"butt" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /butt/, [but]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to hit, push”). Cognate with Old Norse bútr (“a cut-off block”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*butt}} Proto-West Germanic *butt, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*buttaz}} Proto-Germanic *buttaz, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*bʰewd-|t=to hit, push}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to hit, push”), {{cog|non|bútr|t=a cut-off block}} Old Norse bútr (“a cut-off block”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=*butt}} *butt m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|*butt}}, {{ang-decl-noun|*butt|*buttas|*butt|*buttas|*buttes|*butta|*butte|*buttum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], butt [nominative, singular], buttas [nominative, plural], butt [accusative, singular], buttas [accusative, plural], buttes [genitive, singular], butta [genitive, plural], butte [dative, singular], buttum [dative, plural]
  1. the end of an object, especially when thick; base Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-butt-ang-noun-RvliKDDN Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 2 5 3 2 3 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 59 3 7 32
  2. tree trunk, stump Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-butt-ang-noun-oB-0kI6a
  3. a strip or parcel of land Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-butt-ang-noun-JsCIofJG
  4. a boundary Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-butt-ang-noun-2bDAxHbj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: buttuc Related terms: bēatan, bytt
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "buttuc"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
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        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "butt"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "butt"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "but"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "but"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "butt"
        },
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          "word": "butt"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "but"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "butt"
    },
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          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "butt"
        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "butt"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "but"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "butte"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Medieval Latin",
      "lang_code": "ML.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "butta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "form": "butt",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butt",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "butta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buttum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "*butt"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "*butt"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "*buttas",
        "3": "*butt",
        "4": "*buttas",
        "5": "*buttes",
        "6": "*butta",
        "7": "*butte",
        "8": "*buttum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old English/butt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bēatan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bytt"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "85 2 5 3 2 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 3 7 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the end of an object, especially when thick; base"
      ],
      "id": "en-butt-ang-noun-RvliKDDN",
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "thick",
          "thick"
        ],
        [
          "base",
          "base"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tree trunk, stump"
      ],
      "id": "en-butt-ang-noun-oB-0kI6a",
      "links": [
        [
          "tree trunk",
          "tree trunk"
        ],
        [
          "stump",
          "stump"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a strip or parcel of land"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ],
        [
          "parcel",
          "parcel"
        ],
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "a boundary"
      ],
      "id": "en-butt-ang-noun-2bDAxHbj",
      "links": [
        [
          "boundary",
          "boundary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/butt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[but]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "butt"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "buttuc"
    }
  ],
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          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "butt"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scots",
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          "word": "butt"
        },
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          "lang_code": "sco",
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        }
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      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "butte"
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      "lang_code": "ML.",
      "raw_tags": [
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    }
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        "t": "a cut-off block"
      },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "butte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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  ],
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    },
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      "word": "bytt"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "the end of an object, especially when thick; base"
      ],
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          "end",
          "end"
        ],
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          "object",
          "object"
        ],
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      ],
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        ],
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          "stump",
          "stump"
        ]
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "a strip or parcel of land"
      ],
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          "strip",
          "strip"
        ],
        [
          "parcel",
          "parcel"
        ],
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          "land",
          "land"
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        "masculine",
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    },
    {
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      ],
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        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/butt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[but]"
    }
  ],
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}

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