"as" meaning in Middle English

See as in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /as/
Etymology: Reduction of alswo, alswa, also, from Old English eallswā. The reduced form is more common in this sense from c. 1200. Etymology templates: {{str left|alswo|1}} a, {{str left|alswo|1}} a, {{m-lite|enm|alswo}} alswo, {{str left|alswa|1}} a, {{str left|alswa|1}} a, {{m-lite|enm|alswa}} alswa, {{str left|also|1}} a, {{str left|also|1}} a, {{m-lite|enm|also}} also, {{der|enm|ang|eallswā}} Old English eallswā
  1. as Synonyms: ase, os
    Sense id: en-as-enm-conj-9L-ff8vt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /aːs/
Etymology: From Old French as (“ace”), from Latin as, assis (“as (Roman coin)”). Etymology templates: {{der-lite/lang|enm|fro|borrowed|allow family=1|sort=}} Old French, {{str left|as|1}} a, {{str left|as|1}} a, {{m-lite|fro|as||ace|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|tr=|ts=}} as (“ace”), {{bor-lite|enm|fro|as||ace}} Old French as (“ace”), {{gl|Roman coin}} (Roman coin), {{der-lite/lang|enm|la|allow family=1|sort=}} Latin, {{str left|as|1}} a, {{str left|as, assis|1}} a, {{m-lite|la|as|as, assis|as (<span class="Latn" lang="en">Roman coin</span>)|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|pos=|sc=|tr=|ts=}} as, assis (“as (Roman coin)”), {{der-lite|enm|la|as|as, assis|as (<span class="Latn" lang="en">Roman coin</span>)}} Latin as, assis (“as (Roman coin)”)
  1. (dice games) ace (single spot on a die) Categories (topical): Dice games
    Sense id: en-as-enm-noun-rCBK7uns Topics: dice, games
  2. (dice games) The lowest possible throw in dice. Categories (topical): Dice games
    Sense id: en-as-enm-noun-1CmlZoAu Topics: dice, games
  3. (figuratively, by extension) bad luck Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-as-enm-noun-2~jmaYUy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for as meaning in Middle English (4.8kB)

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