See belecgan on Wiktionary
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"beleġde",
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]
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]
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115,
122
]
],
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116,
125
]
],
"english": "With hopes, I dogged the wide-goings of my Wulf; then it was rainy wind and mournful I sat, then the bold-for-fight laid upon me with arms, there was a mirth for me in that, however it was also hateful for me.",
"ref": "10th century, Wulf and Eadwacer:",
"text": "Wulfes iċ mīnes wīdlāstum wēnum dogode; þonne hit wæs rēniġ weder ond iċ rēotugu sæt, þonne mec sē beaducāfa bōgum bileġde, wæs mē wyn tō þon, wæs mē hwæþre ēac lāð.",
"translation": "With hopes, I dogged the wide-goings of my Wulf; then it was rainy wind and mournful I sat, then the bold-for-fight laid upon me with arms, there was a mirth for me in that, however it was also hateful for me.",
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],
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},
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"ipa": "[beˈled.d͡ʒɑn]"
}
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]
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"singular",
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"beleċġaþ",
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]
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]
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"plural"
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]
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]
],
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"plural"
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},
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[
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]
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"past",
"present",
"singular"
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[
"beleċġaþ",
"belecgaþ#Old_English"
]
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"past",
"plural",
"present"
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[
"beleċġende",
"belecgende#Old_English"
]
],
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"imperative",
"present"
]
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{
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[
"beleġed",
"beleged#Old_English"
]
],
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"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
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"beleġd",
"belegd#Old_English"
]
],
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"past"
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]
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122
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116,
125
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"english": "With hopes, I dogged the wide-goings of my Wulf; then it was rainy wind and mournful I sat, then the bold-for-fight laid upon me with arms, there was a mirth for me in that, however it was also hateful for me.",
"ref": "10th century, Wulf and Eadwacer:",
"text": "Wulfes iċ mīnes wīdlāstum wēnum dogode; þonne hit wæs rēniġ weder ond iċ rēotugu sæt, þonne mec sē beaducāfa bōgum bileġde, wæs mē wyn tō þon, wæs mē hwæþre ēac lāð.",
"translation": "With hopes, I dogged the wide-goings of my Wulf; then it was rainy wind and mournful I sat, then the bold-for-fight laid upon me with arms, there was a mirth for me in that, however it was also hateful for me.",
"type": "quotation"
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[
"upon",
"upon"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
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[
"overspread",
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],
[
"overlay",
"overlay"
],
[
"bethatch",
"bethatch"
]
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],
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"load",
"load"
],
[
"charge",
"charge"
],
[
"belast",
"belast"
],
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"beload",
"beload"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/beˈlej.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[beˈled.d͡ʒɑn]"
}
],
"word": "belecgan"
}
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