Ongenþeow in Old English

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Etymology: Equivalent to onġēan (“against”) + þēow (“servant, slave”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ang|onġēan|þēow|t1=against|t2=servant, slave}} onġēan (“against”) + þēow (“servant, slave”) Head templates: {{head|ang|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|g3=|g4=|g5=|head=Ongenþēow|sort=}} Ongenþēow m, {{ang-proper noun|m|head=Ongenþēow}} Ongenþēow m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|Ongenþēow|num=sg}}, {{ang-decl-noun|Ongenþēow|Ongenþēowas|Ongenþēow|Ongenþēowas|Ongenþēowes|Ongenþēowa|Ongenþēowe|Ongenþēowum|num=sg|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: Ongenþēow [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ongenþēow [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], Ongenþēow [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], Ongenþēowes [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], Ongenþēowe [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], Ongenþēo [alternative], Ongenþīo [alternative]

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        "3": "þēow",
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        "t2": "servant, slave"
      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Equivalent to onġēan (“against”) + þēow (“servant, slave”).",
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      "form": "Ongenþēow",
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ongenþēow",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
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    {
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ongenþēowe",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ongenþēo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ongenþīo",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ongenþēow",
        "2": "Ongenþēowas",
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        "4": "Ongenþēowas",
        "5": "Ongenþēowes",
        "6": "Ongenþēowa",
        "7": "Ongenþēowe",
        "8": "Ongenþēowum",
        "num": "sg",
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        "type": "strong a-stem"
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  "pos": "name",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ongentheow, a legendary Swedish king mentioned in Beowulf"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ongenþeow-ang-name-XSA7wPY7",
      "links": [
        [
          "Beowulf",
          "Beowulf"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ongenþeow"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "onġēan",
        "3": "þēow",
        "t1": "against",
        "t2": "servant, slave"
      },
      "expansion": "onġēan (“against”) + þēow (“servant, slave”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Equivalent to onġēan (“against”) + þēow (“servant, slave”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ongenþēow",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ongenþēow",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ongenþēowes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ongenþēowe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ongenþēo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ongenþīo",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "g5": "",
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "head": "Ongenþēow"
      },
      "expansion": "Ongenþēow m",
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "Ongenþēow",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ongenþēow",
        "2": "Ongenþēowas",
        "3": "Ongenþēow",
        "4": "Ongenþēowas",
        "5": "Ongenþēowes",
        "6": "Ongenþēowa",
        "7": "Ongenþēowe",
        "8": "Ongenþēowum",
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        "title": "",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English compound terms",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English proper nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ongentheow, a legendary Swedish king mentioned in Beowulf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Beowulf",
          "Beowulf"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ongenþeow"
}

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"Ongenþeow" meaning in Old English

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