"fæmne" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfæːm.ne/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā (“girl”), related to (but not directly cognate with) Old Saxon fēmea, fēhmia, West Frisian faam, Icelandic feima (“maiden”). Unrelated to Latin fēmina (“female, woman”), and probably also to Latin famula (“female servant”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*faimnijā|t=girl}} Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā (“girl”), {{cog|osx|fēmea}} Old Saxon fēmea, {{cog|fy|faam|}} West Frisian faam, {{cog|is|feima||maiden}} Icelandic feima (“maiden”), {{noncog|la|fēmina||female, woman}} Latin fēmina (“female, woman”), {{noncog|la|famula||female servant}} Latin famula (“female servant”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=fǣmne|head2=|sort=}} fǣmne f, {{ang-noun|f|head=fǣmne}} fǣmne f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-f|fǣmn}}, {{ang-decl-noun|fǣmne|fǣmnan|fǣmnan|fǣmnan|fǣmnan|fǣmnena|fǣmnan|fǣmnum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: fǣmne [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], fǣmne [nominative, singular], fǣmnan [nominative, plural], fǣmnan [accusative, singular], fǣmnan [accusative, plural], fǣmnan [genitive, singular], fǣmnena [genitive, plural], fǣmnan [dative, singular], fǣmnum [dative, plural]
  1. virgin Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-fæmne-ang-noun-QJjhqI~3 Disambiguation of Female people: 53 47 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: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. young woman Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-fæmne-ang-noun-5ff0cuvN Disambiguation of Female people: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fēmne Derived forms: fǣmnhād (english: virginity), fǣmnlīċ (english: virginal)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "virginity",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "female servant"
      },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmnena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fǣmnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fǣmne f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
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      },
      "expansion": "fǣmne f",
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        "3": "fǣmnan",
        "4": "fǣmnan",
        "5": "fǣmnan",
        "6": "fǣmnena",
        "7": "fǣmnan",
        "8": "fǣmnum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
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        },
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            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "virgin"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "virgin",
          "virgin"
        ]
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    },
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            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "young woman"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæːm.ne/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fēmne"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fæmne"
}
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    "Old English feminine n-stem nouns",
    "Old English feminine nouns",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Female people"
  ],
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      "english": "virginity",
      "word": "fǣmnhād"
    },
    {
      "english": "virginal",
      "word": "fǣmnlīċ"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "4": "maiden"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "female, woman"
      },
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      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "famula",
        "3": "",
        "4": "female servant"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin famula (“female servant”)",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "fǣmne",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmnena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fǣmnan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    }
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        "3": "fǣmnan",
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        "5": "fǣmnan",
        "6": "fǣmnena",
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "virgin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "virgin",
          "virgin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "young woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfæːm.ne/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fēmne"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fæmne"
}

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