"Franca" meaning in Old English

See Franca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈfrɑn.kɑ/, [ˈfrɑŋ.kɑ]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *frankō, from Proto-Germanic *frankô. Related to Frankish *Franko, Old High German Franko (German Franke), Old Norse Frakki (Icelandic Frakki), Latin francus (Old French franc). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*frankō}} Proto-West Germanic *frankō, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*frankô}} Proto-Germanic *frankô, {{cog|frk|*Franko}} Frankish *Franko, {{cog|goh|Franko}} Old High German Franko, {{cog|de|Franke}} German Franke, {{cog|non|Frakki}} Old Norse Frakki, {{cog|is|Frakki}} Icelandic Frakki, {{cog|la|francus}} Latin francus, {{cog|fro|franc}} Old French franc Head templates: {{head|ang|proper nouns|g=m|g2=|g3=|g4=|g5=|head=Franca|sort=}} Franca m, {{ang-proper noun|g=m|head=Franca}} Franca m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|Franc}}, {{ang-decl-noun|Franca|Francan|Francan|Francan|Francan|Francena|Francan|Francum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Franca [nominative, singular], Francan [nominative, plural], Francan [accusative, singular], Francan [accusative, plural], Francan [genitive, singular], Francena [genitive, plural], Francan [dative, singular], Francum [dative, plural]
  1. Frank, Frenchman Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-Franca-ang-name-6Xeoo6py Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 26 25 21 29 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. (in the plural) the Franks Tags: in-plural, masculine
    Sense id: en-Franca-ang-name-CRANHT~2 Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 26 25 21 29 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Francena rīċe, Francland, Francrīċe, Frenċisċ

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Francena rīċe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Francrīċe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Frenċisċ"
    }
  ],
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: Frank"
    },
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          },
          "expansion": "English: Frank",
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        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *frankō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*frankô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *frankô",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frk",
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      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *Franko",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German Franko",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "Franke"
      },
      "expansion": "German Franke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "Frakki"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse Frakki",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "Frakki"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic Frakki",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin francus",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "fro",
        "2": "franc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French franc",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "Francena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Francan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Francum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "g5": "",
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      },
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        "head": "Franca"
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        "1": "Franc"
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        "4": "Francan",
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        "7": "Francan",
        "8": "Francum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "_dis": "52 48",
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      ],
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        "Frank, Frenchman"
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      "id": "en-Franca-ang-name-6Xeoo6py",
      "links": [
        [
          "Frank",
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        [
          "Frenchman",
          "Frenchman"
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      ]
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    {
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          "english": "Year 780 In this year the Saxons and French fought.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCLXXX Hēr Ealdsexe ⁊ Francan ġefuhton.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...",
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        }
      ],
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        "(in the plural) the Franks"
      ],
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        "in-plural",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrɑn.kɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfrɑŋ.kɑ]"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine n-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English proper nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
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    },
    {
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      "expansion": "German Franke",
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "Francan",
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        "singular"
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        [
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        {
          "english": "Year 780 In this year the Saxons and French fought.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCLXXX Hēr Ealdsexe ⁊ Francan ġefuhton.",
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          "english": "Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.",
          "text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...",
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        "(in the plural) the Franks"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrɑn.kɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfrɑŋ.kɑ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Franca"
}

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