"pistol" meaning in Old English

See pistol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpis.tol/
Etymology: From Late Latin epistola, epistula. Compare Middle Dutch pistele, pistel, Middle Low German pistele, Middle High German pistel. Etymology templates: {{bor|ang|LL.|epistola}} Late Latin epistola, {{cog|dum|pistele}} Middle Dutch pistele, {{cog|gml|pistele}} Middle Low German pistele, {{cog|gmh|pistel}} Middle High German pistel Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=pistol|head2=|sort=}} pistol m, {{ang-noun|m|head=pistol}} pistol m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|pistol}}, {{ang-decl-noun|pistol|pistolas|pistol|pistolas|pistoles|pistola|pistole|pistolum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], pistol [nominative, singular], pistolas [nominative, plural], pistol [accusative, singular], pistolas [accusative, plural], pistoles [genitive, singular], pistola [genitive, plural], pistole [dative, singular], pistolum [dative, plural]
  1. (religion, Christianity) letter, epistle Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pistol-ang-noun-2IU~O1Q7 Categories (other): Christianity, Religion Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion
  2. (religion, Christianity, biblical) an epistle of the New Testament Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pistol-ang-noun-6lBxehwQ Categories (other): Bible, Christianity, Religion, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Topics: Christianity, biblical, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pistolrǣdere, pistolrǣding, pistolrocc Derived forms (pistolbōc): pistelboke [English, Middle]
Disambiguation of 'pistolbōc': 0 0
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pistolrǣdere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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    }
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        "plural"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
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        "biblical",
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        "religion"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpis.tol/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pistol"
}

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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms borrowed from Late Latin",
    "Old English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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      "sense": "pistolbōc",
      "tags": [
        "English",
        "Middle"
      ],
      "word": "pistelboke"
    },
    {
      "word": "pistolrǣdere"
    },
    {
      "word": "pistolrǣding"
    },
    {
      "word": "pistolrocc"
    }
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        }
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    },
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      "text": "English: pistle"
    },
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        }
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈpis.tol/"
    }
  ],
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}

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