See singen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
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},
{
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"past",
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]
},
{
"form": "singe",
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},
{
"form": "-",
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
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{
"form": "sunge",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
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"english": "Then there were matins, mass, evensong, placebo, dirges, commendations, and matins of Our Lady, which originated from sinful men, to be sung with high-pitched shrieking to keep people from the meaning and understanding of that which was sung, as to make men weary and unsuited to study God's law because of headaches […]",
"ref": "a. 1380, John Wycliffe, Of feyned contemplatif lif, of song, of þe ordynal of salisbury, & of bodely almes & worldly bysynesse of prestis; hou bi þes foure þe fend lettiþ hem fro prechynge of þe gospel:",
"text": "Þan were matynys & masse & euen song, placebo & dirige & comendacion & matynes of oure lady ordeyned of synful men, to be songen wiþ heiȝe criynge to lette men fro þe sentence & vnderstondynge of þat þat was þus songen, & to maken men wery & vndisposid to studie goddis lawe for akyng of hedis[…]",
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"To sing (something); to produce (certain) noises with one's voice:",
"To explicate or narrate in song."
],
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[
"sing",
"sing"
],
[
"explicate",
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[
"narrate",
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"To sing (something); to produce (certain) noises with one's voice:",
"To cry in agony; to produce lamentations."
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"english": "Sing loudly, cuckoo! / seed grows / and fields bloom",
"ref": "a. 1250, unknown, “Sumer is icumen in”^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sumer_is_icumen_in_(MS_Harley_978)):",
"text": "Lhude sing cuccu / Groweþ sed / and bloweþ med",
"type": "quote"
}
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"To sing (something); to produce (certain) noises with one's voice:",
"To produce birdsong or a similar noise."
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[
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],
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"To talk, recite, or declare (especially in a particular way or manner):",
"To recite a non-sung prayer or religious commendation."
],
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]
},
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
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{
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"To perform the Eucharist (in a given way)."
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"To talk about; to explicate or narrate."
],
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"explicate",
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],
[
"narrate",
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]
},
{
"categories": [
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"_dis": "24 3 4 4 4 4 4 43 2 2 1 1 2",
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"Art",
"Literature",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"All topics",
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"Communication",
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],
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},
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To talk, recite, or declare (especially in a particular way or manner):",
"To recite non-sung verse or poetry."
],
"id": "en-singen-enm-verb-iXTT~9ru",
"links": [
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"verse",
"verse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To talk, recite, or declare (especially in a particular way or manner):",
"(rare) To recite non-sung verse or poetry."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
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"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
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"All topics",
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],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To use or play a musical instrument."
],
"id": "en-singen-enm-verb-hQgSv9AQ",
"links": [
[
"musical instrument",
"musical instrument"
]
]
},
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To make the sound of a musical instrument."
],
"id": "en-singen-enm-verb-cvlw~UgS",
"links": [
[
"musical instrument",
"musical instrument"
]
]
},
{
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"parents": [
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"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To undergo agony or sorrow."
],
"id": "en-singen-enm-verb-0apsTIR0",
"links": [
[
"agony",
"agony"
],
[
"sorrow",
"sorrow"
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]
},
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"Sound",
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"Energy",
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"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To make an animal sound."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To make an animal sound."
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsinɡən/"
}
],
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"word": "cingen"
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{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "syngen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cyngyn"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cynggyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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}
],
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"2": "singen"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch singen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "singen"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German singen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-osw",
"2": "siunga"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish siunga",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gme-cgo",
"2": "singhen"
},
"expansion": "Crimean Gothic singhen",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English singan (“to sing”). Cognate with Middle Dutch singen, Middle High German singen, Old Swedish siunga, and Crimean Gothic singhen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "enm-conj-st",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "3",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "singen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to singen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "singe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "singe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sang",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "singest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sunge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sange",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sang",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "singeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sang",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "singe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sunge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "sange",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "singe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "singen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "singe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sungen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sunge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sangen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sange",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "singeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "singe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "singynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "singende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sungen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sunge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "singen",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sing",
"2": "sang",
"3": "sung",
"3a": "sang",
"4": "sung",
"class": "3",
"y": "0"
},
"name": "enm-conj-st"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "synger"
},
{
"word": "syngeresse"
},
{
"word": "syngster"
},
{
"word": "syngyng"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Then there were matins, mass, evensong, placebo, dirges, commendations, and matins of Our Lady, which originated from sinful men, to be sung with high-pitched shrieking to keep people from the meaning and understanding of that which was sung, as to make men weary and unsuited to study God's law because of headaches […]",
"ref": "a. 1380, John Wycliffe, Of feyned contemplatif lif, of song, of þe ordynal of salisbury, & of bodely almes & worldly bysynesse of prestis; hou bi þes foure þe fend lettiþ hem fro prechynge of þe gospel:",
"text": "Þan were matynys & masse & euen song, placebo & dirige & comendacion & matynes of oure lady ordeyned of synful men, to be songen wiþ heiȝe criynge to lette men fro þe sentence & vnderstondynge of þat þat was þus songen, & to maken men wery & vndisposid to studie goddis lawe for akyng of hedis[…]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To sing (something); to produce (certain) noises with one's voice:",
"To produce chants or other sung verse (especially of a religious nature)."
],
"links": [
[
"sing",
"sing"
],
[
"verse",
"verse"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To sing (something); to produce (certain) noises with one's voice:",
"To explicate or narrate in song."
],
"links": [
[
"sing",
"sing"
],
[
"explicate",
"explicate"
],
[
"narrate",
"narrate"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To sing (something); to produce (certain) noises with one's voice:",
"To cry in agony; to produce lamentations."
],
"links": [
[
"sing",
"sing"
],
[
"agony",
"agony"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Sing loudly, cuckoo! / seed grows / and fields bloom",
"ref": "a. 1250, unknown, “Sumer is icumen in”^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sumer_is_icumen_in_(MS_Harley_978)):",
"text": "Lhude sing cuccu / Groweþ sed / and bloweþ med",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To sing (something); to produce (certain) noises with one's voice:",
"To produce birdsong or a similar noise."
],
"links": [
[
"sing",
"sing"
],
[
"birdsong",
"birdsong"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To talk, recite, or declare (especially in a particular way or manner):",
"To recite a non-sung prayer or religious commendation."
],
"links": [
[
"commendation",
"commendation"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To talk, recite, or declare (especially in a particular way or manner):",
"To perform the Eucharist (in a given way)."
],
"links": [
[
"Eucharist",
"Eucharist"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To talk, recite, or declare (especially in a particular way or manner):",
"To talk about; to explicate or narrate."
],
"links": [
[
"explicate",
"explicate"
],
[
"narrate",
"narrate"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To talk, recite, or declare (especially in a particular way or manner):",
"To recite non-sung verse or poetry."
],
"links": [
[
"verse",
"verse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To talk, recite, or declare (especially in a particular way or manner):",
"(rare) To recite non-sung verse or poetry."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To use or play a musical instrument."
],
"links": [
[
"musical instrument",
"musical instrument"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To make the sound of a musical instrument."
],
"links": [
[
"musical instrument",
"musical instrument"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To undergo agony or sorrow."
],
"links": [
[
"agony",
"agony"
],
[
"sorrow",
"sorrow"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To make an animal sound."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) To make an animal sound."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsinɡən/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cingen"
},
{
"word": "cinggen"
},
{
"word": "singgen"
},
{
"word": "singe"
},
{
"word": "synge"
},
{
"word": "syngen"
},
{
"word": "cyngyn"
},
{
"word": "cynggyn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Kent"
],
"word": "zinge"
}
],
"word": "singen"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English verbs",
"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Animal sounds",
"enm:Emotions",
"enm:Music",
"enm:Poetry",
"enm:Religion",
"enm:Talking"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "singen",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "synnen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of synnen"
],
"links": [
[
"synnen",
"synnen#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "singen"
}
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