"mæw" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /mæːw/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *maiwiz, a byform of Proto-Germanic *maiwaz. Cognate with West Frisian meau, miuw, Old Saxon mēu (Middle Low German meve, from which German Möwe), Dutch meeuw, Old Norse már, mór. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*maiwiz}} Proto-Germanic *maiwiz, {{der|ang|gem-pro|*maiwaz}} Proto-Germanic *maiwaz, {{cog|fy|meau}} West Frisian meau, {{cog|osx|mēu}} Old Saxon mēu, {{cog|gml|meve}} Middle Low German meve, {{cog|de|Möwe}} German Möwe, {{cog|nl|meeuw}} Dutch meeuw, {{cog|non|már}} Old Norse már Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=mǣw|sort=}} mǣw m, {{ang-noun|m|head=mǣw}} mǣw m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|mǣw}}, {{ang-decl-noun|mǣw|mǣwas|mǣw|mǣwas|mǣwes|mǣwa|mǣwe|mǣwum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: mǣw [canonical, masculine], strong [table-tags], mǣw [nominative, singular], mǣwas [nominative, plural], mǣw [accusative, singular], mǣwas [accusative, plural], mǣwes [genitive, singular], mǣwa [genitive, plural], mǣwe [dative, singular], mǣwum [dative, plural]
  1. gull, seagull Categories (lifeform): Gulls Synonyms: mēu, mēw, mēau, mēaw
    Sense id: en-mæw-ang-noun-nJ-ngsQJ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "mewe"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: mewe, mawe, meau, mowe\nEnglish: mew (archaic)\nScots: maw (through confluence with Old Norse form)\n→ Old French: maoe, mave, mauve\nFrench: mauve\nOld French: moette\nFrench: mouette",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: mewe, mawe, meau, mowe\nEnglish: mew (archaic)\nScots: maw (through confluence with Old Norse form)\n→ Old French: maoe, mave, mauve\nFrench: mauve\nOld French: moette\nFrench: mouette"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*maiwiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maiwiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*maiwaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maiwaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "meau"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian meau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "mēu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon mēu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "meve"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German meve",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Möwe"
      },
      "expansion": "German Möwe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "meeuw"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch meeuw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "már"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse már",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *maiwiz, a byform of Proto-Germanic *maiwaz. Cognate with West Frisian meau, miuw, Old Saxon mēu (Middle Low German meve, from which German Möwe), Dutch meeuw, Old Norse már, mór.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mǣw",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "mǣw",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mǣw m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "mǣw"
      },
      "expansion": "mǣw m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mǣw"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mǣw",
        "2": "mǣwas",
        "3": "mǣw",
        "4": "mǣwas",
        "5": "mǣwes",
        "6": "mǣwa",
        "7": "mǣwe",
        "8": "mǣwum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "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": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Gulls",
          "orig": "ang:Gulls",
          "parents": [
            "Seabirds",
            "Birds",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "On a good day, I catch crabs and count seagulls.",
          "text": "On gōdne dæġ ic ġefō crabban and telle mǣwas.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gull, seagull"
      ],
      "id": "en-mæw-ang-noun-nJ-ngsQJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "gull",
          "gull"
        ],
        [
          "seagull",
          "seagull"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mēu"
        },
        {
          "word": "mēw"
        },
        {
          "word": "mēau"
        },
        {
          "word": "mēaw"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mæːw/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mæw"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "mewe"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: mewe, mawe, meau, mowe\nEnglish: mew (archaic)\nScots: maw (through confluence with Old Norse form)\n→ Old French: maoe, mave, mauve\nFrench: mauve\nOld French: moette\nFrench: mouette",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: mewe, mawe, meau, mowe\nEnglish: mew (archaic)\nScots: maw (through confluence with Old Norse form)\n→ Old French: maoe, mave, mauve\nFrench: mauve\nOld French: moette\nFrench: mouette"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*maiwiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maiwiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*maiwaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *maiwaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "meau"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian meau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "mēu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon mēu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "meve"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German meve",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Möwe"
      },
      "expansion": "German Möwe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "meeuw"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch meeuw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "már"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse már",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *maiwiz, a byform of Proto-Germanic *maiwaz. Cognate with West Frisian meau, miuw, Old Saxon mēu (Middle Low German meve, from which German Möwe), Dutch meeuw, Old Norse már, mór.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mǣw",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mǣwum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "mǣw",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "mǣw m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "mǣw"
      },
      "expansion": "mǣw m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mǣw"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mǣw",
        "2": "mǣwas",
        "3": "mǣw",
        "4": "mǣwas",
        "5": "mǣwes",
        "6": "mǣwa",
        "7": "mǣwe",
        "8": "mǣwum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "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 inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Gulls"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "On a good day, I catch crabs and count seagulls.",
          "text": "On gōdne dæġ ic ġefō crabban and telle mǣwas.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gull, seagull"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gull",
          "gull"
        ],
        [
          "seagull",
          "seagull"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mæːw/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mēu"
    },
    {
      "word": "mēw"
    },
    {
      "word": "mēau"
    },
    {
      "word": "mēaw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mæw"
}

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