"helgi" meaning in Middle Welsh

See helgi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhelɡi/ Forms: helgwn [plural]
Etymology: From hela (“to hunt”) + ki (“dog”) Etymology templates: {{af|wlm|hela|ki|t1=to hunt|t2=dog}} hela (“to hunt”) + ki (“dog”)
  1. hound, hunting dog Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "cy",
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    }
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        "1": "wlm",
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        "t2": "dog"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hela (“to hunt”) + ki (“dog”)",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "wlm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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            [
              21,
              27
            ]
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              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And of all the hounds that he had seen in the world, he had never seen any that were like unto these.",
          "ref": "14th century, anonymous author, edited by R. L. Thomson, Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet (Mediaeval and Modern Welsh Series; vol. I), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, published 1980, page 1, lines 19–20:",
          "text": "Ac o’r a welsei ef o helgwn y byt, ny welsei cwn un lliw ac wynt.",
          "translation": "And of all the hounds that he had seen in the world, he had never seen any that were like unto these.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "hunting dog",
          "hunting dog"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhelɡi/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "helgi"
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    {
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      "word": "helgi"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "hela",
        "3": "ki",
        "t1": "to hunt",
        "t2": "dog"
      },
      "expansion": "hela (“to hunt”) + ki (“dog”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hela (“to hunt”) + ki (“dog”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "helgwn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "wlm",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle Welsh lemmas",
        "Middle Welsh masculine nouns",
        "Middle Welsh nouns",
        "Middle Welsh terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "wlm:Hunting dogs"
      ],
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          "english": "And of all the hounds that he had seen in the world, he had never seen any that were like unto these.",
          "ref": "14th century, anonymous author, edited by R. L. Thomson, Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet (Mediaeval and Modern Welsh Series; vol. I), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, published 1980, page 1, lines 19–20:",
          "text": "Ac o’r a welsei ef o helgwn y byt, ny welsei cwn un lliw ac wynt.",
          "translation": "And of all the hounds that he had seen in the world, he had never seen any that were like unto these.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "hound, hunting dog"
      ],
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        ],
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhelɡi/"
    }
  ],
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}

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