Simplified Structure of an OED Entry with Commonly Occurring Tags
Region names used by the search engine are equal to the corresponding tag identifiers, but preceded by a dollar sign ($).
For example, $e refers to entries, $hw to headword lemmata, and $etym to etymologies.
Additional regions are defined as follows: $sq refers to subsidiary quotations;
$eq refers to the first (non-square-bracketed) quotation in each entry.
Entry <e> or <e st=...> Headword Group <hg> Headword Lemma <hw>...</hw> IPA Pronunciation <pr><ph>...</ph></pr> Part of Speech <ps>...</ps> Homonym Number <hm>...</hm> </hg> Variant From List <vfl> Variant Date <vd>...</vd> Variant Form <vf>...</vf> </vfl> Etymology <etym> Cited Form <cf>...</cf> Sub-Etymology <et>...</et> </etym> Sense (nested) <s0 sn=...><s1 sn=...>...<s7n sn=...> Label <la> Italic Lemma <il>...</il> Quotation Paragraph <qp> Quote <q> Date <qd>...</qd> Author <a>...</a> Work <w>...</w> Text <qt>...</qt> </q> </qp> Sub-Entry <sub> Bold Lemma <bl>...</bl> Pseudo Quotation Paragraph <qp><pqp><q>...</q></pqp></qp> Combinations Block <cb><sub>...</sub></cb> Derivatives Block <db><sub>...<sub></db> </sub> </s7n>...</s1></S0> Cross-Reference <xr> Cross-Reference Headword <x>...</x> Cross-Reference Date <xd>...</xd> Cross-Reference Italic Sub-Headword <xi>...</xi> Relative Cross-Reference <rx>...</rx> </xr> </e>