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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "servant",
"word": "ambehtmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "serf",
"word": "æhtemann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "beggar",
"word": "ælmesmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "empty",
"word": "ǣmenne"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "sailor, pirate",
"word": "æsċmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "sailor",
"word": "brimmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "man, male",
"word": "carlmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "merchant",
"word": "ċēapmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Christian"
],
"word": "crīstenmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "heretic",
"word": "dwolmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "leader",
"word": "ealdormann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "person living at the last age of the world",
"word": "endemann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "foot soldier",
"word": "feþemann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "soldier",
"word": "fierdmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "enemy",
"word": "fēondmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "worshipper, clergy member, prayer-man",
"word": "ġebēdmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "heretic",
"word": "ġedwolmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "orator, councilor",
"word": "ġemōtmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "captain, leader",
"word": "hēafodmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "subordinate, listener",
"word": "hīeremann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "centurion",
"word": "hundredmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "player, athlete",
"word": "pleġmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "leader",
"word": "lādmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "disciple",
"word": "lǣringmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "student, pupil, scholar",
"word": "leornungmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "sailor",
"word": "lidmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "man"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "plague",
"word": "mancwealm"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "humanity",
"word": "mancynn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "nobly",
"word": "manlīċe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "the human form",
"word": "mannlīċa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to man",
"word": "mannian"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to murder, kill",
"word": "manslaga"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "murder",
"word": "mansleġe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "murder, killing",
"word": "mansliht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "kidnapper",
"word": "manþēof"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "maiden, virgin",
"word": "mæġdenmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "human",
"word": "mennisċ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "human being",
"word": "mennisċ mann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "monk",
"word": "mynstermann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "neighbor",
"word": "nēahmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "Scandinavian",
"word": "Norþmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "citizen",
"word": "portmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "advisor, steward",
"word": "rǣdesmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "sailor",
"word": "sċipmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "leader or resident of a shire",
"word": "sċīrmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "scholar",
"word": "scōlmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "steersman",
"word": "stēormann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "steersman",
"word": "stēoresmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "southerner",
"word": "sūþmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "townsmann, villager",
"word": "tūnmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "attendant, servant, thane",
"word": "þeġnungmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "chiliarch",
"word": "þūsendealdormann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"non-human"
],
"word": "unmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "male, man",
"word": "wǣpnedmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "guard",
"word": "weardmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "worker, workman",
"word": "weorcmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "woman",
"word": "wīfmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "fugitive",
"word": "wræcmann"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "mon"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: mon, man, manne, mæn, monne\nEnglish: man, -man (see there for further descendants)\nScots: man\nYola: man",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: mon, man, manne, mæn, monne\nEnglish: man, -man (see there for further descendants)\nScots: man\nYola: man"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mann"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mann",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mann-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mann-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "mon"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian mon",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "mann"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon mann",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "man"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch man",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "man"
},
"expansion": "Old High German man",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "maðr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse maðr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with Old Frisian mon, Old Saxon mann, Old Dutch man, Old High German man, Old Norse maðr, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "menn",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-cons-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "mann",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "menn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mann",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "menn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mannes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "manna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "menn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mannum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "nouns",
"3": "nominative plural",
"4": "menn",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mann m (nominative plural menn)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "menn"
},
"expansion": "mann m (nominative plural menn)",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ċild"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wīf"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "mann",
"2": "menn"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-cons-m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "mann",
"2": "menn",
"3": "mann",
"4": "menn",
"5": "mannes",
"6": "manna",
"7": "menn",
"8": "mannum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong consonant stem"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "folc"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "One is a person through other people.",
"text": "Man biþ mann þurh ōðre menn.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "We humans were forged in the bellies of ancient stars.",
"text": "Wē menn wǣron on wambum ġesmiðode ealdra steorrena.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "A person is either male or female.",
"text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nǢġðer is mann ġe wer ġe wīf.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "In the beginning, God created two human beings, a man and a woman.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Midlent Sunday\"\nGod ġesċōp æt fruman twēġen menn, wer and wīf.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "She always remembered that we all came from two people.",
"text": "11th century, anonymous fragment of a Life of Saint Mildred\nWæs hēo swīðe ġemyndgu þæt wē eall of twām mannum cōmon.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Then he said, \"Do you know what a person is?\" So I said, \"I know it's a soul and a body.\"",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞā cwæþ hē, \"Wāst þū hwæt mann sīe?\" Þā cwæþ iċ, \"Iċ wāt þæt hit biþ sāwol and līchama.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.",
"text": "\"The Wife's Lament\"\nOngunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they didn't know until the flood came and took them all.",
"roman": "On þǣm dagum ǣr þǣm flōde wǣron menn etende and drincende, and wīfiġende and ġifte sellende, ōþ þone dæġ þe Nōe on þā earċe ēode, and hīe nysson ǣr sē flōd cōm and nam hīe ealle.",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 24:38-39",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"person"
],
"id": "en-mann-ang-noun-OKgeh-eW",
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Man is a wolf to man.",
"text": "Mann biþ menn wulf.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "There are things in the world man was never meant to know.",
"text": "Þing sind on weorolde þe sē mann nǣfre witan ne sċolde.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "God created man in his image.",
"roman": "God ġesċōp mann tō his anlīcnesse.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, translation of Genesis 1:27",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Man has something in common with all of creation.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Sermon on the Lord's Ascension\"\nSē mann hæfþ sum þing ġemǣne mid ealre ġesċeafte.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"man meaning mankind"
],
"id": "en-mann-ang-noun-0-RUh8is",
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[
"man",
"man"
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[
"mankind",
"mankind"
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],
"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
{
"glosses": [
"man meaning adult male"
],
"id": "en-mann-ang-noun-bCawEeIH",
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"man",
"man"
],
[
"adult",
"adult"
],
[
"male",
"male"
]
],
"qualifier": "rare or non-literary",
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"(rare or non-literary) man meaning adult male"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Undetermined terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "12 23 13 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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],
"glosses": [
"the rune ᛗ, representing the sound /m/"
],
"id": "en-mann-ang-noun-D9wvY0Tx",
"links": [
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"ᛗ",
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],
"tags": [
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}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɔnn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[mɔn]"
}
],
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"word": "guma"
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{
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"roman": "m",
"word": "ᛗ"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "man"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "monn"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "mon"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "manna"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:mann",
"word": "carlmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:mann",
"tags": [
"poetic"
],
"word": "ielde pl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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"tags": [
"poetic"
],
"word": "rinc"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:mann",
"tags": [
"poetic"
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"word": "seċġ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:mann",
"word": "wǣpnedmann"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:mann",
"word": "wer"
}
],
"word": "mann"
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"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English masculine nouns",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"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 Saxon entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Saxon lemmas",
"Old Saxon masculine nouns",
"Old Saxon nouns",
"Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
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"derived": [
{
"english": "servant",
"word": "ambehtmann"
},
{
"english": "serf",
"word": "æhtemann"
},
{
"english": "beggar",
"word": "ælmesmann"
},
{
"english": "empty",
"word": "ǣmenne"
},
{
"english": "sailor, pirate",
"word": "æsċmann"
},
{
"english": "sailor",
"word": "brimmann"
},
{
"english": "man, male",
"word": "carlmann"
},
{
"english": "merchant",
"word": "ċēapmann"
},
{
"tags": [
"Christian"
],
"word": "crīstenmann"
},
{
"english": "heretic",
"word": "dwolmann"
},
{
"english": "leader",
"word": "ealdormann"
},
{
"english": "person living at the last age of the world",
"word": "endemann"
},
{
"english": "foot soldier",
"word": "feþemann"
},
{
"english": "soldier",
"word": "fierdmann"
},
{
"english": "enemy",
"word": "fēondmann"
},
{
"english": "worshipper, clergy member, prayer-man",
"word": "ġebēdmann"
},
{
"english": "heretic",
"word": "ġedwolmann"
},
{
"english": "orator, councilor",
"word": "ġemōtmann"
},
{
"english": "captain, leader",
"word": "hēafodmann"
},
{
"english": "subordinate, listener",
"word": "hīeremann"
},
{
"english": "centurion",
"word": "hundredmann"
},
{
"english": "player, athlete",
"word": "pleġmann"
},
{
"english": "leader",
"word": "lādmann"
},
{
"english": "disciple",
"word": "lǣringmann"
},
{
"english": "student, pupil, scholar",
"word": "leornungmann"
},
{
"english": "sailor",
"word": "lidmann"
},
{
"word": "man"
},
{
"english": "plague",
"word": "mancwealm"
},
{
"english": "humanity",
"word": "mancynn"
},
{
"english": "nobly",
"word": "manlīċe"
},
{
"english": "the human form",
"word": "mannlīċa"
},
{
"english": "to man",
"word": "mannian"
},
{
"english": "to murder, kill",
"word": "manslaga"
},
{
"english": "murder",
"word": "mansleġe"
},
{
"english": "murder, killing",
"word": "mansliht"
},
{
"english": "kidnapper",
"word": "manþēof"
},
{
"english": "maiden, virgin",
"word": "mæġdenmann"
},
{
"english": "human",
"word": "mennisċ"
},
{
"english": "human being",
"word": "mennisċ mann"
},
{
"english": "monk",
"word": "mynstermann"
},
{
"english": "neighbor",
"word": "nēahmann"
},
{
"english": "Scandinavian",
"word": "Norþmann"
},
{
"english": "citizen",
"word": "portmann"
},
{
"english": "advisor, steward",
"word": "rǣdesmann"
},
{
"english": "sailor",
"word": "sċipmann"
},
{
"english": "leader or resident of a shire",
"word": "sċīrmann"
},
{
"english": "scholar",
"word": "scōlmann"
},
{
"english": "steersman",
"word": "stēormann"
},
{
"english": "steersman",
"word": "stēoresmann"
},
{
"english": "southerner",
"word": "sūþmann"
},
{
"english": "townsmann, villager",
"word": "tūnmann"
},
{
"english": "attendant, servant, thane",
"word": "þeġnungmann"
},
{
"english": "chiliarch",
"word": "þūsendealdormann"
},
{
"tags": [
"non-human"
],
"word": "unmann"
},
{
"english": "male, man",
"word": "wǣpnedmann"
},
{
"english": "guard",
"word": "weardmann"
},
{
"english": "worker, workman",
"word": "weorcmann"
},
{
"english": "woman",
"word": "wīfmann"
},
{
"english": "fugitive",
"word": "wræcmann"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "mon"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: mon, man, manne, mæn, monne\nEnglish: man, -man (see there for further descendants)\nScots: man\nYola: man",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: mon, man, manne, mæn, monne\nEnglish: man, -man (see there for further descendants)\nScots: man\nYola: man"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mann"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mann",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mann-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mann-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "mon"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian mon",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "mann"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon mann",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "man"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch man",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "man"
},
"expansion": "Old High German man",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "maðr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse maðr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with Old Frisian mon, Old Saxon mann, Old Dutch man, Old High German man, Old Norse maðr, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "menn",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-cons-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "mann",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "menn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mann",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "menn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mannes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "manna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "menn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "mannum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "nominative plural",
"4": "menn",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "mann m (nominative plural menn)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "menn"
},
"expansion": "mann m (nominative plural menn)",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"word": "ċild"
},
{
"word": "wer"
},
{
"word": "wīf"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mann",
"2": "menn"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-cons-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mann",
"2": "menn",
"3": "mann",
"4": "menn",
"5": "mannes",
"6": "manna",
"7": "menn",
"8": "mannum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong consonant stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "folc"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Old English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "One is a person through other people.",
"text": "Man biþ mann þurh ōðre menn.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "We humans were forged in the bellies of ancient stars.",
"text": "Wē menn wǣron on wambum ġesmiðode ealdra steorrena.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "A person is either male or female.",
"text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nǢġðer is mann ġe wer ġe wīf.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "In the beginning, God created two human beings, a man and a woman.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Midlent Sunday\"\nGod ġesċōp æt fruman twēġen menn, wer and wīf.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "She always remembered that we all came from two people.",
"text": "11th century, anonymous fragment of a Life of Saint Mildred\nWæs hēo swīðe ġemyndgu þæt wē eall of twām mannum cōmon.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Then he said, \"Do you know what a person is?\" So I said, \"I know it's a soul and a body.\"",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of The Consolation of Philosophy\nÞā cwæþ hē, \"Wāst þū hwæt mann sīe?\" Þā cwæþ iċ, \"Iċ wāt þæt hit biþ sāwol and līchama.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "The person's relatives began to think of a secret plan to separate us.",
"text": "\"The Wife's Lament\"\nOngunnon þæt þæs mannes māgas hyċġan þurh dierne ġeþōht þæt hīe tōdǣlden unc.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they didn't know until the flood came and took them all.",
"roman": "On þǣm dagum ǣr þǣm flōde wǣron menn etende and drincende, and wīfiġende and ġifte sellende, ōþ þone dæġ þe Nōe on þā earċe ēode, and hīe nysson ǣr sē flōd cōm and nam hīe ealle.",
"text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 24:38-39",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"person"
],
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Old English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Man is a wolf to man.",
"text": "Mann biþ menn wulf.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "There are things in the world man was never meant to know.",
"text": "Þing sind on weorolde þe sē mann nǣfre witan ne sċolde.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "God created man in his image.",
"roman": "God ġesċōp mann tō his anlīcnesse.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, translation of Genesis 1:27",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Man has something in common with all of creation.",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Sermon on the Lord's Ascension\"\nSē mann hæfþ sum þing ġemǣne mid ealre ġesċeafte.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"man meaning mankind"
],
"links": [
[
"man",
"man"
],
[
"mankind",
"mankind"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"man meaning adult male"
],
"links": [
[
"man",
"man"
],
[
"adult",
"adult"
],
[
"male",
"male"
]
],
"qualifier": "rare or non-literary",
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare or non-literary) man meaning adult male"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Undetermined terms with redundant script codes"
],
"glosses": [
"the rune ᛗ, representing the sound /m/"
],
"links": [
[
"ᛗ",
"ᛗ"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɔnn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[mɔn]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "guma"
},
{
"roman": "m",
"word": "ᛗ"
},
{
"word": "man"
},
{
"word": "monn"
},
{
"word": "mon"
},
{
"word": "manna"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:mann",
"word": "carlmann"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:mann",
"tags": [
"poetic"
],
"word": "ielde pl"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:mann",
"tags": [
"poetic"
],
"word": "rinc"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:mann",
"tags": [
"poetic"
],
"word": "seċġ"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:mann",
"word": "wǣpnedmann"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:mann",
"word": "wer"
}
],
"word": "mann"
}
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