"scealc" meaning in Old English

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Noun

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *skalk, from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, “slave, servant”) and Old High German skalk (“serf”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*skalk}} Proto-West Germanic *skalk, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*skalkaz}} Proto-Germanic *skalkaz, {{cog|got|𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃|t=slave, servant}} Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, “slave, servant”), {{cog|goh|skalk|t=serf}} Old High German skalk (“serf”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=sċealc|head2=|sort=}} sċealc m, {{ang-noun|m|head=sċealc}} sċealc m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|sċealc}}, {{ang-decl-noun|sċealc|sċealcas|sċealc|sċealcas|sċealces|sċealca|sċealce|sċealcum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: sċealc [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], sċealc [nominative, singular], sċealcas [nominative, plural], sċealc [accusative, singular], sċealcas [accusative, plural], sċealces [genitive, singular], sċealca [genitive, plural], sċealce [dative, singular], sċealcum [dative, plural]
  1. servant
    Sense id: en-scealc-ang-noun-KVryxVxx Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. man, soldier, sailor
    Sense id: en-scealc-ang-noun-7WnyTWD0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ambehtsċealc (english: official servant) [masculine], bēorsċealc (english: beer-servant, butler) [masculine], freoþosċealc (english: minister of peace) [masculine]
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "official servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambehtsċealc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "beer-servant, butler",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bēorsċealc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "minister of peace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "freoþosċealc"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "schalk"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: schalk, scalk, schalke, schalkke, shalk\nEnglish: shalk\nMiddle Scots: schalk, schak, schaik",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: schalk, scalk, schalke, schalkke, shalk\nEnglish: shalk\nMiddle Scots: schalk, schak, schaik"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*skalk"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skalk",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skalkaz"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃",
        "t": "slave, servant"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, “slave, servant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "skalk",
        "t": "serf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German skalk (“serf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *skalk, from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, “slave, servant”) and Old High German skalk (“serf”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sċealc",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealcas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealcas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealces",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "sċealc",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sċealc m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "sċealc"
      },
      "expansion": "sċealc m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċealc"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċealc",
        "2": "sċealcas",
        "3": "sċealc",
        "4": "sċealcas",
        "5": "sċealces",
        "6": "sċealca",
        "7": "sċealce",
        "8": "sċealcum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "servant"
      ],
      "id": "en-scealc-ang-noun-KVryxVxx",
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "man, soldier, sailor"
      ],
      "id": "en-scealc-ang-noun-7WnyTWD0",
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "soldier",
          "soldier"
        ],
        [
          "sailor",
          "sailor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "scealc"
}
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "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",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "official servant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambehtsċealc"
    },
    {
      "english": "beer-servant, butler",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bēorsċealc"
    },
    {
      "english": "minister of peace",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "freoþosċealc"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "schalk"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: schalk, scalk, schalke, schalkke, shalk\nEnglish: shalk\nMiddle Scots: schalk, schak, schaik",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: schalk, scalk, schalke, schalkke, shalk\nEnglish: shalk\nMiddle Scots: schalk, schak, schaik"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*skalk"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skalk",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skalkaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skalkaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃",
        "t": "slave, servant"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, “slave, servant”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "skalk",
        "t": "serf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German skalk (“serf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *skalk, from Proto-Germanic *skalkaz. Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 (skalks, “slave, servant”) and Old High German skalk (“serf”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sċealc",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealcas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealcas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealces",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċealcum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "sċealc",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "head": "sċealc"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sċealc"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċealc",
        "2": "sċealcas",
        "3": "sċealc",
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        "5": "sċealces",
        "6": "sċealca",
        "7": "sċealce",
        "8": "sċealcum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "servant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "man, soldier, sailor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "soldier",
          "soldier"
        ],
        [
          "sailor",
          "sailor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "scealc"
}

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