class_type - archaic

Lexical entries that contain variants with class_type=archaic are those with a variant no longer used as a common form of a lexical item. These terms may have more modern equivalents within the same entry ("cold" as a synonym of the archaic "colde") or in separate lexical entries entirely ("the" as a synonym of the archaic "ye"). In either case, only the spelling variants which are archaic are tagged as such. The syntax is class_type=archaic|arg1.

where:

• The argument of the archaic|arg1 codes are:
  • arg1: base form

• Example:
  •     class_type=archaic|colde