"tan" meaning in Old English

See tan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɑːn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *tain. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*tain}} Proto-West Germanic *tain Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=tān|sort=}} tān m, {{ang-noun|m|head=tān}} tān m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|tān}}, {{ang-decl-noun|tān|tānas|tān|tānas|tānes|tāna|tāne|tānum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: tān [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], tān [nominative, singular], tānas [nominative, plural], tān [accusative, singular], tānas [accusative, plural], tānes [genitive, singular], tāna [genitive, plural], tāne [dative, singular], tānum [dative, plural]
  1. twig, branch Derived forms: tānhlyta, tānhlytere (english: diviner; twig-lot-caster) [literally], misteltān (english: mistletoe), wuldortān (english: glory-twig)
    Sense id: en-tan-ang-noun--t9IWPna Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 37 entries, Pages with entries
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}

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