See dilegian on Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"form": "dilegienne",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
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[
"dilegiġe",
"dilegige#Old_English"
]
],
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "dilegast",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegodest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
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"past",
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]
},
{
"form": "dilegiġe",
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[
"dilegiġe",
"dilegige#Old_English"
]
],
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"present",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "dilegode",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegiġen",
"links": [
[
"dilegiġen",
"dilegigen#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegoden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dilega",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "dilegiaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegiende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegod",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġedilegod",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "diligian",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "dilgian",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "dielgian",
"tags": [
"alternative"
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}
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],
"lang": "Old English",
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "83 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "81 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "If a writer doesn't erase what he wrote before, it stays unerased even if he never writes anything again.",
"text": "c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care\nSē wrītere, ġif hē ne dilegaþ þæt hē ǣr wrāt, þēah hē nǣfre mā nāwiht ne wrīte, þæt biþ þēah unġedilegod þæt hē ǣr wrāt.",
"translation": "If a writer doesn't erase what he wrote before, it stays unerased even if he never writes anything again.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"to blot out, wipe off, erase"
],
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"blot out",
"blot out"
],
[
"wipe off",
"wipe off"
],
[
"erase",
"erase"
]
]
},
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"glosses": [
"to destroy"
],
"id": "en-dilegian-ang-verb-z~oZCw4l",
"links": [
[
"destroy",
"destroy"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈdi.le.ɡi.ɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdi.le.ɣi.ɑn]"
}
],
"word": "dilegian"
}
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"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
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},
{
"word": "ġedilegian"
},
{
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}
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"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "dillȝhenn"
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"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "diliȝen"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
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},
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"form": "dilegienne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegiġe",
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[
"dilegiġe",
"dilegige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "dilegode",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "dilegast",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "dilegodest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "dilegaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegode",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegiaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegodon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegiġe",
"links": [
[
"dilegiġe",
"dilegige#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegode",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegiġen",
"links": [
[
"dilegiġen",
"dilegigen#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegoden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dilega",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegiaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegiende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dilegod",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġedilegod",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "diligian",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
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},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "dilegian<w2>"
},
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],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "If a writer doesn't erase what he wrote before, it stays unerased even if he never writes anything again.",
"text": "c. 897, Alfred the Great, translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care\nSē wrītere, ġif hē ne dilegaþ þæt hē ǣr wrāt, þēah hē nǣfre mā nāwiht ne wrīte, þæt biþ þēah unġedilegod þæt hē ǣr wrāt.",
"translation": "If a writer doesn't erase what he wrote before, it stays unerased even if he never writes anything again.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to blot out, wipe off, erase"
],
"links": [
[
"blot out",
"blot out"
],
[
"wipe off",
"wipe off"
],
[
"erase",
"erase"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to destroy"
],
"links": [
[
"destroy",
"destroy"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdi.le.ɡi.ɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdi.le.ɣi.ɑn]"
}
],
"word": "dilegian"
}
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