmann (“woman; female servant”, literally “female person; female human being”), equivalent to wyf (“woman, wife”) + man (“man, person”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|enm|:inh|ang:wīfmann}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*wīb", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "wīf", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mon-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*mann-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*mann", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "mann", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "wīfmann", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "womman", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="womman">, {{inh|enm|ang|wīmman}} Old English wīmman, {{compound|enm|wyf|man|id2=man|t1=woman, wife|t2=man, person}} wyf (“woman, wife”) + man (“man, person”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} womman, {{enm-noun|wommen}} womman (plural wommen) Forms: wommen [plural], woman [alternative], wommane [alternative], womane [alternative], womanne [alternative], wommon [alternative], womon [alternative], wommone [alternative], woymon [alternative], wouman [alternative], wimman [alternative], wymman [alternative], wimmane [alternative], wymmanne [alternative], wiman [alternative], wyman [alternative], wimon [alternative], wimmon [alternative], wimmonne [alternative], wymmone [alternative], wumman [alternative], wuiman [alternative], waman [alternative], wemon [alternative], whoman [alternative], wifman [alternative], wifmanne [alternative], wyfman [alternative], wyfmanne [alternative], wifmon [alternative], voman [alternative], vomman [alternative], vymman [alternative], vifman [alternative], vyfman [alternative], wman [alternative], wmmon [alternative], wmmone [alternative], ummanne [alternative]
  1. A female adult person; a woman.
    Sense id: en-womman-enm-noun-BGjqIyQ8 Categories (other): Female, Female people Disambiguation of Female: 49 51 0 Disambiguation of Female people: 51 46 3
  2. The female sex in general.
    Sense id: en-womman-enm-noun-5yCGKEDV Categories (other): Female, Female people Disambiguation of Female: 49 51 0 Disambiguation of Female people: 51 46 3
  3. The state of being a woman; womanhood.
    Sense id: en-womman-enm-noun-HuDW9iKB Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 6 30 64 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 10 19 70 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 5 24 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 12 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 9 89 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 3 16 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: man, wommanhede, wommankin, wommankynde, wommanles, wommanly, wommanyssh

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "hire to wommane brouȝte",
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        }
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        "The state of being a woman; womanhood."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwuman/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwivman/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiman/"
    }
  ],
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}

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