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"Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle Dutch lemmas",
"Middle Dutch neuter nouns",
"Middle Dutch nouns",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
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},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
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"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*laiþ"
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}
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"canonical"
]
},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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"table-tags"
]
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
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"indefinite",
"masculine",
"nominative"
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"feminine",
"indefinite",
"nominative"
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{
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"indefinite",
"neuter",
"nominative"
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{
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"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
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"definite",
"masculine",
"nominative"
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"adjective",
"definite",
"feminine",
"nominative"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"adjective",
"indefinite",
"masculine"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"adjective",
"feminine",
"indefinite"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"adjective",
"indefinite",
"neuter"
]
},
{
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"adjective",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lêde",
"source": "inflection",
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"accusative",
"adjective",
"definite",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "lêets",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adjective",
"genitive",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "lêder",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adjective",
"feminine",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "lêets",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adjective",
"genitive",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "lêder",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adjective",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lêden",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adjective",
"dative",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "lêder",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adjective",
"dative",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "lêden",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adjective",
"dative",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "lêden",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adjective",
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
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"2": "adjective",
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"head2": ""
},
"expansion": "lêet",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"head": "lêet"
},
"expansion": "lêet",
"name": "dum-adj"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "lêd"
},
"name": "dum-infl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"loathsome, abhorrent"
],
"links": [
[
"loathsome",
"loathsome"
],
[
"abhorrent",
"abhorrent"
]
]
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"Limburgish"
],
"word": "leit"
}
],
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}
{
"categories": [
"Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle Dutch lemmas",
"Middle Dutch neuter nouns",
"Middle Dutch nouns",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
"Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "leed"
},
"expansion": "Dutch: leed",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Dutch: leed"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "li",
"2": "leidj"
},
"expansion": "Limburgish: leidj",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
],
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{
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"1": "dum",
"2": "odt",
"3": "*lēth"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*laiþą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laiþą",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Dutch *lēth, from Proto-Germanic *laiþą.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lêet",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"neuter"
]
}
],
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{
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"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{stem}}}-",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{stem2}}}-",
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"g2": "",
"g3": "",
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"head2": "",
"sort": ""
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},
{
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},
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],
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"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"damage, harm"
],
"links": [
[
"damage",
"damage"
],
[
"harm",
"harm"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"suffering, sadness"
],
"links": [
[
"suffering",
"suffering"
],
[
"sadness",
"sadness"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sickness"
],
"links": [
[
"sickness",
"sickness"
]
]
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"Limburgish"
],
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}
],
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}
{
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"1": "nb",
"2": "verb form",
"head": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "leet",
"name": "nb-verb-form"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms",
"Norwegian Bokmål verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "lee"
}
],
"glosses": [
"simple past and past participle of lee"
],
"links": [
[
"lee",
"lee#Norwegian Bokmål"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
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}
],
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}
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{
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"2": "noun form",
"g": "n",
"head": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "leet n",
"name": "nn-noun-form"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms",
"Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "le"
}
],
"glosses": [
"definite singular of le"
],
"links": [
[
"le",
"le#Norwegian Nynorsk"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "leet"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "pdt",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "leet",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"lang_code": "pdt",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
"Plautdietsch 1-syllable words",
"Plautdietsch adjectives",
"Plautdietsch entries with incorrect language header",
"Plautdietsch entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Plautdietsch lemmas"
],
"glosses": [
"sorry, regretful, rueful"
],
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[
"sorry",
"sorry"
],
[
"regretful",
"regretful"
],
[
"rueful",
"rueful"
]
]
}
],
"word": "leet"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "gem-pro",
"inh": "1"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "ofs",
"3": "let"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "stq",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*lat"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lat",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "late"
},
"expansion": "late",
"name": "l"
}
],
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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "leet",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "stq",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "lääst"
},
{
"word": "leeter"
}
],
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{
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"Saterland Frisian adjectives",
"Saterland Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"Saterland Frisian lemmas",
"Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
"Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
],
"glosses": [
"late"
],
"links": [
[
"late",
"late"
]
]
}
],
"word": "leet"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "ang",
"3": "hlēte",
"4": "",
"5": "share, lot"
},
"expansion": "Old English hlēte (“share, lot”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare Old English hlēte (“share, lot”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "leets",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "leets",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": "",
"head": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "leet (plural leets)",
"name": "sco-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
"Scots nouns",
"Scots terms derived from Old English"
],
"glosses": [
"a list"
],
"links": [
[
"list",
"list"
]
]
}
],
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}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "enm",
"3": "lete"
},
"expansion": "Middle English lete",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "ang",
"3": "ġelǣte"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "leet",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "boagher"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Yola entries with incorrect language header",
"Yola lemmas",
"Yola nouns",
"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 IPA pronunciation",
"Yola terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Four cross roads.",
"ref": "1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 78",
"text": "Vour-wing leet.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"leading road"
],
"links": [
[
"road",
"road"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/liːt/"
}
],
"word": "leet"
}
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