"lesschen" meaning in Middle Dutch

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Verb

Etymology: A merger of two verbs: * Old Dutch *leskan, from Proto-West Germanic *leskan, a strong verb. * Old Dutch lesken, from Proto-West Germanic *laskijan, a weak causative of the first. Etymology templates: {{dercat|dum|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|dum|odt|*leskan}} Old Dutch *leskan, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*leskan}} Proto-West Germanic *leskan, {{inh|dum|odt|lesken}} Old Dutch lesken, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*laskijan}} Proto-West Germanic *laskijan Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|head=|head2=}} lesschen, {{dum-verb}} lesschen
  1. to go out (of fire)
    Sense id: en-lesschen-dum-verb-pT0ROtFi Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 33 11 21 15 20
  2. to extinguish
    Sense id: en-lesschen-dum-verb-0GaVqKCI
  3. to quench
    Sense id: en-lesschen-dum-verb-9JCFVdyJ
  4. to calm, to ease
    Sense id: en-lesschen-dum-verb-NeAlXevM
  5. to lessen, to reduce
    Sense id: en-lesschen-dum-verb-yws8x8ke

Download JSON data for lesschen meaning in Middle Dutch (1.9kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). 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.

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