carl in Old English

IPA: /kɑrl/, [kɑrˠl] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Norse karl (Danish karl (“man”), Swedish karl (“man”)), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“man, male”). Cognate with Old High German karl, karal. Doublet of ċeorl. Etymology templates: {{bor|ang|non|karl}} Old Norse karl, {{cog|da|karl||man}} Danish karl (“man”), {{cog|sv|karl||man}} Swedish karl (“man”), {{der|ang|gem-pro|*karilaz||man, male}} Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“man, male”), {{cog|goh|karl}} Old High German karl, {{doublet|ang|ċeorl}} Doublet of ċeorl Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} carl m, {{ang-noun|m}} carl m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|carl}}, {{ang-decl-noun|carl|carlas|carl|carlas|carles|carla|carle|carlum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], carl [nominative, singular], carlas [nominative, plural], carl [accusative, singular], carlas [accusative, plural], carles [genitive, singular], carla [genitive, plural], carle [dative, singular], carlum [dative, plural]

Inflected forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "tomcat",
      "word": "carlcatt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Ursa Major",
      "word": "carles wǣn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "male bird, cockbird",
      "word": "carlfugol"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "karl"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "karl",
        "3": "",
        "4": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish karl (“man”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "karl",
        "3": "",
        "4": "man"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*karilaz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "man, male"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“man, male”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "karl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German karl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ċeorl"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of ċeorl",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse karl (Danish karl (“man”), Swedish karl (“man”)), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“man, male”). Cognate with Old High German karl, karal. Doublet of ċeorl.",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carlas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carlas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carlum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "carl m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "carl m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "carl"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "carl",
        "2": "carlas",
        "3": "carl",
        "4": "carlas",
        "5": "carles",
        "6": "carla",
        "7": "carle",
        "8": "carlum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "92 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Society",
          "orig": "ang:Society",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a freeman, a man of middle rank or social class (in Norse and Anglo-Saxon society)"
      ],
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          "freeman",
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        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "middle",
          "middle"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "social",
          "social"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a man"
      ],
      "id": "en-carl-ang-noun-h-RdzeGn",
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) a man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a male"
      ],
      "id": "en-carl-ang-noun-CHbVjGpb",
      "links": [
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, in compounds) a male"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "in-compounds",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑrl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑrˠl]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carl"
}

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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms borrowed from Old Norse",
    "Old English terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Society"
  ],
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      "english": "tomcat",
      "word": "carlcatt"
    },
    {
      "english": "Ursa Major",
      "word": "carles wǣn"
    },
    {
      "english": "male bird, cockbird",
      "word": "carlfugol"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "karl"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "karl",
        "3": "",
        "4": "man"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "sv",
        "2": "karl",
        "3": "",
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "man, male"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“man, male”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "karl"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German karl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ċeorl"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of ċeorl",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse karl (Danish karl (“man”), Swedish karl (“man”)), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz (“man, male”). Cognate with Old High German karl, karal. Doublet of ċeorl.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "carl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carlas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carlas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carlum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "carl m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "carl m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "carl"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "carl",
        "2": "carlas",
        "3": "carl",
        "4": "carlas",
        "5": "carles",
        "6": "carla",
        "7": "carle",
        "8": "carlum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "a freeman, a man of middle rank or social class (in Norse and Anglo-Saxon society)"
      ],
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        [
          "freeman",
          "freeman"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "middle",
          "middle"
        ],
        [
          "rank",
          "rank"
        ],
        [
          "social",
          "social"
        ],
        [
          "class",
          "class"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) a man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a male"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "male",
          "male"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, in compounds) a male"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "in-compounds",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑrl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑrˠl]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carl"
}

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"carl" meaning in Old English

Noun

Inflected forms