See line in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "line"
},
"expansion": "English: line",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: line"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "līne"
},
"expansion": "Old English līne",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*līnǭ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *līnǭ",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English līne, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ. Some forms and meanings are from Old French ligne.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lines",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "line",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "line (plural lines)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"rope, cord"
],
"id": "en-line-enm-noun-UmPf4GKf",
"links": [
[
"rope",
"rope#English"
],
[
"cord",
"cord"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"line, rule, ruler, measure"
],
"id": "en-line-enm-noun-EXsWhSd4",
"links": [
[
"line",
"line#English"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"ruler",
"ruler"
],
[
"measure",
"measure"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"rule, direction, command, edict"
],
"id": "en-line-enm-noun-1GjVEwqR",
"links": [
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"direction",
"direction"
],
[
"command",
"command"
],
[
"edict",
"edict"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) rule, direction, command, edict"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"line, straight mark; also a fictitious line"
],
"id": "en-line-enm-noun-WHDqK4S9",
"links": [
[
"line",
"line#English"
],
[
"straight",
"straight"
],
[
"mark",
"mark"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 5 5 5 42 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"line, verse"
],
"id": "en-line-enm-noun-gnLE0wyr",
"links": [
[
"line",
"line#English"
],
[
"verse",
"verse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(written) line, verse"
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/liːn(ə)/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lyne"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lyene"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "influenced by Old French ligne",
"word": "ligne"
}
],
"word": "line"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "līn"
},
"expansion": "Old English līn",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English līn.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "line",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "line (uncountable)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "lyne"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 5 5 5 42 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of lyne"
],
"id": "en-line-enm-noun-TI1hS5nK",
"links": [
[
"lyne",
"lyne#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lyne"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lyene"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "influenced by Old French ligne",
"word": "ligne"
}
],
"word": "line"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "line"
},
"expansion": "English: line",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: line"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "līne"
},
"expansion": "Old English līne",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*līnǭ"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *līnǭ",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English līne, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ. Some forms and meanings are from Old French ligne.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lines",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "line",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "line (plural lines)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"rope, cord"
],
"links": [
[
"rope",
"rope#English"
],
[
"cord",
"cord"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"line, rule, ruler, measure"
],
"links": [
[
"line",
"line#English"
],
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"ruler",
"ruler"
],
[
"measure",
"measure"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"rule, direction, command, edict"
],
"links": [
[
"rule",
"rule"
],
[
"direction",
"direction"
],
[
"command",
"command"
],
[
"edict",
"edict"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) rule, direction, command, edict"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"line, straight mark; also a fictitious line"
],
"links": [
[
"line",
"line#English"
],
[
"straight",
"straight"
],
[
"mark",
"mark"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"line, verse"
],
"links": [
[
"line",
"line#English"
],
[
"verse",
"verse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(written) line, verse"
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/liːn(ə)/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lyne"
},
{
"word": "lin"
},
{
"word": "lyene"
},
{
"english": "influenced by Old French ligne",
"word": "ligne"
}
],
"word": "line"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "līn"
},
"expansion": "Old English līn",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English līn.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "line",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "line (uncountable)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "lyne"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of lyne"
],
"links": [
[
"lyne",
"lyne#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lyne"
},
{
"word": "lin"
},
{
"word": "lyene"
},
{
"english": "influenced by Old French ligne",
"word": "ligne"
}
],
"word": "line"
}
Download raw JSONL data for line meaning in Middle English (3.3kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). 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.