"cwild" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /kwild/, [kwiɫd]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *kwildiz. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*kwildiz}} Proto-Germanic *kwildiz Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} cwild m, {{ang-noun|m}} cwild m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|cwild}}, {{ang-decl-noun|cwild|cwildas|cwild|cwildas|cwildes|cwilda|cwilde|cwildum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cwild [nominative, singular], cwildas [nominative, plural], cwild [accusative, singular], cwildas [accusative, plural], cwildes [genitive, singular], cwilda [genitive, plural], cwilde [dative, singular], cwildum [dative, plural], cwyld [alternative], cwield [alternative]
  1. plague, pestilence Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cwild-ang-noun-RiD6Rzxv Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. destruction Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cwild-ang-noun-lQey2qBB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mancwealm, wōl Derived forms: cwildseten, cwildtīd

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cwildseten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *kwildiz.",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "cwild",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwildas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwild",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwildas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwildes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwilda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwilde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwildum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwyld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwield",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
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        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "There are four headwinds. The first is the eastern wind, called subsolanus, because it blows from where the sun rises, and is very moderate. The second headwind is southern, called auster, which stirs up clouds, and lightnings, and blows various plagues around the earth.",
          "text": "c. 994, Ælfric, On the Twelve Winds\nFēower heafodwindas synd. Sē fyrmesta is ēasterne wind, subsolanus ġehāten, for þām ðe hē blæwð frām ðǣre sunnan upspringe, ⁊ ys swyðe ġemetegod. Sē ōðer heafodwind is sūðerne, auster ġehāten, sē āstyreð wolcnu, ⁊ ligettas, ⁊ mistlice cwyld blǣwð geond ðās eorðan.",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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          "destruction"
        ]
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/kwild/"
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      "ipa": "[kwiɫd]"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mancwealm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wōl"
    }
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      "form": "cwildas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cwild",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "cwildes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwilda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwilde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwildum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwyld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwield",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "g3": "",
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There are four headwinds. The first is the eastern wind, called subsolanus, because it blows from where the sun rises, and is very moderate. The second headwind is southern, called auster, which stirs up clouds, and lightnings, and blows various plagues around the earth.",
          "text": "c. 994, Ælfric, On the Twelve Winds\nFēower heafodwindas synd. Sē fyrmesta is ēasterne wind, subsolanus ġehāten, for þām ðe hē blæwð frām ðǣre sunnan upspringe, ⁊ ys swyðe ġemetegod. Sē ōðer heafodwind is sūðerne, auster ġehāten, sē āstyreð wolcnu, ⁊ ligettas, ⁊ mistlice cwyld blǣwð geond ðās eorðan.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/kwild/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kwiɫd]"
    }
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    {
      "word": "mancwealm"
    },
    {
      "word": "wōl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cwild"
}

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