"amber" meaning in Old English

See amber in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɑm.ber/, /ˈɑːm.ber/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *ambrī. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*ambrī}} Proto-West Germanic *ambrī Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=amber|head2=|sort=}} amber m, {{ang-noun|m|head=amber}} amber m, {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=āmber|head2=|sort=}} āmber m, {{ang-noun|m|head=āmber}} āmber m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|amber|ambras, amberas|amber|ambras, amberas|ambres, amberes|ambra|ambre|ambrum, ambru|type=ja-stem}}, {{ang-decl-noun|āmber|āmbras, āmberas|āmber|āmbras, āmberas|āmbres, āmberes|āmbra|āmbre|āmbrum, āmbru|type=ja-stem}} Forms: āmber [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], amber [nominative, singular], ambras [nominative, plural], amberas [nominative, plural], amber [accusative, singular], ambras [accusative, plural], amberas [accusative, plural], ambres [genitive, singular], amberes [genitive, singular], ambra [genitive, plural], ambre [dative, singular], ambrum [dative, plural], ambru [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], āmber [nominative, singular], āmbras [nominative, plural], āmberas [nominative, plural], āmber [accusative, singular], āmbras [accusative, plural], āmberas [accusative, plural], āmbres [genitive, singular], āmberes [genitive, singular], āmbra [genitive, plural], āmbre [dative, singular], āmbrum [dative, plural], āmbru [dative, plural], ambor [alternative], omber [alternative], ombor [alternative]
  1. bucket Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-amber-ang-noun-xYebjSUM Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Containers Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Containers: 50 50
  2. A measure Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-amber-ang-noun-E~By6vSM Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Containers Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Containers: 50 50
     
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑm.ber/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑːm.ber/"
    }
  ],
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