"fan" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /fan/, /van/ Forms: fannes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English fann, from Latin vannus. Forms in v- are due to a combination of Southern Middle English voicing of initial fricatives and influence from the ultimate Latin etymon. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|fann}} Old English fann, {{der|enm|la|vannus}} Latin vannus Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} fan, {{enm-noun|fannes}} fan (plural fannes)
  1. A mechanism or device for removing chaff from grain (i.e. winnowing). Categories (lifeform): Grains
    Sense id: en-fan-enm-noun-Q3JFqrJh Disambiguation of Grains: 43 29 9 20
  2. A training or practice shield manufactured out of twigs or wickerwork.
    Sense id: en-fan-enm-noun-grjrGXWQ 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: 12 70 5 13 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 74 4 11
  3. (rare) A fan; a device for blowing air as to cool. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-fan-enm-noun-PQzwQwFF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Armor Synonyms: fanne, ffanne, vanne
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of Armor: 0 0 0 0

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verbs}} fan
  1. Alternative form of fannen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fannen
    Sense id: en-fan-enm-verb-qtltvrmj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Armor
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of Armor: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for fan meaning in Middle English (3.4kB)

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