"oe" meaning in Scots

See oe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /o/, /oe/, /oi/ Forms: oes [plural]
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic ogha, odha. Etymology templates: {{bor|sco|gd|ogha}} Scottish Gaelic ogha Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|oes|||||cat2=|cat3=|checkredlinks=1|head=}} oe (plural oes), {{sco-noun}} oe (plural oes)
  1. (archaic) grandchild (especially illegitimate) Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-oe-sco-noun-3i~Sdb7m Categories (other): Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Scottish Gaelic ogha, odha.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "checkredlinks": "1",
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      },
      "expansion": "oe (plural oes)",
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "oe (plural oes)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 14 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "1833, John Galt, The Howdie: An Autobiography,\nShe tellt me that she wis afeart her oe haed brocht hame her wark, an that she daedna doot they wad be needin the slicht o ma haund.",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "grandchild (especially illegitimate)"
      ],
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          "grandchild",
          "grandchild"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) grandchild (especially illegitimate)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/o/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oi/"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Scottish Gaelic ogha, odha.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "",
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        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "cat3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "oe (plural oes)",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of Scots quotations",
        "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scots lemmas",
        "Scots nouns",
        "Scots terms borrowed from Scottish Gaelic",
        "Scots terms derived from Scottish Gaelic",
        "Scots terms with archaic senses",
        "Scots terms with quotations"
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          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "grandchild (especially illegitimate)"
      ],
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        ]
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      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/o/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oi/"
    }
  ],
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}

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