See hend on Wiktionary
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"links": [
[
"henda",
"hende#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
]
],
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"form-of",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"word": "hend"
}
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"Pages with entries"
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"1": "nn",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "hend",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "henda"
}
],
"glosses": [
"imperative of henda"
],
"links": [
[
"henda",
"hende#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "henda"
}
],
"glosses": [
"supine of henda"
],
"links": [
[
"henda",
"hende#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
]
],
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"(non-standard since 2012) supine of henda"
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"nonstandard",
"supine"
]
}
],
"word": "hend"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "henteen"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "enm",
"3": "henden",
"4": "henden, henten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English henden, henten",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*hendan"
},
"expansion": "Old English *hendan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*handijan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *handijan",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English henden, henten, from Old English *hendan, ġehendan, from Proto-West Germanic *handijan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hent",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "hend",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yola entries with incorrect language header",
"Yola lemmas",
"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",
"Yola verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to hold"
],
"links": [
[
"hold",
"hold"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/hɛnd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɛnt/"
}
],
"word": "hend"
}
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