See schene on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "schenne",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "sheyn",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "scheyne",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adverb",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"head": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "schene",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "schene",
"name": "enm-adv"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Brightly, shiningly."
],
"links": [
[
"Brightly",
"brightly"
],
[
"shiningly",
"shiningly"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Gloriously, beautifully."
],
"links": [
[
"Gloriously",
"gloriously"
],
[
"beautifully",
"beautifully"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃeːn(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "schene"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Appearance",
"enm:Light",
"enm:People"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "schene",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to shine",
"word": "schenen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of schenen (“to shine”)"
],
"links": [
[
"schenen",
"schenen#Middle_English:_to_shine"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "schene"
}
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