"node" meaning in Middle English

See node in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈnɔːd(ə)/ Forms: nodez [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nōdus. Doublet of knotte. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|la|nōdus}} Latin nōdus, {{doublet|enm|knotte}} Doublet of knotte Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} node, {{enm-noun|pl=nodez}} node (plural nodez)
  1. (medicine, Late Middle English) lump, swelling Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-node-enm-noun-ovZkyaWn Categories (other): Late Middle English, Medicine, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 48 26 26 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (rare, Late Middle English) knot, tie Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-node-enm-noun-bZ41kZhB Categories (other): Late Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|var=1}} node
  1. (Early Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of nede (“need”) Tags: Early-Middle-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nede (extra: need)
    Sense id: en-node-enm-noun-sNKbCKrp Categories (other): Early Middle English, Worcestershire Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "nód"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "node"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "nōdus",
      "nodus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "knotte",
      "knotte#Middle_English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nōdus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nōdus",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "knotte"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of knotte",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin nōdus. Doublet of knotte.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nodez",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "node",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "nodez"
      },
      "expansion": "node (plural nodez)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "enm:Medicine",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 26 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lump, swelling"
      ],
      "id": "en-node-enm-noun-ovZkyaWn",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ],
        [
          "swelling",
          "swelling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine, Late Middle English) lump, swelling"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knot, tie"
      ],
      "id": "en-node-enm-noun-bZ41kZhB",
      "links": [
        [
          "knot",
          "knot"
        ],
        [
          "tie",
          "tie"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, Late Middle English) knot, tie"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɔːd(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "node"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "var": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "node",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "need",
          "word": "nede"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Early Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Worcestershire Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of nede (“need”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-node-enm-noun-sNKbCKrp",
      "links": [
        [
          "nede",
          "nede#Middle_English:_need"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Worcestershire",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Early Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of nede (“need”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "node"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English doublets",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Middle English terms derived from Latin",
    "Middle English variant lemmas",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "nód"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "node"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "nōdus",
      "nodus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "knotte",
      "knotte#Middle_English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nōdus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nōdus",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "knotte"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of knotte",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin nōdus. Doublet of knotte.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nodez",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "node",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "nodez"
      },
      "expansion": "node (plural nodez)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Middle English",
        "enm:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lump, swelling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ],
        [
          "swelling",
          "swelling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine, Late Middle English) lump, swelling"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Middle English",
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knot, tie"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knot",
          "knot"
        ],
        [
          "tie",
          "tie"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, Late Middle English) knot, tie"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɔːd(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "node"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English variant lemmas",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "var": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "node",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "need",
          "word": "nede"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Early Middle English",
        "Worcestershire Middle English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of nede (“need”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nede",
          "nede#Middle_English:_need"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Worcestershire",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Early Middle English, Worcestershire) alternative form of nede (“need”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "node"
}

Download raw JSONL data for node meaning in Middle English (2.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (f9fe161 and 6f96ddf). 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.