"ent" meaning in Old English

See ent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ent/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *anti, from unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*anti}} Proto-West Germanic *anti, {{unk|ang|title=unknown}} unknown Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} ent m, {{ang-noun|m}} ent m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-m|ent}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ent|entas|ent|entas|entes|enta|ente|entum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ent [nominative, singular], entas [nominative, plural], ent [accusative, singular], entas [accusative, plural], entes [genitive, singular], enta [genitive, plural], ente [dative, singular], entum [dative, plural]
  1. giant Tags: masculine Synonyms: eoten, þyrs Derived forms: entisċ
    Sense id: en-ent-ang-noun-CxMuovbN Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "eont"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: eont",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: eont"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ent",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ent",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ent"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*anti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *anti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "title": "unknown"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *anti, from unknown origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-i-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ente",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ent m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "ent m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ent"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-i-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ent",
        "2": "entas",
        "3": "ent",
        "4": "entas",
        "5": "entes",
        "6": "enta",
        "7": "ente",
        "8": "entum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-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 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "entisċ"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world\nuntil works of old giants, lacking of\ncitizens' noises, stood empty.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend\noþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase\neald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giant"
      ],
      "id": "en-ent-ang-noun-CxMuovbN",
      "links": [
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "eoten"
        },
        {
          "word": "þyrs"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ent/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ent"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "entisċ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "eont"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: eont",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: eont"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ent",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ent",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ent"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*anti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *anti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "title": "unknown"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *anti, from unknown origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-i-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ent",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ente",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "entum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ent m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "ent m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ent"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-i-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ent",
        "2": "entas",
        "3": "ent",
        "4": "entas",
        "5": "entes",
        "6": "enta",
        "7": "ente",
        "8": "entum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong i-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English i-stem nouns",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Old English terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Thus, Creator of men was destroying this world\nuntil works of old giants, lacking of\ncitizens' noises, stood empty.",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Ȳþde swā þisne eardġeard · ælda Sċyppend\noþþæt burgwara · breahtma lēase\neald enta ġeweorc · īdlu stōdon.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ent/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "eoten"
    },
    {
      "word": "þyrs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ent"
}

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