læþ in Old English

IPA: /læːθ/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *lēþą (“possession”) Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*lēþą|t=possession}} Proto-Germanic *lēþą (“possession”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} læþ n, {{ang-noun|n}} læþ n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|lǣþ}}, {{ang-decl-noun|lǣþ|lǣþ|lǣþ|lǣþ|lǣþes|lǣþa|lǣþe|lǣþum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], lǣþ [nominative, singular], lǣþ [nominative, plural], lǣþ [accusative, singular], lǣþ [accusative, plural], lǣþes [genitive, singular], lǣþa [genitive, plural], lǣþe [dative, singular], lǣþum [dative, plural]

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      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *lēþą (“possession”)",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "plural"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣþum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "3": "",
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        "5": "",
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        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
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        "type": "strong a-stem"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "land"
      ],
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          "land",
          "land"
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        "neuter"
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        },
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          "_dis": "19 81",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lathe (administrative unit of land)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "lathe",
          "lathe"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/læːθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "læþ"
}

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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *lēþą (“possession”)",
  "forms": [
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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": "lǣþ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣþ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣþ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣþes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣþa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣþe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣþum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "head"
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        "2": "lǣþ",
        "3": "lǣþ",
        "4": "lǣþ",
        "5": "lǣþes",
        "6": "lǣþa",
        "7": "lǣþe",
        "8": "lǣþum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "land"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "land",
          "land"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lathe (administrative unit of land)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lathe",
          "lathe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/læːθ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "læþ"
}

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"læþ" meaning in Old English

Noun