"arg" meaning in Old High German

See arg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /arɣ/, /arɡ/ Forms: arc [alternative], arga [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *arg, see also Old English earg, Old Norse argr. Etymology templates: {{dercat|goh|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*arg}} Proto-West Germanic *arg, {{cog|ang|earg}} Old English earg, {{cog|non|argr}} Old Norse argr Head templates: {{head|goh|adjective|head=|sort=}} arg, {{goh-adj}} arg
  1. bad, wicked, godless
    Sense id: en-arg-goh-adj-mv0AI24U
  2. cowardly, honourless
    Sense id: en-arg-goh-adj-f5wD8Nve Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: argī

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Central Franconian",
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          "word": "ärch"
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        },
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          "lang_code": "de",
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        },
        {
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "lang_code": "lb",
          "word": "uerg"
        },
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          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "erger",
          "word": "ערגער"
        },
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          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "ergst",
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      "args": {
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      },
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse argr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "honourless",
          "honourless#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/arɣ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arɡ/"
    }
  ],
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    "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old High German lemmas",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 14 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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          "lang_code": "bar",
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              "word": "aarich"
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          ],
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        },
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        },
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          "lang_code": "lb",
          "word": "uerg"
        },
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          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "erger",
          "word": "ערגער"
        },
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          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "ergst",
          "word": "ערגסט"
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          "lang_code": "la",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "word": "arc"
    }
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
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      "name": "dercat"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*arg"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "earg"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English earg",
      "name": "cog"
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse argr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "arc",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arga",
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        "alternative"
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  "lang": "Old High German",
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        "bad, wicked, godless"
      ],
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      ],
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/arɣ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/arɡ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arg"
}

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