damsel

«damsel» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: girl, young woman — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

girl, young woman

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A young unmarried woman or girl. tree →

how it differs from today

Today it is used only in old stories; we say "girl" or "young woman." The sentences use the old word.

examples

• And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words. (Torah GEN.24.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• The live-long night the damsel sobbed and sang: (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
• And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.' (Torah GEN.24.57, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

damsel

tests

manual 10.3; corpora 75 (Torah 23, tales 52, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 8.5 (Torah alone 53.7); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words.
• And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.'
• And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man.
• And his soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel.
• And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying: 'Get me this damsel to wife.'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «damsel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.