"bole" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbul(ə)/, /ˈbuːl(ə)/, /ˈbɔːl(ə)/ Forms: boles [plural], bolen [plural]
Etymology: From a mixture of Old English bula, *bulla, and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô. Etymology templates: {{der|enm|ang|bula}} Old English bula, {{m|ang|*bulla}} *bulla, {{der|enm|non|boli}} Old Norse boli, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*bulô}} Proto-Germanic *bulô Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} bole, {{enm-noun|pl2=bolen}} bole (plural boles or bolen)
  1. bull, steer, male cow Categories (lifeform): Male animals
    Sense id: en-bole-enm-noun-enm:bull Disambiguation of Male animals: 58 13 13 13 1 1
  2. (heraldry) A heraldic bull Categories (topical): Heraldry Categories (lifeform): Bovines, Livestock
    Sense id: en-bole-enm-noun-XIdqnUqG Disambiguation of Bovines: 11 40 18 22 5 5 Disambiguation of Livestock: 7 36 29 23 3 3 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 45 23 27 1 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 50 21 24 1 1 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  3. (astrology) Taurus (zodiac) Categories (topical): Astrology, Botany Categories (lifeform): Livestock
    Sense id: en-bole-enm-noun-y2l2BVQx Disambiguation of Botany: 7 7 42 29 7 7 Disambiguation of Livestock: 7 36 29 23 3 3 Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
  4. (astronomy) Taurus (constellation) Categories (topical): Astronomy Categories (lifeform): Livestock
    Sense id: en-bole-enm-noun-f5rWHGJK Disambiguation of Livestock: 7 36 29 23 3 3 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bule, bul, bolle, boule, bool, boole Related terms: bullok
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɔːl/ Forms: boles [plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse bolr. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|non|bolr}} Old Norse bolr Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} bole, {{enm-noun}} bole (plural boles)
  1. trunk, bole
    Sense id: en-bole-enm-noun-enm:trunk
  2. tree
    Sense id: en-bole-enm-noun-3Jxe24st
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boole, bol
Etymology number: 2

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.