"toll" meaning in Middle English

See toll in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɔl/, /tɔːl/ Forms: tolles [plural], tol [alternative], tolle [alternative], thol [alternative], toale [alternative], theol [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English toll, from Proto-Germanic *tullō. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|toll}} Old English toll, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*tullō}} Proto-Germanic *tullō Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} toll, {{enm-noun|tolles}} toll (plural tolles)
  1. A toll, tax, or charge.
    Sense id: en-toll-enm-noun-enm:toll
  2. The privilege to levy fees or charges.
    Sense id: en-toll-enm-noun-TBbOrcmY Categories (other): Law Disambiguation of Law: 0 48 43 1 3 4
  3. A waiver from any fees or charges.
    Sense id: en-toll-enm-noun-NPyGpuIa Categories (other): Law Disambiguation of Law: 0 48 43 1 3 4
  4. (rare) taxation, payment. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-toll-enm-noun-ERzEQQlS Categories (other): Taxation Disambiguation of Taxation: 9 4 2 80 4 1
  5. (rare) An edge, point of difference Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-toll-enm-noun-NpfKRCjr Categories (other): Pages with 16 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 16 entries: 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 7 1 1 6 7 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 9 1 1 8 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 2 11 16 5 54 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tolboth, tollen, toller, tolsey, tollynge
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} toll
  1. alternative form of tollen (“to bring”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tollen (extra: to bring)
    Sense id: en-toll-enm-verb-enm:to_bring
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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