"hwelc" meaning in Old English

See hwelc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /xwelt͡ʃ/, [ʍeɫt͡ʃ] Forms: hwelċ [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz ~ *hwalīkaz (“what kind of”), a compound of *hwaz and *-līkaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*hwilīkaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz Head templates: {{head|ang|determiner|head=hwelċ}} hwelċ
  1. which
    Sense id: en-hwelc-ang-det-d7wGxV0p
  2. what
    Sense id: en-hwelc-ang-det-dJqywNBs
  3. what kind of, what sort of
    Sense id: en-hwelc-ang-det-RBhVLCrr
  4. some, any
    Sense id: en-hwelc-ang-det-406XzW0w Categories (other): Old English determiners, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English pronouns, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Old English determiners: 0 0 0 62 24 0 0 13 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 63 27 0 0 10 Disambiguation of Old English pronouns: 0 0 0 47 20 14 5 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 0 50 39 0 0 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hwilċ, hwylċ, hwælċ

Interjection

IPA: /xwelt͡ʃ/, [ʍeɫt͡ʃ]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz ~ *hwalīkaz (“what kind of”), a compound of *hwaz and *-līkaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*hwilīkaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz Head templates: {{head|ang|interjection|head=hwelċ}} hwelċ Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|hwelċ|type=strong}} Forms: hwelċ [canonical], strong [table-tags], hwelċ [masculine, nominative, singular], hwelċ [feminine, nominative, singular], hwelċ [neuter, nominative, singular], hwelcne [accusative, masculine, singular], hwelċe [accusative, feminine, singular], hwelċ [accusative, neuter, singular], hwelċes [genitive, masculine, singular], hwelcre [feminine, genitive, singular], hwelċes [genitive, neuter, singular], hwelċum [dative, masculine, singular], hwelcre [dative, feminine, singular], hwelċum [dative, neuter, singular], hwelċe [instrumental, masculine, singular], hwelcre [feminine, instrumental, singular], hwelċe [instrumental, neuter, singular], hwelċe [masculine, nominative, plural], hwelċa [feminine, nominative, plural], hwelċe [feminine, nominative, plural], hwelċ [neuter, nominative, plural], hwelċe [accusative, masculine, plural], hwelċa [accusative, feminine, plural], hwelċe [accusative, feminine, plural], hwelċ [accusative, neuter, plural], hwelcra [genitive, masculine, plural], hwelcra [feminine, genitive, plural], hwelcra [genitive, neuter, plural], hwelċum [dative, masculine, plural], hwelċum [dative, feminine, plural], hwelċum [dative, neuter, plural], hwelċum [instrumental, masculine, plural], hwelċum [feminine, instrumental, plural], hwelċum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. what (used in exclamations) Derived forms: ǣlċ, ġehwelċ, hwelcnes, swa hwelċ swa
    Sense id: en-hwelc-ang-intj-FB566nAH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hwilċ, hwylċ, hwælċ

Pronoun

IPA: /xwelt͡ʃ/, [ʍeɫt͡ʃ] Forms: hwelċ [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz ~ *hwalīkaz (“what kind of”), a compound of *hwaz and *-līkaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*hwilīkaz}} Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz Head templates: {{head|ang|pronoun|head=hwelċ}} hwelċ
  1. which one
    Sense id: en-hwelc-ang-pron-TtXkr73e
  2. anyone, anything; someone, something
    Sense id: en-hwelc-ang-pron-LzpGihX-
  3. who
    Sense id: en-hwelc-ang-pron-btAzcUC9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hwilċ, hwylċ, hwælċ
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "det",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What color is your shirt?",
          "text": "Hwelċes blēos is þīn hemeþe?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which book on this shelf have you read most often?",
          "text": "Hwelċe bōc on þisse sċielfan hæfst þū oftost ġerǣden?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which person first thought of plowing the ground with a plow?",
          "text": "The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn\nHwelċ mann āþōhte ǣrest mid sylh tō erienne?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...which of you who hath a friend, and goeth to him at midnight, and saith,\" etc.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Greater Litany\"\n...hwilċ ēower is þe hæfð sumne frēond, and gǣð him tō on middere nihte, and cwyð\": et reliqua.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "english": "In which part has man the likeness of God in him?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Of the Catholic Faith\"\nOn hwilcum dǣle hæfð sē man Godes anlīcnysse on him?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which of you hath an hundred sheep, and if he lose one of the sheep, then leaveth he [not] the ninety and nine in the waste, and goeth seeking the one that he lost?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost\"\nHwilċ ēower hæfð hund-tēontiġ sċēapa:\" et reliqua.\nWhich of you hath an hundred sheep,\" etc.\nHwilċ ēower hæfð hund-tēontiġ sċēapa, and ġif hē forlȳsð ān ðǣra sċēapa, ðonne forlǣt hē ðā nigon and hund-nigontiġ on wēstene, and gǣð sēċende þæt ān ðe him lōsode?",
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          "english": "...that on its departure it may know by what foes it is beset,...",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost\"\nSē Hǣlend ġeswutelode for hwilcum intingan ðēos tōstenċednys þǣre byriġ ġelumpe, ðāðā hē cwæð,...\nJesus showed for what cause this dispersion of the city happened, when he said,...\n'...þæt hēo on ðām forðsīðe oncnāwe mid hwilcum fēondum hēo ymbset bið,...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "For what reason does the devil compel you to urge christian men to his worship?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence\"\nFor hwilcum ðingum nēadað sē dēofol ēow þæt ġē cristene men tō his biġgenġum ðrēatniað?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And if thou consentest to be baptized, I will cause thee to see the devil, and to hear by what craft he appears to heal sickness.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle\"\nAnd ġif ðū tō fulluhte ġebīhst, ic dō þæt þū ðone dēofol ġesīhst, and ġehȳrst mid hwilcum cræfte hē is ġeðūht þæt hē untrumnysse ġehǣle.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "My brothers, what excuse can we use at his doom,...",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Navitivity of St. Andrew the Apostle\"\nMīne ġebrōðra, hwilċere tale maġe wē brūcan on his dōme,...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Understand now what it is to faint through the toil of the way, and yet not to desire the way to end.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Second Sunday in the Lord's Advent\"\nUnderstandað nū hwilċ sȳ on weġes ġeswince tō ātēoriġenne, and ðēah nelle þone weġ ġeendiġan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...declare how great glory they have lost, and what punishment they have earned.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Assumption of the Saint John The Apostle\"\n...cȳðe hū miċel wuldor hī forluron, and hwilċ wīte hī ġeearnodon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "What wonder is it, that Jesus with an everlasting body came in, the doors being closed, who with a mortal body was born of the closed womb of the virgin?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The First Sunday After Easter\"\nHwilċ wundor is þæt sē Hǣlend mid ēċum līchaman cōme inn, belōcenum durum, sēðe mid dēadlīcum līchaman wearð ācenned of beclȳsedum innoðe þæs mǣdenes?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Be mindful what Truth itself has promised in the holy gospel, and what pledge it has given us.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of the Blessed Stephen Protomartyr\"\nBēoð ġemyndiġe hwæt sēo sylfe Sōðfæstnys on ðām hālgan godspelle behēt, and hwilċ wedd ūs ġesealde.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...and also manifested in what torments he must after death eternally suffer.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of the Innocents\"\n...and ġeornlīċe hī befrān tō hwilċes tīman sē stēorra him ǣrst ætēowode,\n...and diligently questioned them at what time the star had first appeared to them,...\n...and ġeornlīċe hī befrān, on hwilcne tīman hī ǣrest þone stēorran ġesāwon...\n...and diligently questioned them at what time they first saw the star...\n...and ēac ġeswutelode on hwilcum sūslum hē mōste æfter forðsīðe ēċelice cwylmian.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "He then inquired at what hour he recovered.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Third Sunday After the Lord's Epiphany\"\nHē ðā befrān on hwilċere tīde hē ġewyrpte.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Cherubim is interpreted fullness of knowledge or understanding, and yet what angel is there in God's presence who knows not all things?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost\"\nCherubim is ġecweden ġefyllednys inġehȳdes oððe ġewittes, and ðēah hwilċ enġel is on Godes andwerdnysse ðe ealle ðing nyte?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Every man's works show what spirit directs him.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"For the Holy Day of Pentecost\"\nǢlċes mannes weorc cȳðað hwilċ gāst hine wīssað.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "\"What father will give his child a stone, if he ask for bread? or a serpent, if he ask for a fish? or a scorpion, if he ask for an egg?\"",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Greater Litany\"\n\"Hwilċ fæder wile syllan his ċilde stān, ġif hit hine hlāfes bitt? oþþe næddran, ġif hit fisċes bitt? oððe þone wyrm ðrowend, ġif hit ǣġes bitt?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Some nouns are gentile. They tell you what nation someone belongs to: Graecus (\"Greek person\"), Anglus (\"English person\").",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nSume naman sind þēodisċe. Þā ġetācniaþ hwelcre þēode sum mann sīe: Graecus (\"Crēcisċ\"), Anglus (\"Englisċ\").",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Thou knowest not who is a hireling, who a shepherd, before the wolf comes; but the wolf makes manifest in what manner he watches the sheep.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Second Sunday after Easter\"\nNāst ðū hwā bið hȳra, hwā hyrde, ǣrðām ðe sē wulf cume; ac sē wulf ġeswutelað mid hwilcum mōde hē gȳmde þǣra scēapa.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "One part [of the study of grammar] is called analogia in Greek, that is in Latin similium rerum comparatio and in English \"comparison of similar things.\" If you don't know what gender a certain word is in Latin, think of another word like it, and then you'll know.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nSum þāra dǣla hātte analogiā on Crēcisċ, þæt is on Lǣden similium rērum comparātiō and on Englisċ \"ġelīcra þinga wiþmetennes.\" Ġif þū nāst sumne Lǣdennaman hwelċes cynnes hē sīe on þǣm cræfte, þonne sċēawa þū be sumum ōðrum þe him ġelīċ sīe, and þū wāst þonne.",
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        {
          "english": "What kind of books do you read?",
          "text": "Hwelċe bēċ rǣtst þū?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What kind of person would do such a thing?",
          "text": "Hwelċ mann wolde swelċes dōn?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Yes lord, and what if I find someone like that? What kind of reward should I promise them?",
          "text": "The Legend of St. Andrew\nĠēa hlāford, and hwæt ġif iċ swelcne mann ġemēte? Hwelċe mēde sċeal iċ him behātan?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "People can observe from the color of the moon what kind of weather is coming.",
          "text": "c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year\nMenn magon cēpan be þæs mōnan blēo hwelċ weder tōweard biþ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...Lo, now ye have heard what sort of god this is that ye thought healed you;...",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle\"\n...Efne nū ġē habbað ġehȳred hwilċ ðēs god is ðe ġē wēndon þæt ēow ġehǣlde;...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "But who is our Father? The Almighty God. And of what men is he the Father? It is manifestly said, of evil men. And of what kind is the Father?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Greater Litany\"\nAc hwā is ūre Fæder? Sē Ælmihtiġa God. And hwilċera manna Fæder is hē? Swutelīċe hit is ġesǣd, yfelra manna. And hwilċ is se Fæder?",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "what kind of, what sort of"
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          "sort"
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    },
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          "_dis": "0 0 0 62 24 0 0 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "0 0 0 63 27 0 0 10",
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          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "0 0 0 50 39 0 0 11",
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        {
          "english": "If any relation be as dear to thee as thine eye,...",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Dedication of the Church of St. Michael The Archangel\"\nĠif hwilċ sibling þe bið swā dēorwurðe swā ðīn ēage,...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Here is the remedy for how you can improve your fields if they won't grow well or something harmful [lit. some harmful thing] has been done to them by a wizard or through witchcraft.",
          "text": "11th century, \"Æcerbot Charm\"\nHēr is sēo bōt hū þū meaht þīne æcras bētan ġif hīe nyllaþ wel weaxan oþþe þǣr hwelċ unġedēfe þing on ġedōn biþ on drȳ oþþe on lyblāce.",
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      "ipa": "/xwelt͡ʃ/"
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      "ipa": "[ʍeɫt͡ʃ]"
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      "word": "hwælċ"
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        {
          "english": "So which one of you did the thing?",
          "text": "Þȳ hwelċ ēower dyde þæt þing?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "There are three horses here. Which one is yours?",
          "text": "Hēr sind þrēo hors. Hwelċ is þīn?",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "Then someone came up to him and said, \"Teacher! What good do I have to do to have eternal life?\" Jesus said, \"Why are you asking me about 'good'? Only God is good. If you want to enter life, follow the commandments.\" Then he asked, \"Which ones?\" And Jesus said, \"Don't commit murder, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't give false testimony, respect your parents, and love your neighbor like you love yourself.\"",
          "roman": "And þā ġenēalǣhte him ān mann tō and cwæþ, \"Lā gōda lārēow! Hwæt gōdes dō iċ þæt iċ ēċe līf hæbbe?\" Þā cwæþ hē, \"Hwæt āscast þū mē be gōde? Ān God is gōd. Sōðlīċe ġif þū wilt on līf becuman, heald þā bebodu.\" Þā cwæþ hē, \"Hwelcu?\" Þā cwæþ sē Hǣlend, \"Ne dō þū mansliht, ne dō þū unryhthǣmed, ne stel þū, ne sæġe þū lēase ġewitnesse, weorða þīnne fæder and mōdor, and lufa þīnne nīehstan swā swā þē selfne.\"",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 19:16-19",
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        },
        {
          "english": "She came to the place and discovered three crosses. One was Jesus', and the others belonged to the thieves. But she didn't know for sure which cross was Christ's.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Invention of the Holy Cross\"\nHēo becōm tō þǣre stōwe and āfand þrēo rōde. Ān wæs þæs Hǣlendes, and þā ōðra þāra þēofa. Þā nysse hēo ġewiss hwelcu wǣre Cristes rōd.",
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          "anyone",
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          "anything",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Tell me, who was the first man that spake with a dog?",
          "text": "The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn\nSaga mē, hwylċ man ǣrest wǣre wið hund sprecende?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...and the Righteous God compels no man to sin, but he knows, nevertheless, beforehand who will sin through their own will.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Epiphany of the Lord\"\n...and sē Rihtwīsa God nǣnne mann ne nēadað tō syngiġenne, ac he wāt swāðēah on ǣr hwilċe þurh āgenne willan syngian willað.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle\"\n\"Zachēus wæs sum rīċe mann, and cepte þæs Hǣlendes fær, and wolde ġesēon hwilċ hē wǣre; ac hē ne mihte for ðǣre menigu ðe him mid fērde, forðan ðe hē wæs sċort on wæstme.\n\"Zacchæus was a rich man, and had observed the Saviour's course, and would see who he was; but he could not for the many that went with him, because he was short of stature.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "who",
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      "ipa": "/xwelt͡ʃ/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ʍeɫt͡ʃ]"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hwilċ"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hwylċ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hwælċ"
    }
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  "word": "hwelc"
}

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        "plural"
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      "form": "hwelċe",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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          "word": "hwelcnes"
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          "word": "swa hwelċ swa"
        }
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          "ref": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English Ō is tōclipiendlīċ bīword: Ō magister, docē mē! (\"Ēalā þū lārēow, tǣċ mē!\"). Hē is ēac wundriendlīċ: Ō quālis faciēs! (\"Ēalā hwelcu ansīen!\")",
          "text": "O is a vocative adverb: O magister, doce me! (\"Oh teacher, teach me!\") It also expresses admiration: O qualis facies! (\"Oh, what a face!\").",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "[ʍeɫt͡ʃ]"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hwilċ"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hwylċ"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hwælċ"
    }
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  "word": "hwelc"
}
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    "Old English interjections",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English pronouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwilīkaz"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz ~ *hwalīkaz (“what kind of”), a compound of *hwaz and *-līkaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hwelċ",
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      "args": {
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What color is your shirt?",
          "text": "Hwelċes blēos is þīn hemeþe?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which book on this shelf have you read most often?",
          "text": "Hwelċe bōc on þisse sċielfan hæfst þū oftost ġerǣden?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which person first thought of plowing the ground with a plow?",
          "text": "The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn\nHwelċ mann āþōhte ǣrest mid sylh tō erienne?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...which of you who hath a friend, and goeth to him at midnight, and saith,\" etc.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Greater Litany\"\n...hwilċ ēower is þe hæfð sumne frēond, and gǣð him tō on middere nihte, and cwyð\": et reliqua.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "In which part has man the likeness of God in him?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Of the Catholic Faith\"\nOn hwilcum dǣle hæfð sē man Godes anlīcnysse on him?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Which of you hath an hundred sheep, and if he lose one of the sheep, then leaveth he [not] the ninety and nine in the waste, and goeth seeking the one that he lost?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost\"\nHwilċ ēower hæfð hund-tēontiġ sċēapa:\" et reliqua.\nWhich of you hath an hundred sheep,\" etc.\nHwilċ ēower hæfð hund-tēontiġ sċēapa, and ġif hē forlȳsð ān ðǣra sċēapa, ðonne forlǣt hē ðā nigon and hund-nigontiġ on wēstene, and gǣð sēċende þæt ān ðe him lōsode?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...that on its departure it may know by what foes it is beset,...",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost\"\nSē Hǣlend ġeswutelode for hwilcum intingan ðēos tōstenċednys þǣre byriġ ġelumpe, ðāðā hē cwæð,...\nJesus showed for what cause this dispersion of the city happened, when he said,...\n'...þæt hēo on ðām forðsīðe oncnāwe mid hwilcum fēondum hēo ymbset bið,...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "For what reason does the devil compel you to urge christian men to his worship?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of the Blessed Martyr Lawrence\"\nFor hwilcum ðingum nēadað sē dēofol ēow þæt ġē cristene men tō his biġgenġum ðrēatniað?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And if thou consentest to be baptized, I will cause thee to see the devil, and to hear by what craft he appears to heal sickness.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle\"\nAnd ġif ðū tō fulluhte ġebīhst, ic dō þæt þū ðone dēofol ġesīhst, and ġehȳrst mid hwilcum cræfte hē is ġeðūht þæt hē untrumnysse ġehǣle.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "My brothers, what excuse can we use at his doom,...",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Navitivity of St. Andrew the Apostle\"\nMīne ġebrōðra, hwilċere tale maġe wē brūcan on his dōme,...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Understand now what it is to faint through the toil of the way, and yet not to desire the way to end.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Second Sunday in the Lord's Advent\"\nUnderstandað nū hwilċ sȳ on weġes ġeswince tō ātēoriġenne, and ðēah nelle þone weġ ġeendiġan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...declare how great glory they have lost, and what punishment they have earned.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Assumption of the Saint John The Apostle\"\n...cȳðe hū miċel wuldor hī forluron, and hwilċ wīte hī ġeearnodon.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "What wonder is it, that Jesus with an everlasting body came in, the doors being closed, who with a mortal body was born of the closed womb of the virgin?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The First Sunday After Easter\"\nHwilċ wundor is þæt sē Hǣlend mid ēċum līchaman cōme inn, belōcenum durum, sēðe mid dēadlīcum līchaman wearð ācenned of beclȳsedum innoðe þæs mǣdenes?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Be mindful what Truth itself has promised in the holy gospel, and what pledge it has given us.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of the Blessed Stephen Protomartyr\"\nBēoð ġemyndiġe hwæt sēo sylfe Sōðfæstnys on ðām hālgan godspelle behēt, and hwilċ wedd ūs ġesealde.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...and also manifested in what torments he must after death eternally suffer.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of the Innocents\"\n...and ġeornlīċe hī befrān tō hwilċes tīman sē stēorra him ǣrst ætēowode,\n...and diligently questioned them at what time the star had first appeared to them,...\n...and ġeornlīċe hī befrān, on hwilcne tīman hī ǣrest þone stēorran ġesāwon...\n...and diligently questioned them at what time they first saw the star...\n...and ēac ġeswutelode on hwilcum sūslum hē mōste æfter forðsīðe ēċelice cwylmian.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "He then inquired at what hour he recovered.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Third Sunday After the Lord's Epiphany\"\nHē ðā befrān on hwilċere tīde hē ġewyrpte.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Cherubim is interpreted fullness of knowledge or understanding, and yet what angel is there in God's presence who knows not all things?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost\"\nCherubim is ġecweden ġefyllednys inġehȳdes oððe ġewittes, and ðēah hwilċ enġel is on Godes andwerdnysse ðe ealle ðing nyte?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Every man's works show what spirit directs him.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"For the Holy Day of Pentecost\"\nǢlċes mannes weorc cȳðað hwilċ gāst hine wīssað.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "\"What father will give his child a stone, if he ask for bread? or a serpent, if he ask for a fish? or a scorpion, if he ask for an egg?\"",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Greater Litany\"\n\"Hwilċ fæder wile syllan his ċilde stān, ġif hit hine hlāfes bitt? oþþe næddran, ġif hit fisċes bitt? oððe þone wyrm ðrowend, ġif hit ǣġes bitt?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Some nouns are gentile. They tell you what nation someone belongs to: Graecus (\"Greek person\"), Anglus (\"English person\").",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nSume naman sind þēodisċe. Þā ġetācniaþ hwelcre þēode sum mann sīe: Graecus (\"Crēcisċ\"), Anglus (\"Englisċ\").",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Thou knowest not who is a hireling, who a shepherd, before the wolf comes; but the wolf makes manifest in what manner he watches the sheep.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Second Sunday after Easter\"\nNāst ðū hwā bið hȳra, hwā hyrde, ǣrðām ðe sē wulf cume; ac sē wulf ġeswutelað mid hwilcum mōde hē gȳmde þǣra scēapa.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "One part [of the study of grammar] is called analogia in Greek, that is in Latin similium rerum comparatio and in English \"comparison of similar things.\" If you don't know what gender a certain word is in Latin, think of another word like it, and then you'll know.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nSum þāra dǣla hātte analogiā on Crēcisċ, þæt is on Lǣden similium rērum comparātiō and on Englisċ \"ġelīcra þinga wiþmetennes.\" Ġif þū nāst sumne Lǣdennaman hwelċes cynnes hē sīe on þǣm cræfte, þonne sċēawa þū be sumum ōðrum þe him ġelīċ sīe, and þū wāst þonne.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What kind of books do you read?",
          "text": "Hwelċe bēċ rǣtst þū?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What kind of person would do such a thing?",
          "text": "Hwelċ mann wolde swelċes dōn?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Yes lord, and what if I find someone like that? What kind of reward should I promise them?",
          "text": "The Legend of St. Andrew\nĠēa hlāford, and hwæt ġif iċ swelcne mann ġemēte? Hwelċe mēde sċeal iċ him behātan?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "People can observe from the color of the moon what kind of weather is coming.",
          "text": "c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year\nMenn magon cēpan be þæs mōnan blēo hwelċ weder tōweard biþ.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...Lo, now ye have heard what sort of god this is that ye thought healed you;...",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle\"\n...Efne nū ġē habbað ġehȳred hwilċ ðēs god is ðe ġē wēndon þæt ēow ġehǣlde;...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "But who is our Father? The Almighty God. And of what men is he the Father? It is manifestly said, of evil men. And of what kind is the Father?",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"On the Greater Litany\"\nAc hwā is ūre Fæder? Sē Ælmihtiġa God. And hwilċera manna Fæder is hē? Swutelīċe hit is ġesǣd, yfelra manna. And hwilċ is se Fæder?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what kind of, what sort of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "of",
          "of"
        ],
        [
          "sort",
          "sort"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "If any relation be as dear to thee as thine eye,...",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Dedication of the Church of St. Michael The Archangel\"\nĠif hwilċ sibling þe bið swā dēorwurðe swā ðīn ēage,...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Here is the remedy for how you can improve your fields if they won't grow well or something harmful [lit. some harmful thing] has been done to them by a wizard or through witchcraft.",
          "text": "11th century, \"Æcerbot Charm\"\nHēr is sēo bōt hū þū meaht þīne æcras bētan ġif hīe nyllaþ wel weaxan oþþe þǣr hwelċ unġedēfe þing on ġedōn biþ on drȳ oþþe on lyblāce.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "some, any"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "any",
          "any"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xwelt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʍeɫt͡ʃ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hwilċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwylċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwælċ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwelc"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Old English determiners",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English interjections",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English pronouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwilīkaz"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz ~ *hwalīkaz (“what kind of”), a compound of *hwaz and *-līkaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hwelċ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "So which one of you did the thing?",
          "text": "Þȳ hwelċ ēower dyde þæt þing?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "There are three horses here. Which one is yours?",
          "text": "Hēr sind þrēo hors. Hwelċ is þīn?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then someone came up to him and said, \"Teacher! What good do I have to do to have eternal life?\" Jesus said, \"Why are you asking me about 'good'? Only God is good. If you want to enter life, follow the commandments.\" Then he asked, \"Which ones?\" And Jesus said, \"Don't commit murder, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't give false testimony, respect your parents, and love your neighbor like you love yourself.\"",
          "roman": "And þā ġenēalǣhte him ān mann tō and cwæþ, \"Lā gōda lārēow! Hwæt gōdes dō iċ þæt iċ ēċe līf hæbbe?\" Þā cwæþ hē, \"Hwæt āscast þū mē be gōde? Ān God is gōd. Sōðlīċe ġif þū wilt on līf becuman, heald þā bebodu.\" Þā cwæþ hē, \"Hwelcu?\" Þā cwæþ sē Hǣlend, \"Ne dō þū mansliht, ne dō þū unryhthǣmed, ne stel þū, ne sæġe þū lēase ġewitnesse, weorða þīnne fæder and mōdor, and lufa þīnne nīehstan swā swā þē selfne.\"",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 19:16-19",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "She came to the place and discovered three crosses. One was Jesus', and the others belonged to the thieves. But she didn't know for sure which cross was Christ's.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Invention of the Holy Cross\"\nHēo becōm tō þǣre stōwe and āfand þrēo rōde. Ān wæs þæs Hǣlendes, and þā ōðra þāra þēofa. Þā nysse hēo ġewiss hwelcu wǣre Cristes rōd.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which one"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ],
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anyone, anything; someone, something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anyone",
          "anyone"
        ],
        [
          "anything",
          "anything"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Tell me, who was the first man that spake with a dog?",
          "text": "The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn\nSaga mē, hwylċ man ǣrest wǣre wið hund sprecende?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "...and the Righteous God compels no man to sin, but he knows, nevertheless, beforehand who will sin through their own will.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Epiphany of the Lord\"\n...and sē Rihtwīsa God nǣnne mann ne nēadað tō syngiġenne, ac he wāt swāðēah on ǣr hwilċe þurh āgenne willan syngian willað.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle\"\n\"Zachēus wæs sum rīċe mann, and cepte þæs Hǣlendes fær, and wolde ġesēon hwilċ hē wǣre; ac hē ne mihte for ðǣre menigu ðe him mid fērde, forðan ðe hē wæs sċort on wæstme.\n\"Zacchæus was a rich man, and had observed the Saviour's course, and would see who he was; but he could not for the many that went with him, because he was short of stature.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "who"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "who",
          "who"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xwelt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʍeɫt͡ʃ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hwilċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwylċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwælċ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwelc"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Old English determiners",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English interjections",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English pronouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ǣlċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġehwelċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwelcnes"
    },
    {
      "word": "swa hwelċ swa"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "which"
          },
          "expansion": "English: which",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: which"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "whilk"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: whilk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: whilk"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz ~ *hwalīkaz (“what kind of”), a compound of *hwaz and *-līkaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hwelċ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelcne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelcre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelcre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelcre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwelċum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "interjection",
        "head": "hwelċ"
      },
      "expansion": "hwelċ",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hwelċ",
        "type": "strong"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English Ō is tōclipiendlīċ bīword: Ō magister, docē mē! (\"Ēalā þū lārēow, tǣċ mē!\"). Hē is ēac wundriendlīċ: Ō quālis faciēs! (\"Ēalā hwelcu ansīen!\")",
          "text": "O is a vocative adverb: O magister, doce me! (\"Oh teacher, teach me!\") It also expresses admiration: O qualis facies! (\"Oh, what a face!\").",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what (used in exclamations)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xwelt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʍeɫt͡ʃ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hwilċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwylċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "hwælċ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwelc"
}

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