See headly on Wiktionary
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"hedly",
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],
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],
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"hēafodlīċ",
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],
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"head",
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],
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],
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],
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],
[
"hö̂vetlī̂k",
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],
[
"houbetlich",
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],
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"hauptlich",
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],
[
"chefly",
"chefly#English"
],
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"chiefly",
"chiefly#English"
]
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"expansion": "West Frisian haadlik",
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"2": "hoofdelijk"
},
"expansion": "Dutch hoofdelijk",
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{
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"2": "hö̂vetlī̂k"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German hö̂vetlī̂k",
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{
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},
"expansion": "Middle High German houbetlich",
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},
"expansion": "German hauptlich",
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},
{
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},
"expansion": "Piecewise doublet of chefly and chiefly",
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English hedly, havedlich, from Old English hēafodlīċ (“at the top, principal, capital, deadly”), equivalent to head + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian haadlik, Dutch hoofdelijk, Middle Low German hö̂vetlī̂k, Middle High German houbetlich (archaic German hauptlich). Piecewise doublet of chefly and chiefly.",
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]
},
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"ref": "1623, Shakespeare, King Henry V.:",
"text": "O'er blows the filthy and contagious clouds / Of headly murther, spoil, and villainy.",
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"Chief; principal; capital; (of sins) deadly."
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"(archaic) Chief; principal; capital; (of sins) deadly."
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"Heady; violent; impetuous."
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"(archaic) Heady; violent; impetuous."
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"English terms inherited from Old English",
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"head",
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"haadlik",
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"hoofdelijk",
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"hö̂vetlī̂k",
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"houbetlich",
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"hauptlich",
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"2": "hö̂vetlī̂k"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German hö̂vetlī̂k",
"name": "cog"
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{
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},
"expansion": "Middle High German houbetlich",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "hauptlich"
},
"expansion": "German hauptlich",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "chefly",
"3": "chiefly"
},
"expansion": "Piecewise doublet of chefly and chiefly",
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}
],
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]
},
{
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"Chief; principal; capital; (of sins) deadly."
],
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"(archaic) Chief; principal; capital; (of sins) deadly."
],
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"Heady; violent; impetuous."
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"(archaic) Heady; violent; impetuous."
],
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}
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