"degan" meaning in Old High German

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Noun

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*þegn}} Proto-West Germanic *þegn, {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*þegnaz}} Proto-Germanic *þegnaz Head templates: {{head|goh|noun|||||g=m|g2=|head=dëgan|sort=}} dëgan m, {{goh-noun|m|head=dëgan}} dëgan m Inflection templates: {{goh-decl-noun-a-m|dëgan}} Forms: dëgan [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], dëgan [nominative, singular], dëgana [nominative, plural], dëgan [accusative, singular], dëgana [accusative, plural], dëganes [genitive, singular], dëgano [genitive, plural], dëgane [dative, singular], dëganum [dative, plural], dëganu [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural]
  1. retainer, thane, warrior Categories (topical): Occupations, War Derived forms: deganheit, degankind, deganlīhho, deganōn, deganspenta, guotdegan
    Sense id: en-degan-goh-noun-GBmAkzDO Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "dëgen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: dëgen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: dëgen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Degen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Degen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Degen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*þegn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *þegn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*þegnaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þegnaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dëgan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëganes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgano",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëganum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëganu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "dëgan",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dëgan m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "dëgan"
      },
      "expansion": "dëgan m",
      "name": "goh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dëgan"
      },
      "name": "goh-decl-noun-a-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "goh",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "goh:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "goh",
          "name": "War",
          "orig": "goh:War",
          "parents": [
            "Conflict",
            "Military",
            "Violence",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Society",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "deganheit"
        },
        {
          "word": "degankind"
        },
        {
          "word": "deganlīhho"
        },
        {
          "word": "deganōn"
        },
        {
          "word": "deganspenta"
        },
        {
          "word": "guotdegan"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "830s, Hildebrandslied […]her was otachre ummet tirri / degano dechisto unti deotrichhe[…]",
          "text": "[…] he was to Odoacer greatly hostile / of thanes, to Theodoric the most loyal […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "retainer, thane, warrior"
      ],
      "id": "en-degan-goh-noun-GBmAkzDO",
      "links": [
        [
          "retainer",
          "retainer"
        ],
        [
          "thane",
          "thane"
        ],
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "degan"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "deganheit"
    },
    {
      "word": "degankind"
    },
    {
      "word": "deganlīhho"
    },
    {
      "word": "deganōn"
    },
    {
      "word": "deganspenta"
    },
    {
      "word": "guotdegan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "dëgen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: dëgen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: dëgen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Degen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Degen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Degen"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*þegn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *þegn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*þegnaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þegnaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *þegn, from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dëgan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëganes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgano",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëgane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëganum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëganu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "dëgan",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dëgan m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "dëgan"
      },
      "expansion": "dëgan m",
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  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dëgan"
      },
      "name": "goh-decl-noun-a-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old High German a-stem nouns",
        "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old High German lemmas",
        "Old High German masculine nouns",
        "Old High German nouns",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old High German terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "goh:Occupations",
        "goh:War"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "830s, Hildebrandslied […]her was otachre ummet tirri / degano dechisto unti deotrichhe[…]",
          "text": "[…] he was to Odoacer greatly hostile / of thanes, to Theodoric the most loyal […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "retainer, thane, warrior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "retainer",
          "retainer"
        ],
        [
          "thane",
          "thane"
        ],
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "degan"
}

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