"ella" meaning in Old Norse

See ella in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *aljaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*aljaz}} Proto-Germanic *aljaz, {{inh|non|ine-pro|*h₂élyos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Head templates: {{head|non|adverb}} ella
  1. otherwise, in the opposite case, if not, in other circumstances
    Sense id: en-ella-non-adv-GUy5XFEz Categories (other): Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 14 entries: 0 7 0 0 54 2 0 0 13 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 5 0 0 71 1 0 0 8 15 Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 78 13 8 0
  2. apart from this
    Sense id: en-ella-non-adv-~cwh6Tig
  3. (introducing a main clause; adv. or conjunc.) otherwise, or else
    Sense id: en-ella-non-adv-Edu9YwST

Conjunction

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *aljaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*aljaz}} Proto-Germanic *aljaz, {{inh|non|ine-pro|*h₂élyos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Head templates: {{head|non|conjunction}} ella
  1. or, or else
    Sense id: en-ella-non-conj-QtWsDspg
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aljaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aljaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂élyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *aljaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 14 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "0 5 0 0 71 1 0 0 8 15",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 13 8 0",
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          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "otherwise, in the opposite case, if not, in other circumstances"
      ],
      "id": "en-ella-non-adv-GUy5XFEz",
      "links": [
        [
          "otherwise",
          "otherwise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "apart from this"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "otherwise, or else"
      ],
      "id": "en-ella-non-adv-Edu9YwST",
      "qualifier": "introducing a main clause",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(introducing a main clause; adv. or conjunc.) otherwise, or else"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ella"
}

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    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "ella"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "ella"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "eller"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "eller"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "word": "eller"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Danish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-oda",
      "word": "ællær"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "eller"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "ælla"
    },
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "eller"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "ællar"
    }
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  "pos": "conj",
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      "glosses": [
        "or, or else"
      ],
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          "or"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ella"
}
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    "Old Norse lemmas",
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    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
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  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "otherwise, in the opposite case, if not, in other circumstances"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "otherwise",
          "otherwise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "apart from this"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "otherwise, or else"
      ],
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        "(introducing a main clause; adv. or conjunc.) otherwise, or else"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ella"
}

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    "Old Norse conjunctions",
    "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Norse lemmas",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 14 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
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      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "ella"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "ella"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "eller"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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      "word": "eller"
    },
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          "lang_code": "da",
          "word": "eller"
        }
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      "lang_code": "gmq-oda",
      "word": "ællær"
    },
    {
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          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "eller"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "ælla"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "eller"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "ællar"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
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  ],
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        "or, or else"
      ],
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        [
          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ella"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ella meaning in Old Norse (2.8kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: introducing a main clause; adv. or conjunc.",
  "path": [
    "ella"
  ],
  "section": "Old Norse",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "ella",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: introducing a main clause; adv. or conjunc.",
  "path": [
    "ella"
  ],
  "section": "Old Norse",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "ella",
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}

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