"to" meaning in Middle English

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Adverb

IPA: /toː/, /tu/ [unstressed], /tɔ/ [unstressed]
Etymology: From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tō}} Old English tō, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*tō}} Proto-Germanic *tō Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} to, {{enm-adv}} to
  1. to
    Sense id: en-to-enm-adv-Zj6hv~~l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: two
Etymology number: 2

Adverb

IPA: /toː/, /tu/ [unstressed], /tɔ/ [unstressed]
Etymology: From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tō}} Old English tō, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*tō}} Proto-Germanic *tō Head templates: {{head|enm|adverb||||{{{2}}}|head=}} to, {{enm-adv}} to
  1. too Synonyms: ta [Northern, West-Midlands]
    Sense id: en-to-enm-adv-lMBfHEWh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: two
Etymology number: 2

Conjunction

IPA: /toː/, /tu/ [unstressed], /tɔ/ [unstressed]
Etymology: From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tō}} Old English tō, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*tō}} Proto-Germanic *tō Head templates: {{head|enm|conjunction}} to
  1. until
    Sense id: en-to-enm-conj-LjIA3oS5
  2. while
    Sense id: en-to-enm-conj-B6h1BziC Categories (other): Middle English prepositions Disambiguation of Middle English prepositions: 0 9 11 46 0 34 0
  3. so that
    Sense id: en-to-enm-conj-q2t6vl5J
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /tɔː/, /taː/ [Northern] Forms: tos [plural], ton [plural]
Etymology: From Old English tā, tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ (“toe”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|toe}}, {{inh|enm|ang|tā}} Old English tā, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*taihā}} Proto-West Germanic *taihā, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*taihwǭ||toe}} Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ (“toe”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} to, {{enm-noun|pl2=ton}} to (plural tos or ton)
  1. (anatomy) toe Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: toe, towe, teie, toa [Early-Middle-English] Related terms: mistelto
    Sense id: en-to-enm-noun-bQ7zlQwi Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: two, tho, ta [Northern]
Etymology number: 1

Particle

IPA: /toː/, /tu/ [unstressed], /tɔ/ [unstressed]
Etymology: From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tō}} Old English tō, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*tō}} Proto-Germanic *tō Head templates: {{head|enm|particle}} to
  1. to (infinitive marker)
    Sense id: en-to-enm-particle-sjav3X0H Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English pronouns, Middle English particles Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 0 0 15 0 17 64 0 3 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 2 0 0 24 0 15 39 0 20 Disambiguation of Middle English particles: 0 0 0 38 0 62 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tho, ta, ti, tu, thu, te [Early-Middle-English], t (alt: prevocalic)
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /toː/, /tu/ [unstressed], /tɔ/ [unstressed]
Etymology: From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|tō}} Old English tō, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*tō}} Proto-Germanic *tō Head templates: {{head|enm|preposition}} to
  1. to
    Sense id: en-to-enm-prep-Zj6hv~~l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tho, ta, ti, tu, thu, te [Early-Middle-English], t (alt: prevocalic)
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Etymology: Shortening of tone. Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun}} to
  1. the one (of two)
    Sense id: en-to-enm-pron-djo7paXQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: two, ta [Northern]
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "toe"
          },
          "expansion": "English: toe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: toe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "tae"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: tae",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: tae"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yol",
            "2": "toan",
            "qq": "plural"
          },
          "expansion": "Yola: toan (plural)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yola: toan (plural)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*taihā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *taihā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*taihwǭ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "toe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ (“toe”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tā, tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ (“toe”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ton",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "to",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl2": "ton"
      },
      "expansion": "to (plural tos or ton)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "enm:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "toe"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "toe",
          "toe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) toe"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "mistelto"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "toe"
        },
        {
          "word": "towe"
        },
        {
          "word": "teie"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Early-Middle-English"
          ],
          "word": "toa"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taː/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "two"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tho"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "ta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "to"
}

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "to"
          },
          "expansion": "English: to",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: to"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "tae"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: tae",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: tae"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tō"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "to",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 0 15 0 17 64 0 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 0 0 24 0 15 39 0 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 38 0 62 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to (infinitive marker)"
      ],
      "id": "en-to-enm-particle-sjav3X0H",
      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/toː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tho"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "thu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "te"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "prevocalic",
      "word": "t"
    }
  ],
  "word": "to"
}

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "to"
          },
          "expansion": "English: to",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: to"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "tae"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: tae",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: tae"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yol",
            "2": "ta",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Yola: ta, to, t'",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yola: ta, to, t'"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tō"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "preposition"
      },
      "expansion": "to",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to"
      ],
      "id": "en-to-enm-prep-Zj6hv~~l",
      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/toː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tho"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "thu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "te"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "prevocalic",
      "word": "t"
    }
  ],
  "word": "to"
}

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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "to"
          },
          "expansion": "English: to",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: to"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "tae"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: tae",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: tae"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tō"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "to",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "to",
      "name": "enm-adv"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to"
      ],
      "id": "en-to-enm-adv-Zj6hv~~l",
      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/toː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "two"
    }
  ],
  "word": "to"
}

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        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "English: too",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: too"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "tae"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: tae",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yol",
            "2": "too"
          },
          "expansion": "Yola: too",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yola: too"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tō"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "to",
      "name": "enm-adv"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "too"
      ],
      "id": "en-to-enm-adv-lMBfHEWh",
      "links": [
        [
          "too",
          "too"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Northern",
            "West-Midlands"
          ],
          "word": "ta"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/toː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "two"
    }
  ],
  "word": "to"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "tō"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English tō, ta, te, from Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "to",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "until"
      ],
      "id": "en-to-enm-conj-LjIA3oS5",
      "links": [
        [
          "until",
          "until"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 9 11 46 0 34 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "while"
      ],
      "id": "en-to-enm-conj-B6h1BziC",
      "links": [
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "so that"
      ],
      "id": "en-to-enm-conj-q2t6vl5J",
      "links": [
        [
          "so that",
          "so that"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/toː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "unstressed"
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