See generian on Wiktionary
{
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[
"*ganazjaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganazjaną"
],
[
"ġe-",
"ge-#Old_English"
],
[
"nerian",
"nerian#Old_English"
],
[
"ginerian",
"ginerian#Old_Saxon"
],
[
"ginerien",
"ginerien#Old_High_German"
],
[
"ginerren",
"ginerren#Old_High_German"
]
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]
},
{
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[
"ġenerian",
"generian#Old_English"
]
],
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]
},
{
"form": "ġenerienne",
"links": [
[
"ġenerienne",
"generienne#Old_English"
]
],
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]
},
{
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[
"ġenerie",
"generie#Old_English"
]
],
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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[
"ġenerede",
"generede#Old_English"
]
],
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġenerest",
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[
"ġenerest",
"generest#Old_English"
]
],
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeneredest",
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[
"ġeneredest",
"generedest#Old_English"
]
],
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġenereþ",
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[
"ġenereþ",
"genereþ#Old_English"
]
],
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
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[
"ġenerede",
"generede#Old_English"
]
],
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"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "ġeneriaþ",
"links": [
[
"ġeneriaþ",
"generiaþ#Old_English"
]
],
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeneredon",
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[
"ġeneredon",
"generedon#Old_English"
]
],
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġenerie",
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[
"ġenerie",
"generie#Old_English"
]
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},
{
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"ġenerede",
"generede#Old_English"
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},
{
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[
"ġenerien",
"generien#Old_English"
]
],
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ġenereden",
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[
"ġenereden",
"genereden#Old_English"
]
],
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġenere",
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[
"ġenere",
"genere#Old_English"
]
],
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"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeneriaþ",
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[
"ġeneriaþ",
"generiaþ#Old_English"
]
],
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeneriende",
"links": [
[
"ġeneriende",
"generiende#Old_English"
]
],
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"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ġenered",
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[
"ġenered",
"genered#Old_English"
]
],
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"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeneriġan",
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]
},
{
"form": "ġenerġan",
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"alternative"
]
}
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"1": "ġenerian<w1>"
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"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Lot told the angel, \"There's a little town around here, very close by, where I can preserve my life. It's a little one, but I can live there.\"",
"ref": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 755",
"roman": "Loth cwæþ tō þām engle, \"Hēr is ān lȳtlu burg swīðe nēah þǣr iċ mæġ mīn feorh ġenerian. Hēo is ān lȳtlu, and þēah iċ mæġ þǣr on libban.\"",
"text": "And hē his feorh ġenerede, and þēah hē wæs oft ġewundod.\nAnd he saved his life, though he was often wounded.",
"translation": "Lot told the angel, \"There's a little town around here, very close by, where I can preserve my life. It's a little one, but I can live there.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defend"
],
"id": "en-generian-ang-verb-Y9VfIYqa",
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[
"save",
"save"
],
[
"deliver",
"deliver"
],
[
"take away",
"take away"
],
[
"set free",
"set free"
],
[
"preserve",
"preserve"
],
[
"defend",
"defend"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jeˈner.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[jeˈnerˠ.jɑn]"
},
{
"ipa": "/jeˈne.ri.ɑn/"
}
],
"word": "generian"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*ganazjaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ganazjaną"
],
[
"ġe-",
"ge-#Old_English"
],
[
"nerian",
"nerian#Old_English"
],
[
"ginerian",
"ginerian#Old_Saxon"
],
[
"ginerien",
"ginerien#Old_High_German"
],
[
"ginerren",
"ginerren#Old_High_German"
]
],
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]
},
{
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[
"ġenerian",
"generian#Old_English"
]
],
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]
},
{
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[
"ġenerienne",
"generienne#Old_English"
]
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]
},
{
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[
"ġenerie",
"generie#Old_English"
]
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},
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[
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"generede#Old_English"
]
],
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"past",
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]
},
{
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[
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"generest#Old_English"
]
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]
},
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[
"ġenereþ",
"genereþ#Old_English"
]
],
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"singular",
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},
{
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[
"ġenerede",
"generede#Old_English"
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"past",
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]
},
{
"form": "ġeneriaþ",
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[
"ġeneriaþ",
"generiaþ#Old_English"
]
],
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeneredon",
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[
"ġeneredon",
"generedon#Old_English"
]
],
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġenerie",
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[
"ġenerie",
"generie#Old_English"
]
],
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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[
"ġenerede",
"generede#Old_English"
]
],
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġenerien",
"links": [
[
"ġenerien",
"generien#Old_English"
]
],
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ġenereden",
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[
"ġenereden",
"genereden#Old_English"
]
],
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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[
"ġenere",
"genere#Old_English"
]
],
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"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeneriaþ",
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[
"ġeneriaþ",
"generiaþ#Old_English"
]
],
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
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},
{
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[
"ġeneriende",
"generiende#Old_English"
]
],
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"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ġenered",
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[
"ġenered",
"genered#Old_English"
]
],
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"imperative",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "ġeneriġan",
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},
{
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"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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{
"english": "Lot told the angel, \"There's a little town around here, very close by, where I can preserve my life. It's a little one, but I can live there.\"",
"ref": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript A, year 755",
"roman": "Loth cwæþ tō þām engle, \"Hēr is ān lȳtlu burg swīðe nēah þǣr iċ mæġ mīn feorh ġenerian. Hēo is ān lȳtlu, and þēah iċ mæġ þǣr on libban.\"",
"text": "And hē his feorh ġenerede, and þēah hē wæs oft ġewundod.\nAnd he saved his life, though he was often wounded.",
"translation": "Lot told the angel, \"There's a little town around here, very close by, where I can preserve my life. It's a little one, but I can live there.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"to save, deliver, take away, set free, preserve, defend"
],
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"save",
"save"
],
[
"deliver",
"deliver"
],
[
"take away",
"take away"
],
[
"set free",
"set free"
],
[
"preserve",
"preserve"
],
[
"defend",
"defend"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jeˈner.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[jeˈnerˠ.jɑn]"
},
{
"ipa": "/jeˈne.ri.ɑn/"
}
],
"word": "generian"
}
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