See swan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for swan meaning in Middle English (3.7kB)
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "swan"
},
"expansion": "English: swan",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: swan"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "swan"
},
"expansion": "Scots: swan",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: swan"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "swan"
},
"expansion": "Old English swan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*swan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *swan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*swanaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swanaz",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "swannes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "swan",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "swannes"
},
"expansion": "swan (plural swannes)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "54 1 42 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "60 1 36 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "64 5 23 8",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Freshwater birds",
"orig": "enm:Freshwater birds",
"parents": [
"Birds",
"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "61 5 27 7",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Vertebrates",
"orig": "enm:Vertebrates",
"parents": [
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "42 24 25 9",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Meats",
"orig": "enm:Meats",
"parents": [
"Foods",
"Eating",
"Food and drink",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"swan (bird of the genus Cygnus)"
],
"id": "en-swan-enm-noun-VVqlnq-6",
"links": [
[
"swan",
"swan#English"
],
[
"Cygnus",
"Cygnus#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The meat of a swan."
],
"id": "en-swan-enm-noun-OKIB3rK8"
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Heraldry",
"orig": "enm:Heraldry",
"parents": [
"History",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A swan as a heraldic symbol."
],
"id": "en-swan-enm-noun-Ze5dbyVJ",
"links": [
[
"heraldry",
"heraldry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(heraldry) A swan as a heraldic symbol."
],
"topics": [
"government",
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"monarchy",
"nobility",
"politics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/swan/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "swanne"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "swane"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "suan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "swon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "sqwan"
}
],
"word": "swan"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "swān"
},
"expansion": "Old English swān",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English swān.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "swan",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "pigherder",
"word": "swon"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of swon (“pigherder”)"
],
"id": "en-swan-enm-noun-llnni0b4",
"links": [
[
"swon",
"swon#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "swan"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"enm:Freshwater birds",
"enm:Meats",
"enm:Vertebrates"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "swan"
},
"expansion": "English: swan",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: swan"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "swan"
},
"expansion": "Scots: swan",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: swan"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "swan"
},
"expansion": "Old English swan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*swan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *swan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*swanaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swanaz",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "swannes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "swan",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "swannes"
},
"expansion": "swan (plural swannes)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"swan (bird of the genus Cygnus)"
],
"links": [
[
"swan",
"swan#English"
],
[
"Cygnus",
"Cygnus#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The meat of a swan."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Heraldry"
],
"glosses": [
"A swan as a heraldic symbol."
],
"links": [
[
"heraldry",
"heraldry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(heraldry) A swan as a heraldic symbol."
],
"topics": [
"government",
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"monarchy",
"nobility",
"politics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/swan/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "swanne"
},
{
"word": "swane"
},
{
"word": "suan"
},
{
"word": "swon"
},
{
"word": "sqwan"
}
],
"word": "swan"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"enm:Freshwater birds",
"enm:Meats",
"enm:Vertebrates"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "swān"
},
"expansion": "Old English swān",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English swān.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "swan",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "pigherder",
"word": "swon"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of swon (“pigherder”)"
],
"links": [
[
"swon",
"swon#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "swan"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). 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.