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"1": "ang",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "bliss f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "bliss f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bliss"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bliss",
"2": "blissa,blisse",
"3": "blisse",
"4": "blissa,blisse",
"5": "blisse",
"6": "blissa",
"7": "blisse",
"8": "blissum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong ō-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English feminine nouns",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Old English ō-stem nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"ang:Emotions"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I…, old evening scop, bring bliss in towns for brave men.",
"ref": "10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:",
"text": "Iċ…, eald ǣfensceōp, eorlum bringe blisse in burgum.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"joy, bliss"
],
"links": [
[
"joy",
"joy"
],
[
"bliss",
"bliss#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bliss/"
},
{
"ipa": "[blis]"
}
],
"word": "bliss"
}
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