See man in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mainą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mainą",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *mainą.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mān",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "mann",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "mān",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mān n",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"head": "mān"
},
"expansion": "mān n",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"crime, sin, wickedness"
],
"links": [
[
"crime",
"crime"
],
[
"sin",
"sin"
],
[
"wickedness",
"wickedness"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɔn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔnn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[mɔn]"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔːn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔn/"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɔnn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[mɔn]"
}
],
"word": "man"
}
Download raw JSONL data for man meaning in Old English (9.3kB)
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"path": [
"man"
],
"section": "Old English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "man",
"trace": ""
}
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],
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"subsection": "noun",
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"path": [
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"section": "Old English",
"subsection": "noun",
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"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-09-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-23 using wiktextract (20da82b and a97feda). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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