See besom on Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "ang",
"3": "bisene",
"t": "blind"
},
"expansion": "Old English bisene (“blind”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bisson"
},
"expansion": "English bisson",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English bysom (“blind, purblind”), from Old English bisene (“blind”). Cognate with English bisson.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "besom",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yola adjectives",
"Yola entries with incorrect language header",
"Yola lemmas",
"Yola terms derived from Middle English",
"Yola terms derived from Old English",
"Yola terms inherited from Middle English",
"Yola terms inherited from Old English",
"Yola terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The stupid kid figged the spoke, with a kick and a bleat […]",
"ref": "1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 5:",
"text": "Thick besom fighed a spagh wi kick an a blaake[…]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"stupid"
],
"links": [
[
"stupid",
"stupid"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) stupid"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bɛˈsuːm/"
}
],
"word": "besom"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
"msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": metla (ot prǎčki) vs. от пръчки",
"path": [
"besom"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "besom",
"trace": ""
}
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