"more" meaning in Middle English

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Determiner

IPA: /ˈmɔːr(ə)/
Etymology: table Inherited from Old English māra, from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, from Proto-Germanic *maizô. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|more}} table, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|māra|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English māra, {{inh+|enm|ang|māra}} Inherited from Old English māra, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*maiʀō}} Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*maizô}} Proto-Germanic *maizô Head templates: {{head|enm|determiner}} more
  1. more Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: mare
    Sense id: en-more-enm-det-GHiXzgr8 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 29 18 18 34 Categories (other): Middle English determiners
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: moore
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒːr(ə)/, /ˈmɔːr(ə)/ Forms: mores [plural], moren [error-unknown-tag, plural]
Etymology: table Inherited from Old English more and moru (“carrot, parsnip”), from Proto-West Germanic *morhā, *morhu, from Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, *murhō. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|root}} table, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|more|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English more, {{inh+|enm|ang|more}} Inherited from Old English more, {{m|ang|moru|t=carrot, parsnip}} moru (“carrot, parsnip”), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*morhā}} Proto-West Germanic *morhā, {{m|gmw-pro|*morhu}} *morhu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*murhǭ}} Proto-Germanic *murhǭ, {{m|gem-pro|*murhō}} *murhō Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} more, {{enm-noun|pl2=moren|pl2_qual=early}} more (plural mores or (early) moren)
  1. root (of a plant) Categories (topical): Anatomy, Botany Synonyms: rote
    Sense id: en-more-enm-noun-cVTTxKea Disambiguation of Anatomy: 29 18 18 34 Disambiguation of Botany: 7 38 23 31
  2. (rare) root, (of a hair, tooth, or tongue) Tags: rare Categories (topical): Anatomy, Botany
    Sense id: en-more-enm-noun-WOE-aBsh Disambiguation of Anatomy: 29 18 18 34 Disambiguation of Botany: 7 38 23 31
  3. (figuratively, rare) source, root Tags: figuratively, rare Categories (topical): Anatomy, Botany
    Sense id: en-more-enm-noun-7qvY46EL Disambiguation of Anatomy: 29 18 18 34 Disambiguation of Botany: 7 38 23 31 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: 26 22 5 47 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 13 3 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: moore, morre
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "more",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl2": "moren",
        "pl2_qual": "early"
      },
      "expansion": "more (plural mores or (early) moren)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "root (of a plant)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rote"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "root, (of a hair, tooth, or tongue)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair#English"
        ],
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth#English"
        ],
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) root, (of a hair, tooth, or tongue)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "source, root"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, rare) source, root"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒːr(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔːr(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "moore"
    },
    {
      "word": "morre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "more"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 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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