-wise in Old English

IPA: /ˌwiː.se/, [ˌwiː.ze] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From wīse (“manner, way, condition, direction”). Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|cat2=|head=-wīse|head2=|sort=}} -wīse, {{ang-suffix|g=f|head=-wīse}} -wīse Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-f|-wīs}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-wīse|-wīsan|-wīsan|-wīsan|-wīsan|-wīsena|-wīsan|-wīsum|num=|title=|type=weak feminine (n-stem)}} Forms: -wīse [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], -wīse [nominative, singular], -wīsan [nominative, plural], -wīsan [accusative, singular], -wīsan [accusative, plural], -wīsan [genitive, singular], -wīsena [genitive, plural], -wīsan [dative, singular], -wīsum [dative, plural]

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  "etymology_text": "From wīse (“manner, way, condition, direction”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-wīse",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "-wīse",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-wīse",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "head": "-wīse"
      },
      "expansion": "-wīse",
      "name": "ang-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-wīs"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-wīse",
        "2": "-wīsan",
        "3": "-wīsan",
        "4": "-wīsan",
        "5": "-wīsan",
        "6": "-wīsena",
        "7": "-wīsan",
        "8": "-wīsum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak feminine (n-stem)"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "riht (“just, right”) + -wīse → rihtwīse (“righteousness, justice”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "cniht (“boy, youth”) + -wīse → cnihtwīse (“boyishness”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "cyne- (“public, nation, kindred”) + -wīse → cynewīse (“commonweath, state”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "lēoþ (“song, tune, poem”) + -wīse → lēoþwīse (“poetry, verse”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "bēag (“ring, hoop, circle”) + -wīse → bēagwīse (“sphere, circular form”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "state of, manner of, condition; direction"
      ],
      "id": "en--wise-ang-suffix-7Ei6li-o",
      "links": [
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(noun suffix) state of, manner of, condition; direction"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "noun",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mynster (“minister”) + -wīse → mynsterwīse (“monastic custom”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "fierd (“militia”) + -wīse → fierdwīse (“military style”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the custom or fashion of"
      ],
      "id": "en--wise-ang-suffix-AjMMsVvH",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(noun suffix) the custom or fashion of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "noun",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "hyse (“son, youth”) + -wīse → hysewīse (“like a young man”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the manner or fashion of; in the direction of"
      ],
      "id": "en--wise-ang-suffix-Zc5CTd0J",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(adverbial suffix) in the manner or fashion of; in the direction of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌwiː.se/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌwiː.ze]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wise"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English feminine n-stem nouns",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English suffixes",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From wīse (“manner, way, condition, direction”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-wīse",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wīsum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "-wīse",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-wīse",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "head": "-wīse"
      },
      "expansion": "-wīse",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-wīs"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-f"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-wīse",
        "2": "-wīsan",
        "3": "-wīsan",
        "4": "-wīsan",
        "5": "-wīsan",
        "6": "-wīsena",
        "7": "-wīsan",
        "8": "-wīsum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak feminine (n-stem)"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "riht (“just, right”) + -wīse → rihtwīse (“righteousness, justice”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "cniht (“boy, youth”) + -wīse → cnihtwīse (“boyishness”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "cyne- (“public, nation, kindred”) + -wīse → cynewīse (“commonweath, state”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "lēoþ (“song, tune, poem”) + -wīse → lēoþwīse (“poetry, verse”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "bēag (“ring, hoop, circle”) + -wīse → bēagwīse (“sphere, circular form”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "state of, manner of, condition; direction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(noun suffix) state of, manner of, condition; direction"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "noun",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mynster (“minister”) + -wīse → mynsterwīse (“monastic custom”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "fierd (“militia”) + -wīse → fierdwīse (“military style”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the custom or fashion of"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(noun suffix) the custom or fashion of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "noun",
        "suffix"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "hyse (“son, youth”) + -wīse → hysewīse (“like a young man”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the manner or fashion of; in the direction of"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(adverbial suffix) in the manner or fashion of; in the direction of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "morpheme",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌwiː.se/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌwiː.ze]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wise"
}

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"-wise" meaning in Old English

Suffix