"wea" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /wæ͜ɑː/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *waiwô. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*waiwô}} Proto-Germanic *waiwô Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=wēa|sort=}} wēa m, {{ang-noun|m|head=wēa}} wēa m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|wēa|vowel=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wēa|wēan|wēan|wēan|wēan|wēana|wēan|wēam,wēaum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: wēa [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], wēa [nominative, singular], wēan [nominative, plural], wēan [accusative, singular], wēan [accusative, plural], wēan [genitive, singular], wēana [genitive, plural], wēan [dative, singular], wēam [dative, plural], wēaum [dative, plural]
  1. misfortune, evil, harm, trouble
    Sense id: en-wea-ang-noun-H2xNQxln
  2. woe, grief, misery Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-wea-ang-noun-Y-Fbm1xC Disambiguation of Emotions: 8 88 4 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 17 77 6
  3. sin, wickedness
    Sense id: en-wea-ang-noun-lkZNx0rp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wāwa Derived forms: wēas
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wēas"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "we",
            "3": "wee",
            "4": "wea",
            "5": "wæ"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: we, wee, wea, wæ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: we, wee, wea, wæ; wowe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *waiwô",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *waiwô.",
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    {
      "form": "wēa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēaum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "wēa",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wēa m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "wēa"
      },
      "expansion": "wēa m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
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  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wēa",
        "vowel": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wēa",
        "2": "wēan",
        "3": "wēan",
        "4": "wēan",
        "5": "wēan",
        "6": "wēana",
        "7": "wēan",
        "8": "wēam,wēaum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Joy he has, he who knows little of woe...",
          "text": "The Old English rune poem\nᚹ ne brūceþ þe can wēana lȳt...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "misfortune, evil, harm, trouble"
      ],
      "id": "en-wea-ang-noun-H2xNQxln",
      "links": [
        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 77 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 88 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "ang:Emotions",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woe, grief, misery"
      ],
      "id": "en-wea-ang-noun-Y-Fbm1xC",
      "links": [
        [
          "woe",
          "woe"
        ],
        [
          "grief",
          "grief"
        ],
        [
          "misery",
          "misery"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sin, wickedness"
      ],
      "id": "en-wea-ang-noun-lkZNx0rp",
      "links": [
        [
          "sin",
          "sin"
        ],
        [
          "wickedness",
          "wickedness"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wæ͜ɑː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wāwa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wea"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine n-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",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Emotions"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "wēas"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "we",
            "3": "wee",
            "4": "wea",
            "5": "wæ"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: we, wee, wea, wæ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: we, wee, wea, wæ; wowe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*waiwô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *waiwô",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *waiwô.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wēa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wēaum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "wēa",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wēa m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "wēa"
      },
      "expansion": "wēa m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wēa",
        "vowel": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wēa",
        "2": "wēan",
        "3": "wēan",
        "4": "wēan",
        "5": "wēan",
        "6": "wēana",
        "7": "wēan",
        "8": "wēam,wēaum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Joy he has, he who knows little of woe...",
          "text": "The Old English rune poem\nᚹ ne brūceþ þe can wēana lȳt...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "misfortune, evil, harm, trouble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ],
        [
          "evil",
          "evil"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "woe, grief, misery"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woe",
          "woe"
        ],
        [
          "grief",
          "grief"
        ],
        [
          "misery",
          "misery"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sin, wickedness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sin",
          "sin"
        ],
        [
          "wickedness",
          "wickedness"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wæ͜ɑː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wāwa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wea"
}

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