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},
{
"form": "līefdon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "līefe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "līefde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "līefen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "līefden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "līef",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "līefaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "līefende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "līefed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġelīefed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lēofian",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "līefan"
},
"expansion": "līefan",
"name": "ang-verb"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "West Saxon"
},
"expansion": "(West Saxon)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "līefan<w1>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to be dear or pleasant; delight"
],
"links": [
[
"dear",
"dear"
],
[
"pleasant",
"pleasant"
],
[
"delight",
"delight"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) to be dear or pleasant; delight"
],
"tags": [
"West-Saxon",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈli͜yː.fɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈli͜yː.vɑn]"
}
],
"word": "liefan"
}
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