"make" meaning in Middle English

See make in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmaːk(ə)/, /ˈmak(ə)/, /iˈmaːk(ə)/ Forms: makes [plural], imaken [error-unknown-tag, plural]
Etymology: table From Old English maca, ġemaca, from Proto-West Germanic *makō, *gamakō, from Proto-Germanic *makô. Compare macche (“bride, equal”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|equal}} table, {{inh|enm|ang|maca}} Old English maca, {{m|ang|ġemaca}} ġemaca, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*makō}} Proto-West Germanic *makō, {{m|gmw-pro|*gamakō}} *gamakō, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*makô}} Proto-Germanic *makô, {{m|enm|macche|t=bride, equal}} macche (“bride, equal”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} make, {{enm-noun|pl2=imaken|pl2_qual=early}} make (plural makes or (early) imaken)
  1. A bride or mate; a romantic partner. Categories (topical): Love, People
    Sense id: en-make-enm-noun-MFsXJaDD Disambiguation of Love: 37 31 3 6 2 2 15 4 Disambiguation of People: 17 30 0 25 25 0 0 3
  2. A lover; a sexual partner. Categories (topical): Love, Marriage, People
    Sense id: en-make-enm-noun-OaEpm5K9 Disambiguation of Love: 37 31 3 6 2 2 15 4 Disambiguation of Marriage: 27 38 0 13 13 0 10 0 Disambiguation of People: 17 30 0 25 25 0 0 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: 5 65 2 3 1 2 18 3 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 67 2 3 1 1 16 3
  3. An equal or match.
    Sense id: en-make-enm-noun-~6DLVXPk
  4. A comrade or companion. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-make-enm-noun-V1vBBgDo Disambiguation of People: 17 30 0 25 25 0 0 3
  5. (rare) A competitor or opponent. Tags: rare Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-make-enm-noun-StNo77uL Disambiguation of People: 17 30 0 25 25 0 0 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mac, ymake, ȝemace, imake [Early-Middle-English], mak Derived forms: makeles
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmaːk(ə)/, /ˈmak(ə)/, /iˈmaːk(ə)/
Etymology: table A back-formation from maken. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|build}} table, {{back-formation|enm|maken|nocap=1}} back-formation from maken Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} make, {{enm-noun|-}} make (uncountable)
  1. make (manner of manufacture or design) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-make-enm-noun-BFgEsLhq
  2. (rare) effort, behaviour Tags: rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Love
    Sense id: en-make-enm-noun-PRm9hMYt Disambiguation of Love: 37 31 3 6 2 2 15 4 Categories (other): Middle English back-formations Disambiguation of Middle English back-formations: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mak
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} make
  1. Alternative form of maken Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: maken
    Sense id: en-make-enm-verb-zPeq97rr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1053-1054",
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    {
      "word": "mac"
    },
    {
      "word": "mak"
    },
    {
      "word": "ymake"
    },
    {
      "word": "ȝemace"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "imake"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make"
}

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    "enm:Marriage",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "make (manner of manufacture or design)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make#English"
        ],
        [
          "manufacture",
          "manufacture#English"
        ],
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          "design",
          "design#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "effort, behaviour"
      ],
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        [
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          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "behaviour",
          "behaviour"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare) effort, behaviour"
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaːk(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmak(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iˈmaːk(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "make"
}

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    "Middle English lemmas",
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    "enm:Marriage",
    "enm:People"
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  "lang_code": "enm",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "maken"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "… She gathers flowers, mixed white and red,\nTo make an intricate garland for her head, …",
          "ref": "late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1053-1054",
          "text": "[...] She gadereth floures, party whyte and rede,\nTo make a sotil gerland for hir hede, [...]",
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        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of maken"
      ],
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          "maken",
          "maken#Middle English"
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
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  "word": "make"
}

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.

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