"song" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /sɔnɡ/, /sɔːnɡ/, /sanɡ/, /saːnɡ/
Etymology: From Old English sang, song, from Proto-West Germanic *sangw, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|sang}} Old English sang, {{m|ang|song}} song, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*sangw}} Proto-West Germanic *sangw, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*sangwaz}} Proto-Germanic *sangwaz Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} song, {{enm-noun|songes}} song (plural songes) Inflection templates: {{enm-decl-noun|song|songes|songe|songes|songe, songes|songen}} Forms: songes [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], song [accusative, nominative, singular], songes [accusative, nominative, plural], songes [genitive, singular], songe [genitive, plural], songes [genitive, plural], songe [dative, singular], songen [dative, plural]
  1. A song (lyrical music):
    Religious or spiritual chanting or hymns.
    Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-song-enm-noun-OIolJ0Jy Disambiguation of Music: 13 13 13 8 20 25 2 5
  2. A song (lyrical music):
    An exposition or story, especially a sung one.
    Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-song-enm-noun-3PGh0~ep Disambiguation of Music: 13 13 13 8 20 25 2 5
  3. A song (lyrical music):
    A song supposed to have occult or magical power.
    Categories (topical): Music, Occult
    Sense id: en-song-enm-noun-KUDmDmGf Disambiguation of Music: 13 13 13 8 20 25 2 5 Disambiguation of Occult: 14 2 38 12 5 7 11 10
  4. The practice or an instance of singing songs. Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-song-enm-noun-qagFEsyG Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 5 4 5 18 21 9 18 20 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 3 26 18 20 17 9 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 3 4 27 17 20 17 9 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant wikilinks: 3 4 3 29 17 19 14 9
  5. The sound produced by a bird (rarely other creatures) Categories (topical): Animal sounds, Music
    Sense id: en-song-enm-noun-FTSTmIV~ Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 5 4 5 18 21 9 18 20 Disambiguation of Music: 13 13 13 8 20 25 2 5
  6. A tune; non-lyrical music. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-song-enm-noun-2tjD9w-T Disambiguation of Music: 13 13 13 8 20 25 2 5
  7. A quip, declaration, or remark. Categories (topical): Animal sounds
    Sense id: en-song-enm-noun-1-pAhiWa Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 5 4 5 18 21 9 18 20
  8. A poem; a written work in verse. Categories (topical): Animal sounds, Poetry
    Sense id: en-song-enm-noun-ESQ8YFSj Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 5 4 5 18 21 9 18 20 Disambiguation of Poetry: 3 6 3 8 3 4 18 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sange, sang, songe, soong, songge, zang, zong, zonge [Kent] Derived forms: songly

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        [
          "singing",
          "singing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The sound produced by a bird (rarely other creatures)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A tune; non-lyrical music."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tune",
          "tune"
        ],
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A quip, declaration, or remark."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quip",
          "quip"
        ],
        [
          "declaration",
          "declaration"
        ],
        [
          "remark",
          "remark"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A poem; a written work in verse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poem",
          "poem"
        ],
        [
          "verse",
          "verse"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔnɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔːnɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sanɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːnɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sange"
    },
    {
      "word": "sang"
    },
    {
      "word": "songe"
    },
    {
      "word": "soong"
    },
    {
      "word": "songge"
    },
    {
      "word": "zang"
    },
    {
      "word": "zong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kent"
      ],
      "word": "zonge"
    }
  ],
  "word": "song"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 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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