"hoe" meaning in Old French

See hoe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɔə/ (note: classical), /ˈhuə/ (note: late)
Etymology: From Frankish *hauwā. Attested from the late 12th century. Etymology templates: {{bor|fro|frk|*hauwā}} Frankish *hauwā Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} hoe oblique singular, f (oblique plural hoes, nominative singular hoe, nominative plural hoes) Forms: hoe oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], hoes [oblique, plural], hoe [nominative, singular], hoes [nominative, plural], hou [alternative, Anglo-Norman], howe [alternative, Anglo-Norman], hewe [alternative, Anglo-Norman], owe [alternative, Anglo-Norman], haue [alternative], houe [alternative]
  1. hoe
    Sense id: en-hoe-fro-noun-MsKqrVXk
  2. billhook
    Sense id: en-hoe-fro-noun-zhJ6wEtm Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 4 65 30
  3. (by extension) toeclip of a horseshoe Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-hoe-fro-noun-2Dxp93MK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hoel, hoer, hoete

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hoel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hoer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hoete"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "houe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle French",
      "lang_code": "frm",
      "word": "houe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrf",
      "word": "hoe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrf",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guernésiais"
      ],
      "word": "haoue"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Picard",
      "lang_code": "pcd",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Ch'ti"
      ],
      "word": "hau"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "word": "awe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "word": "hawe"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "hoe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Yola",
          "lang_code": "yol",
          "word": "howe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "howe"
    },
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          "word": "hoe"
        },
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          "word": "howe"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauwā"
    ]
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        "2": "frk",
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      },
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    {
      "form": "hoe oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoes",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoe",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoes",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hou",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglo-Norman"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "howe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglo-Norman"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hewe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglo-Norman"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglo-Norman"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haue",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "houe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hoe"
      ],
      "id": "en-hoe-fro-noun-MsKqrVXk",
      "links": [
        [
          "hoe",
          "hoe#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 65 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "billhook"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "billhook",
          "billhook#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "toeclip of a horseshoe"
      ],
      "id": "en-hoe-fro-noun-2Dxp93MK",
      "links": [
        [
          "toeclip",
          "toeclip"
        ],
        [
          "horseshoe",
          "horseshoe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) toeclip of a horseshoe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɔə/",
      "note": "classical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhuə/",
      "note": "late"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hoe"
}
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    "Old French feminine nouns",
    "Old French lemmas",
    "Old French nouns",
    "Old French terms borrowed from Frankish",
    "Old French terms derived from Frankish",
    "Pages with 20 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "hoel"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoer"
    },
    {
      "word": "hoete"
    }
  ],
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        {
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          "lang_code": "fr",
          "word": "houe"
        }
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      "lang_code": "frm",
      "word": "houe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrf",
      "word": "hoe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norman",
      "lang_code": "nrf",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Guernésiais"
      ],
      "word": "haoue"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Picard",
      "lang_code": "pcd",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Ch'ti"
      ],
      "word": "hau"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "word": "awe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "lang_code": "wa",
      "word": "hawe"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "hoe"
        },
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          "lang_code": "yol",
          "word": "howe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "howe"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
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          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "hoe"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Yola",
          "lang_code": "yol",
          "word": "howe"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "houwe"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "*hauwā",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hauwā"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*hauwā"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *hauwā",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Frankish *hauwā. Attested from the late 12th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hoe oblique singular or",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoes",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoe",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoes",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hou",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglo-Norman"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "howe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglo-Norman"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hewe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglo-Norman"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "owe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Anglo-Norman"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haue",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "houe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "hoe oblique singular, f (oblique plural hoes, nominative singular hoe, nominative plural hoes)",
      "name": "fro-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old French",
  "lang_code": "fro",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hoe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hoe",
          "hoe#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "billhook"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "billhook",
          "billhook#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "toeclip of a horseshoe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "toeclip",
          "toeclip"
        ],
        [
          "horseshoe",
          "horseshoe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) toeclip of a horseshoe"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhɔə/",
      "note": "classical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhuə/",
      "note": "late"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hoe"
}

Download raw JSONL data for hoe meaning in Old French (2.7kB)

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