"salten" meaning in Middle English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈsaltən/
Etymology: From Old English sealtan, from Proto-Germanic *saltaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-; equivalent to salt + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|sealtan}} Old English sealtan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*saltaną}} Proto-Germanic *saltaną, {{der|enm|ine-pro|*seh₂l-}} Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l-, {{af|enm|salt|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} salt + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} salten Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|salt|c=ed|c2=te|p_part3=0|s2=selt|s3=selt|s4=selt|sc=7|y=2}} Forms: strong weak [table-tags], salten [infinitive], to salten [infinitive], salte [infinitive], salte [first-person, present, singular], salted [first-person, past, singular], salte [first-person, past, singular], selt [first-person, past, singular], saltest [present, second-person, singular], saltedest [past, second-person, singular], saltest [past, second-person, singular], selte [past, second-person, singular], selt [past, second-person, singular], salteth [present, singular, third-person], salted [past, singular, third-person], salte [past, singular, third-person], selt [past, singular, third-person], salte [present, singular, subjunctive], salted [past, singular, subjunctive], salte [past, singular, subjunctive], selte [past, singular, subjunctive], salte [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], salten [plural, present], salte [plural, present], salteden [past, plural], saltede [past, plural], salten [past, plural], salte [past, plural], selten [past, plural], selte [past, plural], salteth [imperative, plural, present], salte [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], saltynge [participle, present], saltende [participle, present], salted [participle, past], ysalted [participle, past], salt [participle, past], ysalt [participle, past], selte [participle, past], yselte [participle, past]
  1. To salt food; to sprinkle with salt for flavour.
    Sense id: en-salten-enm-verb-P7q491sS
  2. To use salt to aid the preservation or keeping of food.
    Sense id: en-salten-enm-verb-kjx1DTxB
  3. (rare) To apply salt to the body for medicinal reasons. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-salten-enm-verb-GgeLtdT2 Disambiguation of Medicine: 0 0 100 0
  4. (rare) To apply salt to open wounds as a method of torture. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Seasonings
    Sense id: en-salten-enm-verb-k-MTjiC9 Disambiguation of Seasonings: 28 16 9 46 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 7 9 68 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 17 12 49 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 20 16 19 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: salte, sulte

Alternative forms

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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "salted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ysalted",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "salt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ysalt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yselte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "salten",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "salt",
        "c": "ed",
        "c2": "te",
        "p_part3": "0",
        "s2": "selt",
        "s3": "selt",
        "s4": "selt",
        "sc": "7",
        "y": "2"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To salt food; to sprinkle with salt for flavour."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "salt",
          "salt#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To use salt to aid the preservation or keeping of food."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply salt to the body for medicinal reasons."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To apply salt to the body for medicinal reasons."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply salt to open wounds as a method of torture."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To apply salt to open wounds as a method of torture."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsaltən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "salte"
    },
    {
      "word": "sulte"
    }
  ],
  "word": "salten"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). 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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