See goss on Wiktionary
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"2": "ang",
"3": "gorst"
},
"expansion": "Old English gorst",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*gerstu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *gerstu",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English gors, from Old English gorst, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "goss",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Yola",
"lang_code": "yol",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "gorr"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yola entries with incorrect language header",
"Yola lemmas",
"Yola nouns",
"Yola terms derived from Middle English",
"Yola terms derived from Old English",
"Yola terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Yola terms inherited from Middle English",
"Yola terms inherited from Old English",
"Yola terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"glosses": [
"gorse"
],
"links": [
[
"gorse",
"gorse"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wyddeer"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡɔs/"
}
],
"word": "goss"
}
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