See etan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "eten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: eten, eete, eeten, ete, etin, ethe, ette, æten, etenn (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: eat\nScots: ait, aet, eat, eit, ete\nYola: at, ayth, eight",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: eten, eete, eeten, ete, etin, ethe, ette, æten, etenn (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: eat\nScots: ait, aet, eat, eit, ete\nYola: at, ayth, eight"
}
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*etaną"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₁ed-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.",
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"form": "strong",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "5",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "etan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "etenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "ete",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "itst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "itt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "it",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "etaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣton",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ete",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "et",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "etaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "etende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "eten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeeten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "etan",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "etan<s5>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 13 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "ang",
"name": "Eating",
"orig": "ang:Eating",
"parents": [
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"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "efnetan"
},
{
"word": "ġeetan"
},
{
"word": "þurhetan"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I desire none of those meats which I have renounced; I desire those which I have thought right to eat, when I see them.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nNe lyst mē nāwiht ðāra metta þe ic forhātan habbe, ac mē lyst ðāra þe ic getiohhod habbe tō ætanne, ðonne ic hī gesēo.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to eat"
],
"id": "en-etan-ang-verb-Unr3wQmn",
"links": [
[
"eat",
"eat"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "eata — Northumbrian"
},
{
"word": "eotan"
},
{
"word": "ætan"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈe.tɑn/"
}
],
"word": "etan"
}
{
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{
"word": "efnetan"
},
{
"word": "ġeetan"
},
{
"word": "þurhetan"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "eten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: eten, eete, eeten, ete, etin, ethe, ette, æten, etenn (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: eat\nScots: ait, aet, eat, eit, ete\nYola: at, ayth, eight",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: eten, eete, eeten, ete, etin, ethe, ette, æten, etenn (Early Middle English)\nEnglish: eat\nScots: ait, aet, eat, eit, ete\nYola: at, ayth, eight"
}
],
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*etan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *etan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*etaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *etaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₁ed-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "5",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "etan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "etenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "ete",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "itst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "itt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "it",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "etaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣton",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ete",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ǣten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "et",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "etaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "etende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "eten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeeten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "etan",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "etan<s5>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"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 verbs",
"Pages with 13 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"ang:Eating"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "I desire none of those meats which I have renounced; I desire those which I have thought right to eat, when I see them.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nNe lyst mē nāwiht ðāra metta þe ic forhātan habbe, ac mē lyst ðāra þe ic getiohhod habbe tō ætanne, ðonne ic hī gesēo.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to eat"
],
"links": [
[
"eat",
"eat"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈe.tɑn/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "eata — Northumbrian"
},
{
"word": "eotan"
},
{
"word": "ætan"
}
],
"word": "etan"
}
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