"gissel" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

IPA: /ɡis.sel/, [ˈɡɪs.səl], [ˈɡɪs.sl̩] Forms: gisselet [definite, singular], gislet [definite, singular], gisler [indefinite, plural], gissel [indefinite, plural], gislene [definite, plural], gisla [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Danish gidsel, from Old Norse gísl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|da|gidsel}} Danish gidsel, {{der|nb|non|gísl}} Old Norse gísl, {{der|nb|gem-pro|*gīslaz}} Proto-Germanic *gīslaz Head templates: {{nb-noun-irreg|n|gisselet|gisler|gislene|dp2=gisla|ds2=gislet|ip2=gissel}} gissel n (definite singular gisselet or gislet, indefinite plural gisler or gissel, definite plural gislene or gisla)
  1. a hostage Tags: neuter Derived forms: gisseldrama, gisseltaker
    Sense id: en-gissel-nb-noun-dFLZoKRk Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 47 47 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 47 3 3

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "da",
        "3": "gidsel"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish gidsel",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "gísl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse gísl",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*gīslaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gīslaz",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Danish gidsel, from Old Norse gísl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gisselet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gislet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gisler",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gissel",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gislene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gisla",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "gisselet",
        "3": "gisler",
        "4": "gislene",
        "dp2": "gisla",
        "ds2": "gislet",
        "ip2": "gissel"
      },
      "expansion": "gissel n (definite singular gisselet or gislet, indefinite plural gisler or gissel, definite plural gislene or gisla)",
      "name": "nb-noun-irreg"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 47 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 47 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "gisseldrama"
        },
        {
          "word": "gisseltaker"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a hostage"
      ],
      "id": "en-gissel-nb-noun-dFLZoKRk",
      "links": [
        [
          "hostage",
          "hostage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡis.sel/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡɪs.səl]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡɪs.sl̩]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gissel"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gisseldrama"
    },
    {
      "word": "gisseltaker"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "da",
        "3": "gidsel"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish gidsel",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "gísl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse gísl",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*gīslaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gīslaz",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Danish gidsel, from Old Norse gísl, from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gisselet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gislet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gisler",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gissel",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gislene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gisla",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "gisselet",
        "3": "gisler",
        "4": "gislene",
        "dp2": "gisla",
        "ds2": "gislet",
        "ip2": "gissel"
      },
      "expansion": "gissel n (definite singular gisselet or gislet, indefinite plural gisler or gissel, definite plural gislene or gisla)",
      "name": "nb-noun-irreg"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
        "Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
        "Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål nouns",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a hostage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hostage",
          "hostage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡis.sel/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡɪs.səl]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡɪs.sl̩]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gissel"
}

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