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"Middle English terms derived from Old English", "Middle English terms inherited from Old English", "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "ang", "3": "ġefāh" }, "expansion": "Old English ġefāh", "name": "inh" } ], "etymology_text": "From the oblique stem of Old English ġefāh.", "forms": [ { "form": "foos", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "nouns", "g": "", "g2": "", "g3": "", "head": "", "sort": "" }, "expansion": "foo", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "foo (plural foos)", "name": "enm-noun" } ], "lang": "Middle English", "lang_code": "enm", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "fo" } ], "glosses": [ "Alternative form of fo" ], "links": [ [ "fo", "fo#Middle_English" ] ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "alternative" ] } ], "word": "foo" } { "categories": [ "Middle English adjectives", "Middle English adverbs", "Middle English entries with incorrect language header", "Middle English lemmas", "Middle English terms derived from Old English", "Middle English terms inherited from Old English", "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "ang", "3": "fā" }, "expansion": "Old English fā", "name": "inh" } ], "etymology_text": "From Old English fā, variant of fāh.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "adjective", "3": "", "4": "{{{1}}}", "5": "", "6": "{{{2}}}", "7": "", "8": "{{{3}}}", "head": "" }, "expansion": "foo", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "foo", "name": "enm-adj" } ], "lang": "Middle English", "lang_code": "enm", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "fo" } ], "glosses": [ "Alternative form of fo" ], "links": [ [ "fo", "fo#Middle_English" ] ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "alternative" ] } ], "word": "foo" } { "categories": [ "Middle English adjectives", "Middle English adverbs", "Middle English entries with incorrect language header", "Middle English lemmas", "Middle English terms derived from Old English", "Middle English terms inherited from Old English", "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "etymology_number": 2, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "ang", "3": "fā" }, "expansion": "Old English fā", "name": "inh" } ], "etymology_text": "From Old English fā, variant of fāh.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "adverb", "3": "", "4": "", "5": "", "6": "{{{2}}}", "head": "" }, "expansion": "foo", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "foo", "name": "enm-adv" } ], "lang": "Middle English", "lang_code": "enm", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "alt_of": [ { "word": "fo" } ], "glosses": [ "Alternative form of fo" ], "links": [ [ "fo", "fo#Middle_English" ] ], "tags": [ "alt-of", "alternative" ] } ], "word": "foo" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "huu", "2": "adverb" }, "expansion": "foo", "name": "head" } ], "hyphenation": [ "foo" ], "lang": "Murui Huitoto", "lang_code": "huu", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Murui Huitoto adverbs", "Murui Huitoto entries with incorrect language header", "Murui Huitoto lemmas", "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "in, inside" ], "links": [ [ "in", "in" ], [ "inside", "inside" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "[ˈɸɔː]" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "fo" } ], "word": "foo" } { "categories": [ "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries", "Scots adverbs", "Scots entries with incorrect language header", "Scots lemmas", "Scots uncomparable adverbs" ], "etymology_text": "See also hoo.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sco", "2": "adverb", "3": "not comparable", "cat2": "uncomparable adverbs" }, "expansion": "foo (not comparable)", "name": "head" }, { "args": { "1": "-" }, "expansion": "foo (not comparable)", "name": "sco-adv" } ], "lang": "Scots", "lang_code": "sco", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "how" ], "links": [ [ "how", "how" ] ], "tags": [ "not-comparable" ] }, { "glosses": [ "why" ], "links": [ [ "why", "why" ] ], "tags": [ "not-comparable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/fuː/" } ], "word": "foo" } { "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "tet", "2": "verb" }, "expansion": "foo", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Tetum", "lang_code": "tet", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Pages with 5 entries", "Pages with entries", "Tetum entries with incorrect language header", "Tetum lemmas", "Tetum verbs" ], "glosses": [ "to stink" ], "links": [ [ "stink", "stink" ] ] } ], "word": "foo" }
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