"to" meaning in Old English

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Adverb

IPA: /toː/ Forms: tō [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *de, *do (“to”). Cognate with Old Saxon tō (“to”), Old High German zuo (“to”), Old Irish do. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*tō}} Proto-Germanic *tō, {{m|gem-pro|*ta||to}} *ta (“to”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*de}} Proto-Indo-European *de, {{m|ine-pro|*do||to}} *do (“to”), {{cog|osx|tō||to}} Old Saxon tō (“to”), {{cog|goh|zuo||to}} Old High German zuo (“to”), {{cog|sga|do}} Old Irish do Head templates: {{ang-adv|tō}} tō
  1. besides
    Sense id: en-to-ang-adv-dFyTJsbp
  2. in addition, also, too; moreover
    Sense id: en-to-ang-adv-2acBHGT7 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English prepositions Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 1 54 11 2 0 0 25 6 Disambiguation of Old English prepositions: 5 33 9 6 4 0 33 10
  3. to an excessive degree; too
    Sense id: en-to-ang-adv-k4oxF9jb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ti — Northumbrian

Preposition

IPA: /toː/ Forms: tō [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *tō, *ta (“to”), from Proto-Indo-European *de, *do (“to”). Cognate with Old Saxon tō (“to”), Old High German zuo (“to”), Old Irish do. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*tō}} Proto-Germanic *tō, {{m|gem-pro|*ta||to}} *ta (“to”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*de}} Proto-Indo-European *de, {{m|ine-pro|*do||to}} *do (“to”), {{cog|osx|tō||to}} Old Saxon tō (“to”), {{cog|goh|zuo||to}} Old High German zuo (“to”), {{cog|sga|do}} Old Irish do Head templates: {{head|ang|preposition|head=tō|sort=}} tō, {{ang-prep|head=tō}} tō
  1. to, into
    Sense id: en-to-ang-prep-cyhoeAEL
  2. towards
    Sense id: en-to-ang-prep-lBxB~72m
  3. at
    Sense id: en-to-ang-prep-sda5G2fC
  4. (grammar) used to mark the infinitive (supine) of the verb Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-to-ang-prep-ixKfqb92 Categories (other): Old English prepositions Disambiguation of Old English prepositions: 5 33 9 6 4 0 33 10 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. as (In the role of)
    Sense id: en-to-ang-prep-VAtHa6el
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ti — Northumbrian

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          "text": "þā nam ic hīe tō wīfe",
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  "word": "to"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.