See niding on Wiktionary
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"coward, rascal, scoundrel"
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],
[
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[
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"definite",
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"scoundrel; a despicable person"
],
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"scoundrel"
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[
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"despicable"
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[
"person",
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],
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"english": "act of villainy; the act of a niding",
"translation": "act of villainy; the act of a niding",
"word": "nidingsdåd"
},
{
"word": "nidingsstång"
},
{
"word": "nidingsstöld"
},
{
"english": "gross crime",
"translation": "gross crime",
"word": "nidingsverk"
},
{
"english": "non-niding",
"translation": "non-niding",
"word": "oniding"
},
{
"english": "outlaw",
"translation": "outlaw",
"word": "var mans niding"
}
],
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"name": "surf"
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"2": "gmq-osw",
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"args": {
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}
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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"singular"
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"definite",
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"singular"
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},
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"indefinite",
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"indefinite",
"plural"
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"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
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},
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[
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"(vulgar, derogatory, offensive) nithing; a shameful dishonorable coward, specifically: the worst kind of villain (for example: child rapist, those who beat the weak); by extension: general insult"
],
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"common-gender",
"derogatory",
"offensive",
"vulgar"
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"harsh criminal, villain, scoundrel, vile wretch, apostate (guilty of apostasy; dishonesty); originally an outlaw (criminal excluded from legal rights, who can be killed at will without legal penalty) in relation to crimes of honor, honesty and thereof"
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"criminal",
"criminal"
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"villain",
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[
"scoundrel",
"scoundrel"
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[
"vile",
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[
"wretch",
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[
"apostate",
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[
"outlaw",
"outlaw"
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[
"honor",
"honor"
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[
"honesty",
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"(historical) harsh criminal, villain, scoundrel, vile wretch, apostate (guilty of apostasy; dishonesty); originally an outlaw (criminal excluded from legal rights, who can be killed at will without legal penalty) in relation to crimes of honor, honesty and thereof"
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"word": "niding"
}
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