See dam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for dam meaning in Middle English (3.6kB)
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dam"
},
"expansion": "English: dam",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: dam"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "dam"
},
"expansion": "Scots: dam",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: dam"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*damm"
},
"expansion": "Old English *damm",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*damm"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *damm",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English *damm, from Proto-West Germanic *damm.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "dam",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "35 6 19 40",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Buildings and structures",
"orig": "enm:Buildings and structures",
"parents": [
"Architecture",
"Applied sciences",
"Art",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"dam (structure to block water)"
],
"id": "en-dam-enm-noun-U1XCwfy5",
"links": [
[
"dam",
"dam#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "31 41 11 17",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Water",
"orig": "enm:Water",
"parents": [
"Liquids",
"Matter",
"Chemistry",
"Nature",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"body of water"
],
"id": "en-dam-enm-noun-qnqFanpi",
"links": [
[
"body of water",
"body of water"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dam/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "damme"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "dame"
}
],
"word": "dam"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "dam",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "dame"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "35 6 19 40",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Buildings and structures",
"orig": "enm:Buildings and structures",
"parents": [
"Architecture",
"Applied sciences",
"Art",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of dame"
],
"id": "en-dam-enm-noun-zijkxEGH",
"links": [
[
"dame",
"dame#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "dam"
}
{
"etymology_number": 3,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "dam",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "dan"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 2 24 61",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 2 24 61",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 6 19 40",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Buildings and structures",
"orig": "enm:Buildings and structures",
"parents": [
"Architecture",
"Applied sciences",
"Art",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of dan"
],
"id": "en-dam-enm-noun-VENe5-ae",
"links": [
[
"dan",
"dan#Middle English"
]
],
"qualifier": "when preceding labials",
"raw_glosses": [
"(when preceding labials) Alternative form of dan"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "dam"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"enm:Buildings and structures",
"enm:Water"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dam"
},
"expansion": "English: dam",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: dam"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "dam"
},
"expansion": "Scots: dam",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: dam"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*damm"
},
"expansion": "Old English *damm",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*damm"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *damm",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English *damm, from Proto-West Germanic *damm.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "dam",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"dam (structure to block water)"
],
"links": [
[
"dam",
"dam#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"body of water"
],
"links": [
[
"body of water",
"body of water"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dam/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "damme"
},
{
"word": "dame"
}
],
"word": "dam"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"enm:Buildings and structures",
"enm:Water"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "dam",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "dame"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of dame"
],
"links": [
[
"dame",
"dame#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "dam"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"enm:Buildings and structures",
"enm:Water"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "dam",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "dan"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of dan"
],
"links": [
[
"dan",
"dan#Middle English"
]
],
"qualifier": "when preceding labials",
"raw_glosses": [
"(when preceding labials) Alternative form of dan"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "dam"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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.
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.