"is" meaning in Old English

See is in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /iːs/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *īsą. See there for more. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*īsą}} Proto-Germanic *īsą Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=īs|sort=}} īs n, {{ang-noun|n|head=īs}} īs n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|īs}}, {{ang-decl-noun|īs|īs|īs|īs|īses|īsa|īse|īsum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: īs [canonical, neuter], strong [table-tags], īs [nominative, singular], īs [nominative, plural], īs [accusative, singular], īs [accusative, plural], īses [genitive, singular], īsa [genitive, plural], īse [dative, singular], īsum [dative, plural]
  1. ice
    Sense id: en-is-ang-noun-TLCyUMYl
  2. the runic character ᛁ (/i/ or /i:/)
    Sense id: en-is-ang-noun-qsQvVWsj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: īsċeald, īsiġ, īsearn
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /is/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *ist, from Proto-Germanic *isti (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*ist}} Proto-West Germanic *ist, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*isti}} Proto-Germanic *isti, {{der|ang|gem-pro|*wesaną||to be}} Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”), {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*h₁ésti||is}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”) Head templates: {{head|ang|verb form}} is
  1. third-person singular present indicative of wesan Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: wesan Synonyms: ys, ᛁᛋ (english: Near Fakenham plaque)
    Sense id: en-is-ang-verb-HhpauuNR Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 1 16 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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