"horn" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /hɔrn/, /hoːrn/ Forms: hornes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós (with change in gender). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|horn}} Old English horn, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*horn}} Proto-West Germanic *horn, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*hurną}} Proto-Germanic *hurną, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*ḱr̥h₂nós}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} horn, {{enm-noun|hornes}} horn (plural hornes)
  1. A horn (keratinous growth):
    Horn as a material or in crafts.
    Categories (topical): Natural materials
    Sense id: en-horn-enm-noun-SCEm~ePb Disambiguation of Natural materials: 14 12 10 11 11 10 7 5 4 4 13
  2. A horn (keratinous growth):
    (rare) The metaphorical horn of a cuckold.
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Marriage, Natural materials
    Sense id: en-horn-enm-noun-4kR7vamZ Disambiguation of Marriage: 5 33 10 18 6 14 0 0 0 5 9 Disambiguation of Natural materials: 14 12 10 11 11 10 7 5 4 4 13
  3. A horn (keratinous growth):
    (rare, heraldry) A heraldic depiction of a horn.
    Tags: rare Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-horn-enm-noun-cqXjjHiI Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  4. A projecting extremity or point:
    A point of a crescent moon.
    Categories (topical): Containers, Moons, Natural materials
    Sense id: en-horn-enm-noun-M7pYm458 Disambiguation of Containers: 6 8 6 21 7 23 3 9 1 6 12 Disambiguation of Moons: 5 7 6 22 7 17 2 2 1 6 23 Disambiguation of Natural materials: 14 12 10 11 11 10 7 5 4 4 13 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 9 24 8 28 1 1 0 7 9
  5. A projecting extremity or point:
    A point of a woman's hairstyle.
    Categories (topical): Natural materials
    Sense id: en-horn-enm-noun-b-sbe0FF Disambiguation of Natural materials: 14 12 10 11 11 10 7 5 4 4 13
  6. A horn (musical instrument) Categories (topical): Containers, Moons, Musical instruments, Natural materials
    Sense id: en-horn-enm-noun-nJUkLkoh Disambiguation of Containers: 6 8 6 21 7 23 3 9 1 6 12 Disambiguation of Moons: 5 7 6 22 7 17 2 2 1 6 23 Disambiguation of Musical instruments: 4 6 5 15 5 47 1 1 1 4 9 Disambiguation of Natural materials: 14 12 10 11 11 10 7 5 4 4 13 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: 5 7 9 24 8 28 1 1 0 7 9 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 7 10 23 8 30 1 1 0 7 8
  7. A bodily extension, such as a claw.
    Sense id: en-horn-enm-noun-p7Qsl0SO
  8. A horn-shaped container (especially as a glass)
    Sense id: en-horn-enm-noun-z5tM7VKi
  9. (rare) A section of an army or band. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-horn-enm-noun-S3tcM4ZR Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
  10. (rare) The eyestalk of a gastropod or an analogous projection. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-horn-enm-noun-FdpcVmLE
  11. (rare, collectively) Horned bovids. Tags: collective, rare Categories (topical): Containers, Hair, Moons, Natural materials Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts
    Sense id: en-horn-enm-noun-DYjh8zR4 Disambiguation of Containers: 6 8 6 21 7 23 3 9 1 6 12 Disambiguation of Hair: 5 8 7 16 14 11 5 1 1 6 27 Disambiguation of Moons: 5 7 6 22 7 17 2 2 1 6 23 Disambiguation of Natural materials: 14 12 10 11 11 10 7 5 4 4 13 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 5 9 7 16 14 12 5 1 1 6 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: horne, orn Related terms: horned, hornen, hornepipe, hornere, hornynge, ynkhorn

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        "3": "*ḱr̥h₂nós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English horn, from Proto-West Germanic *horn, from Proto-Germanic *hurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós (with change in gender).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hornes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "horn",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hornes"
      },
      "expansion": "horn (plural hornes)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "horned"
    },
    {
      "word": "hornen"
    },
    {
      "word": "hornepipe"
    },
    {
      "word": "hornere"
    },
    {
      "word": "hornynge"
    },
    {
      "word": "ynkhorn"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A horn (keratinous growth):",
        "Horn as a material or in crafts."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horn",
          "horn#English"
        ],
        [
          "keratinous",
          "keratinous#English"
        ],
        [
          "Horn",
          "horn#English"
        ],
        [
          "material",
          "material"
        ],
        [
          "crafts",
          "crafts"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A horn (keratinous growth):",
        "The metaphorical horn of a cuckold."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horn",
          "horn#English"
        ],
        [
          "keratinous",
          "keratinous#English"
        ],
        [
          "cuckold",
          "cuckold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A horn (keratinous growth):",
        "(rare) The metaphorical horn of a cuckold."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses",
        "enm:Heraldry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A horn (keratinous growth):",
        "A heraldic depiction of a horn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horn",
          "horn#English"
        ],
        [
          "keratinous",
          "keratinous#English"
        ],
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "heraldic",
          "heraldic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A horn (keratinous growth):",
        "(rare, heraldry) A heraldic depiction of a horn."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A projecting extremity or point:",
        "A point of a crescent moon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "crescent",
          "crescent"
        ],
        [
          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A projecting extremity or point:",
        "A point of a woman's hairstyle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A horn (musical instrument)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horn",
          "horn#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A bodily extension, such as a claw."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A horn-shaped container (especially as a glass)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "container",
          "container"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A section of an army or band."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "army",
          "army"
        ],
        [
          "band",
          "band"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A section of an army or band."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The eyestalk of a gastropod or an analogous projection."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eyestalk",
          "eyestalk"
        ],
        [
          "gastropod",
          "gastropod"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) The eyestalk of a gastropod or an analogous projection."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Horned bovids."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bovids",
          "bovids"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, collectively) Horned bovids."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔrn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hoːrn/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "horne"
    },
    {
      "word": "orn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "horn"
}

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