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{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "elne"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: elne, elle, ellen, eln, ellyn\nEnglish: ell\nScots: elne, ellne, eln, el, ell",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: elne, elle, ellen, eln, ellyn\nEnglish: ell\nScots: elne, ellne, eln, el, ell"
}
],
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{
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"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*alinu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *alinu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "elina"
},
"expansion": "Old High German elina",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "öln"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse öln",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ulna"
},
"expansion": "Latin ulna",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *alinu, whence also Old High German elina, Old Norse öln. Cognate with Latin ulna.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "eln",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "elna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "elne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "elne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "elna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "elne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "elne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "elna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "elne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "elnum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "eln f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "eln f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "eln"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "eln",
"2": "elna,elne",
"3": "elne",
"4": "elna,elne",
"5": "elne",
"6": "elna",
"7": "elne",
"8": "elnum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong ō-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "...and the wall was twenty feet thick, and forty cubits tall...",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\n...⁊ sē weall wæs XX fōta þicce, ⁊ XL elna hēah...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ell, cubit"
],
"id": "en-eln-ang-noun-flFfJ0GD",
"links": [
[
"ell",
"ell"
],
[
"cubit",
"cubit"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/eln/"
},
{
"ipa": "[eɫn]"
}
],
"word": "eln"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "elne"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: elne, elle, ellen, eln, ellyn\nEnglish: ell\nScots: elne, ellne, eln, el, ell",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: elne, elle, ellen, eln, ellyn\nEnglish: ell\nScots: elne, ellne, eln, el, ell"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*alinu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *alinu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "elina"
},
"expansion": "Old High German elina",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "öln"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse öln",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ulna"
},
"expansion": "Latin ulna",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *alinu, whence also Old High German elina, Old Norse öln. Cognate with Latin ulna.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "eln",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "elna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "elne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "elne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "elna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "elne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "elne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "elna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "elne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "elnum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "eln f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "eln f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eln"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "eln",
"2": "elna,elne",
"3": "elne",
"4": "elna,elne",
"5": "elne",
"6": "elna",
"7": "elne",
"8": "elnum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong ō-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English feminine nouns",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"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 quotations",
"Old English ō-stem nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "...and the wall was twenty feet thick, and forty cubits tall...",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\n...⁊ sē weall wæs XX fōta þicce, ⁊ XL elna hēah...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ell, cubit"
],
"links": [
[
"ell",
"ell"
],
[
"cubit",
"cubit"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/eln/"
},
{
"ipa": "[eɫn]"
}
],
"word": "eln"
}
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