"werven" meaning in Middle Dutch

See werven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Old Dutch *wervan, from Proto-West Germanic *hwerban. Etymology templates: {{dercat|dum|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|dum|odt|*wervan}} Old Dutch *wervan, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*hwerban}} Proto-West Germanic *hwerban Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|head=|head2=}} werven, {{dum-verb}} werven Inflection templates: {{dum-conj-st|werv|warv|worv|geworven|class=3}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], werven [error-unrecognized-form, infinitive], wervens [genitive, infinitive], wervene [dative, infinitive], werve [first-person, indicative, present, singular], warf [first-person, indicative, past, singular], werve [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], worve [first-person, past, singular, subjunctive], werfs [indicative, present, second-person, singular], werves [indicative, present, second-person, singular], worfs [indicative, past, second-person, singular], worves [indicative, past, second-person, singular], werfs [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], werves [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], worves [past, second-person, singular, subjunctive], werft [indicative, present, singular, third-person], wervet [indicative, present, singular, third-person], warf [indicative, past, singular, third-person], werve [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], worve [past, singular, subjunctive, third-person], werven [first-person, indicative, plural, present], worven [first-person, indicative, past, plural], werven [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], worven [first-person, past, plural, subjunctive], werft [indicative, plural, present, second-person], wervet [indicative, plural, present, second-person], worft [indicative, past, plural, second-person], worvet [indicative, past, plural, second-person], werft [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], wervet [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], worvet [past, plural, second-person, subjunctive], werven [indicative, plural, present, third-person], worven [indicative, past, plural, third-person], werven [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], worven [past, plural, subjunctive, third-person], werf [imperative, indicative, present, singular], werve [imperative, indicative, present, singular], werft [imperative, indicative, plural, present], wervet [imperative, indicative, plural, present], wervende [imperative, participle, present], geworven [imperative, participle, past]
  1. to work hard (towards a goal)
    Sense id: en-werven-dum-verb-TgpmhkOu
  2. to make happen
    Sense id: en-werven-dum-verb-fTlOVG9e Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 13 11 10 2 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 8 8 4 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 5 5 2 81
     
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    {
      "form": "wervende",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geworven",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "werven",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "werven",
      "name": "dum-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "werv",
        "2": "warv",
        "3": "worv",
        "4": "geworven",
        "class": "3"
      },
      "name": "dum-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to work hard (towards a goal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make happen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ],
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "werven"
}

Download raw JSONL data for werven meaning in Middle Dutch (5.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: werven/Middle Dutch 'base form' base_tags={'infinitive'}",
  "path": [
    "werven"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Dutch",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "werven",
  "trace": ""
}

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