"qualm" meaning in Middle English

See qualm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kwalm/
Etymology: From Old English cwealm, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalm. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|cwealm}} Old English cwealm, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*kwalm}} Proto-West Germanic *kwalm Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} qualm
  1. Plague, disease or sickness; that which afflicts. Categories (topical): Death, Disease
    Sense id: en-qualm-enm-noun-ZClQszU- Disambiguation of Death: 65 26 9 Disambiguation of Disease: 69 25 6 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 4 4 29 4 5 18 4 28
  2. The effects, fruits, or ravages of plague.
    Sense id: en-qualm-enm-noun-9SDPHEo7
  3. (rare) Killing (as a concept or as an instance) Tags: rare Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-qualm-enm-noun-3T4dPp5n Disambiguation of Emotions: 33 6 61 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 4 4 29 4 5 18 4 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 4 23 3 4 22 3 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cwalm, cualm, qwalm, qualme

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "qualm"
          },
          "expansion": "English: qualm",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: qualm (possibly)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "qualm"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: qualm",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: qualm (possibly)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cwealm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cwealm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kwalm"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kwalm",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English cwealm, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalm.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "qualm",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 4 29 4 5 18 4 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 26 9",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Death",
          "orig": "enm:Death",
          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "Life",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 25 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Disease",
          "orig": "enm:Disease",
          "parents": [
            "Health",
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Plague, disease or sickness; that which afflicts."
      ],
      "id": "en-qualm-enm-noun-ZClQszU-"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The effects, fruits, or ravages of plague."
      ],
      "id": "en-qualm-enm-noun-9SDPHEo7"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 4 29 4 5 18 4 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 4 23 3 4 22 3 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 6 61",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "enm:Emotions",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Killing (as a concept or as an instance)"
      ],
      "id": "en-qualm-enm-noun-3T4dPp5n",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Killing (as a concept or as an instance)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kwalm/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cwalm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cualm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "qwalm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "qualme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qualm"
}
{
  "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-West Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Death",
    "enm:Disease",
    "enm:Emotions"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "qualm"
          },
          "expansion": "English: qualm",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: qualm (possibly)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "qualm"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: qualm",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: qualm (possibly)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cwealm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cwealm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kwalm"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kwalm",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English cwealm, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalm.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "qualm",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Plague, disease or sickness; that which afflicts."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The effects, fruits, or ravages of plague."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Killing (as a concept or as an instance)"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Killing (as a concept or as an instance)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kwalm/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cwalm"
    },
    {
      "word": "cualm"
    },
    {
      "word": "qwalm"
    },
    {
      "word": "qualme"
    }
  ],
  "word": "qualm"
}

Download raw JSONL data for qualm meaning in Middle English (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). 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.