"-ware" meaning in Old English

See -ware in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˌwɑ.re/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“dwellers of”). Cognate with Old High German -āri (“inhabitants of”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*warjaz||dwellers of}} Proto-Germanic *warjaz (“dwellers of”), {{cog|goh|-āri|t=inhabitants of}} Old High German -āri (“inhabitants of”) Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} -ware, {{ang-suffix|g=m-p}} -ware Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun||-ware||-ware||-wara||-warum}}, {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|-war|num=pl}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-war|-waras|-war|-waras|-wares|-wara|-ware|-warum|num=pl|title=|type=strong a-stem}}, {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|-war|num=pl}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-wara|-waran|-waran|-waran|-waran|-warena|-waran|-warum|num=pl|title=|type=weak}}, {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|-war|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-waru|-wara,-ware|-ware|-wara,-ware|-ware|-wara|-ware|-warum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], - [nominative, singular], -ware [nominative, plural], - [accusative, singular], -ware [accusative, plural], - [genitive, singular], -wara [genitive, plural], - [dative, singular], -warum [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], - [nominative, singular], -waras [nominative, plural], - [accusative, singular], -waras [accusative, plural], - [genitive, singular], -wara [genitive, plural], - [dative, singular], -warum [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], - [nominative, singular], -waran [nominative, plural], - [accusative, singular], -waran [accusative, plural], - [genitive, singular], -warena [genitive, plural], - [dative, singular], -warum [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], -waru [nominative, singular], -wara [nominative, plural], -ware [nominative, plural], -ware [accusative, singular], -wara [accusative, plural], -ware [accusative, plural], -ware [genitive, singular], -wara [genitive, plural], -ware [dative, singular], -warum [dative, plural]
  1. (used in the singular) suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ware-ang-suffix-YgRcNFuI
  2. (used in the plural) suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ware-ang-suffix-YgRcNFuI1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -sǣta, -waras, -waran, -waru

Inflected forms

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          "text": "eall sēo buruhwaru",
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      "ipa": "/ˌwɑ.re/"
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ware",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m-p"
      },
      "expansion": "-ware",
      "name": "ang-suffix"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "-ware",
        "3": "",
        "4": "-ware",
        "5": "",
        "6": "-wara",
        "7": "",
        "8": "-warum"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-war",
        "num": "pl"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-war",
        "2": "-waras",
        "3": "-war",
        "4": "-waras",
        "5": "-wares",
        "6": "-wara",
        "7": "-ware",
        "8": "-warum",
        "num": "pl",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-war",
        "num": "pl"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-wara",
        "2": "-waran",
        "3": "-waran",
        "4": "-waran",
        "5": "-waran",
        "6": "-warena",
        "7": "-waran",
        "8": "-warum",
        "num": "pl",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-war",
        "short": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-waru",
        "2": "-wara,-ware",
        "3": "-ware",
        "4": "-wara,-ware",
        "5": "-ware",
        "6": "-wara",
        "7": "-ware",
        "8": "-warum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong ō-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the people of a city, the entire citizenry",
          "text": "eall sēo buruhwaru",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(used in the singular) suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used in the singular"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "residents of a burg, burghers, citizens",
          "text": "burgwaras",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Londoners",
          "text": "Lundunwaras",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "residents of Rome; Romans",
          "text": "Rōmware",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(used in the plural) suffix denoting inhabitants or residents of a place"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used in the plural"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌwɑ.re/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-sǣta"
    },
    {
      "word": "-waras"
    },
    {
      "word": "-waran"
    },
    {
      "word": "-waru"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ware"
}

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