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"a female given name"
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"given name"
]
],
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"feminine",
"proper-noun"
]
}
],
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}
{
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},
"expansion": "Edda f",
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}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Èd‧da"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"Èd‧da"
]
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian feminine nouns",
"Italian lemmas",
"Italian proper nouns",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Italian uncountable proper nouns",
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛdda",
"Rhymes:Italian/ɛdda/2 syllables",
"it:Norse mythology"
],
"glosses": [
"Edda"
],
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[
"Norse",
"Norse"
],
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"Edda",
"Edda#English"
]
],
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"(Norse mythology) Edda"
],
"tags": [
"Norse",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɛd.da/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛdda"
}
],
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}
{
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"1": "m"
},
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"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "name",
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{
"categories": [
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"Old English lemmas",
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"Old English proper nouns",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name"
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"links": [
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"tags": [
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈed.dɑ/"
}
],
"word": "Edda"
}
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