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{
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{
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"word": "dumm"
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{
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{
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"word": "dum"
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"english": "Twenty-five men, sickened in various ways, came to the saint begging for the health; some were blind, some were lame, some were also deaf, and some were dumb, and they were all healed in one day through the intercession of the saint and went home.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nFif and twentiġ manna myslīċe ġeuntrume cōmon tō þām hālgan heora hǣle biddende; sum wǣron blinde, sume wǣron healte, sume ēac dēafe, and dumbe ēac sum and hī ealle wurdon ānes dæġes ġehǣlede þurh þæs hālgan þingunge and him hām ġewendon.",
"translation": "Twenty-five men, sickened in various ways, came to the saint begging for the health; some were blind, some were lame, some were also deaf, and some were dumb, and they were all healed in one day through the intercession of the saint and went home.",
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"neuter",
"plural"
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"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
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"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
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"neuter",
"plural"
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},
{
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"masculine",
"plural"
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"instrumental",
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"neuter",
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{
"english": "Twenty-five men, sickened in various ways, came to the saint begging for the health; some were blind, some were lame, some were also deaf, and some were dumb, and they were all healed in one day through the intercession of the saint and went home.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nFif and twentiġ manna myslīċe ġeuntrume cōmon tō þām hālgan heora hǣle biddende; sum wǣron blinde, sume wǣron healte, sume ēac dēafe, and dumbe ēac sum and hī ealle wurdon ānes dæġes ġehǣlede þurh þæs hālgan þingunge and him hām ġewendon.",
"translation": "Twenty-five men, sickened in various ways, came to the saint begging for the health; some were blind, some were lame, some were also deaf, and some were dumb, and they were all healed in one day through the intercession of the saint and went home.",
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"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Grammar and Glossary\nĐonne beoð gyt of þam samod swegendum sume semivocales, þæt synd healfclypjende, sume syndon mutę, þæt synd dumbe.\nAnd still, there are from the consonants some semivocales (those are semi-vowels), and some mutę (those are mutes).",
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