pil in Old English

IPA: /piːl/ Forms: pīl [canonical, masculine] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *pīl, from Latin pīlum. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*pīl}} Proto-West Germanic *pīl, {{der|ang|la|pīlum}} Latin pīlum Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=pīl|head2=|sort=}} pīl m, {{ang-noun|m|head=pīl}} pīl m

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pile",
            "id": "weapon"
          },
          "expansion": "English: pile",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: pile"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*pīl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *pīl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pīlum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pīlum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *pīl, from Latin pīlum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pīl",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "pīl",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "pīl m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "pīl"
      },
      "expansion": "pīl m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 30 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "ang:Weapons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pointed stick"
      ],
      "id": "en-pil-ang-noun-eVfbjZ0L",
      "links": [
        [
          "pointed",
          "pointed"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/piːl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pil"
}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pile",
            "id": "weapon"
          },
          "expansion": "English: pile",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: pile"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*pīl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *pīl",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pīlum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pīlum",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *pīl, from Latin pīlum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pīl",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "pīl",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "pīl m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "pīl"
      },
      "expansion": "pīl m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Latin",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 30 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Weapons"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pointed stick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pointed",
          "pointed"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/piːl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pil"
}

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"pil" meaning in Old English

Noun