"wale" meaning in Scots

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Noun

IPA: /wel/ Forms: wales [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wal, wale, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”). Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala (“choice”) (German wählen (“to choose”)), Old English willan (“to want”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|wale|wal, wale}} Middle English wal, wale, {{der|sco|non|val||choice}} Old Norse val (“choice”), {{der|sco|gem-pro|*walą}} Proto-Germanic *walą, {{m|gem-pro|*walō||desire, choice}} *walō (“desire, choice”), {{der|sco|ine-pro|*welh₁-||to choose, wish}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”), {{cog|non|velja||to choose}} Old Norse velja (“to choose”), {{cog|goh|wala|t=choice}} Old High German wala (“choice”), {{cog|de|wählen|t=to choose}} German wählen (“to choose”), {{cog|ang|willan||to want}} Old English willan (“to want”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|wales|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} wale (plural wales), {{sco-noun}} wale (plural wales)
  1. choice, selection
    Sense id: en-wale-sco-noun-1Z2-ma9O

Verb

IPA: /wel/ Forms: wales [present, singular, third-person], walin [participle, present], waled [past], waled [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English wal, wale, from Old Norse val (“choice”), from Proto-Germanic *walą, *walō (“desire, choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”). Akin to Old Norse velja (“to choose”), Old High German wala (“choice”) (German wählen (“to choose”)), Old English willan (“to want”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|wale|wal, wale}} Middle English wal, wale, {{der|sco|non|val||choice}} Old Norse val (“choice”), {{der|sco|gem-pro|*walą}} Proto-Germanic *walą, {{m|gem-pro|*walō||desire, choice}} *walō (“desire, choice”), {{der|sco|ine-pro|*welh₁-||to choose, wish}} Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”), {{cog|non|velja||to choose}} Old Norse velja (“to choose”), {{cog|goh|wala|t=choice}} Old High German wala (“choice”), {{cog|de|wählen|t=to choose}} German wählen (“to choose”), {{cog|ang|willan||to want}} Old English willan (“to want”) Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|wales|present participle|walin|simple past|waled|past participle|waled|head=}} wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle walin, simple past waled, past participle waled), {{sco-verb|wales|walin|waled}} wale (third-person singular simple present wales, present participle walin, simple past waled, past participle waled)
  1. to choose
    Sense id: en-wale-sco-verb-icCivRd5 Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 38 62

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wale meaning in Scots (4.8kB)

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