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gain/English/verb: invalid uppercase tag Western-Armenian not in or uppercase_tags: {"categories": ["English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms derived from Frankish", "English terms derived from Middle English", "English terms derived from Middle French", "English terms derived from Old French", "English terms derived from Old Norse", "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic", "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European", "English terms inherited from Middle English", "English uncountable nouns", "English verbs", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 7 entries", "Pages with entries", "Requests for review of Interlingua translations", "Requests for review of Italian translations", "Requests for review of Korean translations", "Requests for review of Norwegian translations", "Requests for review of Romanian translations", "Requests for review of Telugu translations", "Requests for review of 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"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *waiþiz", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "goh", "2": "weidōn"}, "expansion": "Old High German weidōn", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "de", "2": "Weide", "3": "", "4": "pasture"}, "expansion": "German Weide (“pasture”)", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "non", "2": "veiða", "3": "", "4": "to catch, hunt"}, "expansion": "Old Norse veiða (“to catch, hunt”)", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "ang", "2": "wǣþan", "3": "", "4": "to hunt, chase, pursue"}, "expansion": "Old English wǣþan (“to hunt, chase, pursue”)", "name": "cog"}], "etymology_text": "From Middle English gayn, gain, gein (“profit, advantage”), from Old Norse gagn (“benefit, advantage, use”), from Proto-Germanic *gagną, *gaganą (“gain, profit\", literally \"return”), from Proto-Germanic *gagana (“back, against, in return”), a reduplication of Proto-Germanic *ga- (“with, together”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”).\nCognate with Icelandic gagn (“gain, advantage, use”), Swedish gagn (“benefit, profit”), Danish gavn (“gain, profit, success”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gageigan, “to gain, profit”), Old Norse gegn (“ready”), dialectal Swedish gen (“useful, noteful”), Latin cum (“with”); see gain-, again, against. Compare also Middle English gaynen, geinen (“to be of use, profit, avail”), Icelandic and Swedish gagna (“to avail, help”), Danish gavne (“to benefit”).\nThe Middle English word was reinforced by Middle French gain (“gain, profit, advancement, cultivation”), from Old French gaaing, gaaigne, gaigne, a noun derivative of gaaignier, gaigner (“to till, earn, win”), from Frankish *waiþanōn (“to pasture, graze, hunt for food”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waiþiz, *waiþō, *waiþijō (“pasture, field, hunting ground”); compare Old High German weidōn, weidanōn (“to hunt, forage for food”) (Modern German Weide (“pasture”)), Old Norse veiða (“to catch, hunt”), Old English wǣþan (“to hunt, chase, pursue”). 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"acquire", "word": "skaffa"}, {"code": "te", "lang": "Telugu", "roman": "pondu", "sense": "acquire", "word": "పొందు"}, {"code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "otrýmuvaty", "sense": "acquire", "word": "отри́мувати"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "be more likely to catch", "word": "ta in"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "reach", "word": "sroich"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "reach", "word": "nå"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "napǎlnjavam", "sense": "put on weight", "word": "напълнявам"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "put on weight", "word": "aankomen"}, {"code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "put on weight", "word": "gañar"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "put on weight", "word": "hízik"}, {"code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "put on weight", "word": "cuir suas"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "put on weight", "word": "guadagnare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": 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