"hwælhunta" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈxwælˌxun.tɑ/, [ˈʍælˌhun.tɑ]
Etymology: From hwæl (“whale”) + hunta (“hunter”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ang|hwæl|hunta|t1=whale|t2=hunter}} hwæl (“whale”) + hunta (“hunter”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} hwælhunta m, {{ang-noun|m}} hwælhunta m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|hwælhunt}}, {{ang-decl-noun|hwælhunta|hwælhuntan|hwælhuntan|hwælhuntan|hwælhuntan|hwælhuntena|hwælhuntan|hwælhuntum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], hwælhunta [nominative, singular], hwælhuntan [nominative, plural], hwælhuntan [accusative, singular], hwælhuntan [accusative, plural], hwælhuntan [genitive, singular], hwælhuntena [genitive, plural], hwælhuntan [dative, singular], hwælhuntum [dative, plural]
  1. whaler Tags: masculine Related terms: hwælhuntoþ
    Sense id: en-hwælhunta-ang-noun-Kw2V3BJX Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hunting

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hwæl",
        "3": "hunta",
        "t1": "whale",
        "t2": "hunter"
      },
      "expansion": "hwæl (“whale”) + hunta (“hunter”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hwæl (“whale”) + hunta (“hunter”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhunta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hwælhunta m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "hwælhunta m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hwælhunt"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hwælhunta",
        "2": "hwælhuntan",
        "3": "hwælhuntan",
        "4": "hwælhuntan",
        "5": "hwælhuntan",
        "6": "hwælhuntena",
        "7": "hwælhuntan",
        "8": "hwælhuntum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Hunting",
          "orig": "ang:Hunting",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then he traveled due north along the land, always keeping the wasteland to his starboard and the wide sea to his port, for three days. Then he was as far north as the whalers' farthest travels.",
          "text": "Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nÞā fōr hē norðrihte bē þǣm lande: lēt him ealne weġ þæt wēste land on þæt steorbord, and þā wīd sǣ on bæcbord, þrȳ dagas. Þā wæs hē swā feor norð swā þā hwælhuntan fyrrest farað.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whaler"
      ],
      "id": "en-hwælhunta-ang-noun-Kw2V3BJX",
      "links": [
        [
          "whaler",
          "whaler"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hwælhuntoþ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxwælˌxun.tɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʍælˌhun.tɑ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwælhunta"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hwæl",
        "3": "hunta",
        "t1": "whale",
        "t2": "hunter"
      },
      "expansion": "hwæl (“whale”) + hunta (“hunter”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hwæl (“whale”) + hunta (“hunter”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhunta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwælhuntum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hwælhunta m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "hwælhunta m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hwælhunt"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hwælhunta",
        "2": "hwælhuntan",
        "3": "hwælhuntan",
        "4": "hwælhuntan",
        "5": "hwælhuntan",
        "6": "hwælhuntena",
        "7": "hwælhuntan",
        "8": "hwælhuntum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hwælhuntoþ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English compound terms",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine n-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Hunting"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then he traveled due north along the land, always keeping the wasteland to his starboard and the wide sea to his port, for three days. Then he was as far north as the whalers' farthest travels.",
          "text": "Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan\nÞā fōr hē norðrihte bē þǣm lande: lēt him ealne weġ þæt wēste land on þæt steorbord, and þā wīd sǣ on bæcbord, þrȳ dagas. Þā wæs hē swā feor norð swā þā hwælhuntan fyrrest farað.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whaler"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whaler",
          "whaler"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈxwælˌxun.tɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʍælˌhun.tɑ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hwælhunta"
}

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