See meed on Wiktionary
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"1": "pdt",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mōþī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mōþī",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Low German möde, from Old Saxon mōthi, from Proto-West Germanic *mōþī.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pdt",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "meed",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"lang_code": "pdt",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"english": "sleepy",
"word": "schleeprich"
},
{
"english": "to sigh, to yawn",
"word": "hoojoonen"
},
{
"english": "tired of, sick of",
"word": "enoolent"
},
{
"english": "weary",
"word": "kjnirr"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Plautdietsch 1-syllable words",
"Plautdietsch adjectives",
"Plautdietsch entries with incorrect language header",
"Plautdietsch lemmas",
"Plautdietsch terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Plautdietsch terms derived from Old Saxon",
"Plautdietsch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Plautdietsch terms inherited from Middle Low German",
"Plautdietsch terms inherited from Old Saxon",
"Plautdietsch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "he was very tired",
"text": "hee wia sea meed"
}
],
"glosses": [
"tired, weary, fatigued, fagged"
],
"links": [
[
"tired",
"tired"
],
[
"weary",
"weary"
],
[
"fatigued",
"fatigued"
],
[
"fagged",
"fagged"
]
]
}
],
"word": "meed"
}
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