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{
"args": {
"1": "eu",
"2": "numeral form"
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"pos": "num",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Basque entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "sei"
}
],
"glosses": [
"genitive plural of sei"
],
"id": "en-seien-eu-num-z28pom01",
"links": [
[
"sei",
"sei#Basque"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "seure"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person plural imperfect indicative of seure"
],
"id": "en-seien-ca-verb-kCtBjZ2c",
"links": [
[
"seure",
"seure#Catalan"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"sei‧en"
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "\"In the King's name, and invested by his Majesty with authority to judge all his subjects of whatever rank [they be], not excepting the knights of the Golden Fleece, we declare—\"",
"ref": "1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont",
"text": "Im Namen des Königs, und kraft besonderer von Seiner Majestät uns übertragenen Gewalt, alle seine Unterthanen, wes Standes sie seien, zugleich die Ritter des goldnen Vließes zu richten, erkennen wir—",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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{
"word": "sein"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first/third-person plural subjunctive I of sein"
],
"id": "en-seien-de-verb-ydcu3KDG",
"links": [
[
"sein",
"sein#German"
]
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"plural",
"subjunctive-i",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈzaɪ̯ən/"
},
{
"homophone": "seihen"
},
{
"audio": "De-seien.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/De-seien.ogg/De-seien.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/De-seien.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "durren seien"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "man seieth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nombren and seien"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien afore"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "biforen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien alas"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien and holden"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien and singen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien as to berken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien aye"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien ayen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien bodeword"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien chek"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chek-mat"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien despit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien lofword of"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien nai"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien of"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "on"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unto"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "upon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien ouen talent"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien saue"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seien soth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "to seien"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "withseien"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "say"
},
"expansion": "English: say",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: say"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "say",
"3": "sa"
},
"expansion": "Scots: say, sa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: say, sa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "zey",
"3": "zei"
},
"expansion": "Yola: zey, zei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: zey, zei"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "seċġan",
"t": "to say"
},
"expansion": "Old English seċġan (“to say”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*saggjan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *saggjan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*sagjaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sagjaną",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English seċġan (“to say”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.",
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{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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{
"_dis": "27 5 12 10 2 2 12 9 2 2 4 10 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"To say, that is:",
"To declare, to state in speech (and, by extension, in writing)"
],
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"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"declare",
"declare"
],
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
],
[
"extension",
"extension"
],
[
"writing",
"writing"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To answer, to reply"
],
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"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"answer",
"answer"
],
[
"reply",
"reply"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To call, to name or define"
],
"id": "en-seien-enm-verb-4DXHuS5I",
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"call",
"call"
],
[
"name",
"name"
],
[
"define",
"define"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To describe; to narrate"
],
"id": "en-seien-enm-verb-DHEQSS5S",
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"describe",
"describe"
],
[
"narrate",
"narrate"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To mean, to intend to say"
],
"id": "en-seien-enm-verb-whpgcbej",
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"mean",
"mean"
],
[
"intend",
"intend"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To teach or direct"
],
"id": "en-seien-enm-verb--eUL3ABy",
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"teach",
"teach"
],
[
"direct",
"direct"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To recite, to sing"
],
"id": "en-seien-enm-verb-ewJaK~2V",
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"recite",
"recite"
],
[
"sing",
"sing"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"(ecclesiastical) To recite, to sing"
],
"topics": [
"ecclesiastical",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "enm:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To affirm, to assert"
],
"id": "en-seien-enm-verb-QAB8MjQc",
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"affirm",
"affirm"
],
[
"assert",
"assert"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"(law) To affirm, to assert"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "enm:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To plead"
],
"id": "en-seien-enm-verb-eac-2Gps",
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"plead",
"plead"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"(law) To plead"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Say!"
],
"id": "en-seien-enm-verb-XE3hBaAS",
"raw_glosses": [
"(interjection) Say!"
],
"tags": [
"interjection"
]
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "saien"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "saine"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "san"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sæin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sæcgen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sæcgene"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sæcgæn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sæcgan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sægen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sægenne"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sæggen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sæggene"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sayen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "secgan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "secgæn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "secgon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "secgen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "secgene"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "secgenne"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "secȝende"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sæcgenne"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "segen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seggen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seggon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seggane"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "segcean"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seȝȝen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sein"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seine"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seiȝen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seiȝn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seuggen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seyen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sien"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sucgen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sugen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "suggen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ziggen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Kent"
],
"word": "ziggene"
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "seien aslepe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "seien doun"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "seien of lif"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "sǣġan"
},
"expansion": "Old English sǣġan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*saigijaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *saigijaną",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English sǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *saigijaną.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To fall down, to sink"
],
"id": "en-seien-enm-verb-WbVVVh4~",
"links": [
[
"fall",
"fall"
],
[
"sink",
"sink"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To go to"
],
"id": "en-seien-enm-verb-yqQlJ~3F",
"links": [
[
"go",
"go"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To pass, to go by"
],
"id": "en-seien-enm-verb-fLDU8RvU",
"links": [
[
"pass",
"pass"
],
[
"go",
"go"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of time) To pass, to go by"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of time"
]
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "seȝen"
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "seien m",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "sei"
}
],
"glosses": [
"definite singular of sei"
],
"id": "en-seien-nb-noun-gjOlMOnv",
"links": [
[
"sei",
"sei#Norwegian Bokmål"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "nn-noun-form"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "sei"
}
],
"glosses": [
"definite singular of sei"
],
"id": "en-seien-nn-noun-gjOlMOnv",
"links": [
[
"sei",
"sei#Norwegian Nynorsk"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "eu",
"2": "numeral form"
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"pos": "num",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Basque entries with incorrect language header",
"Basque non-lemma forms",
"Basque numeral forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "sei"
}
],
"glosses": [
"genitive plural of sei"
],
"links": [
[
"sei",
"sei#Basque"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
"Catalan non-lemma forms",
"Catalan verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "seure"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person plural imperfect indicative of seure"
],
"links": [
[
"seure",
"seure#Catalan"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperfect",
"indicative",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"sei‧en"
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German 2-syllable words",
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German non-lemma forms",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"German terms with audio links",
"German terms with homophones",
"German terms with quotations",
"German verb forms",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "\"In the King's name, and invested by his Majesty with authority to judge all his subjects of whatever rank [they be], not excepting the knights of the Golden Fleece, we declare—\"",
"ref": "1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont",
"text": "Im Namen des Königs, und kraft besonderer von Seiner Majestät uns übertragenen Gewalt, alle seine Unterthanen, wes Standes sie seien, zugleich die Ritter des goldnen Vließes zu richten, erkennen wir—",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "sein"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first/third-person plural subjunctive I of sein"
],
"links": [
[
"sein",
"sein#German"
]
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"plural",
"subjunctive-i",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈzaɪ̯ən/"
},
{
"homophone": "seihen"
},
{
"audio": "De-seien.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/De-seien.ogg/De-seien.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/De-seien.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "durren seien"
},
{
"word": "man seieth"
},
{
"word": "nombren and seien"
},
{
"word": "seien afore"
},
{
"word": "biforen"
},
{
"word": "seien alas"
},
{
"word": "seien and holden"
},
{
"word": "seien and singen"
},
{
"word": "seien as to berken"
},
{
"word": "seien aye"
},
{
"word": "seien ayen"
},
{
"word": "seien bodeword"
},
{
"word": "seien chek"
},
{
"word": "chek-mat"
},
{
"word": "seien despit"
},
{
"word": "seien lofword of"
},
{
"word": "seien nai"
},
{
"word": "seien of"
},
{
"word": "on"
},
{
"word": "unto"
},
{
"word": "upon"
},
{
"word": "seien ouen talent"
},
{
"word": "seien saue"
},
{
"word": "seien soth"
},
{
"word": "to seien"
},
{
"word": "withseien"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "say"
},
"expansion": "English: say",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: say"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "say",
"3": "sa"
},
"expansion": "Scots: say, sa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: say, sa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "zey",
"3": "zei"
},
"expansion": "Yola: zey, zei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: zey, zei"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "seċġan",
"t": "to say"
},
"expansion": "Old English seċġan (“to say”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*saggjan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *saggjan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*sagjaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sagjaną",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English seċġan (“to say”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To declare, to state in speech (and, by extension, in writing)"
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"declare",
"declare"
],
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
],
[
"extension",
"extension"
],
[
"writing",
"writing"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To answer, to reply"
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"answer",
"answer"
],
[
"reply",
"reply"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To call, to name or define"
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"call",
"call"
],
[
"name",
"name"
],
[
"define",
"define"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To describe; to narrate"
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"describe",
"describe"
],
[
"narrate",
"narrate"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To mean, to intend to say"
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"mean",
"mean"
],
[
"intend",
"intend"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To teach or direct"
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"teach",
"teach"
],
[
"direct",
"direct"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English ecclesiastical terms"
],
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To recite, to sing"
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"recite",
"recite"
],
[
"sing",
"sing"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"(ecclesiastical) To recite, to sing"
],
"topics": [
"ecclesiastical",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Law"
],
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To affirm, to assert"
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"affirm",
"affirm"
],
[
"assert",
"assert"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"(law) To affirm, to assert"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Law"
],
"glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"To plead"
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"plead",
"plead"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To say, that is:",
"(law) To plead"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Say!"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interjection) Say!"
],
"tags": [
"interjection"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "saien"
},
{
"word": "sain"
},
{
"word": "saine"
},
{
"word": "san"
},
{
"word": "sæin"
},
{
"word": "sæcgen"
},
{
"word": "sæcgene"
},
{
"word": "sæcgæn"
},
{
"word": "sæcgan"
},
{
"word": "sægen"
},
{
"word": "sægenne"
},
{
"word": "sæggen"
},
{
"word": "sæggene"
},
{
"word": "sayen"
},
{
"word": "secgan"
},
{
"word": "secgæn"
},
{
"word": "secgon"
},
{
"word": "secgen"
},
{
"word": "secgene"
},
{
"word": "secgenne"
},
{
"word": "secȝende"
},
{
"word": "sæcgenne"
},
{
"word": "segen"
},
{
"word": "seggen"
},
{
"word": "seggon"
},
{
"word": "seggane"
},
{
"word": "segcean"
},
{
"word": "seȝȝen"
},
{
"word": "sein"
},
{
"word": "seine"
},
{
"word": "seigen"
},
{
"word": "seiȝen"
},
{
"word": "seiȝn"
},
{
"word": "seuggen"
},
{
"word": "seyen"
},
{
"word": "seyn"
},
{
"word": "sien"
},
{
"word": "sigen"
},
{
"word": "sucgen"
},
{
"word": "sugen"
},
{
"word": "suggen"
},
{
"word": "ziggen"
},
{
"tags": [
"Kent"
],
"word": "ziggene"
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "seien aslepe"
},
{
"word": "seien doun"
},
{
"word": "seien of lif"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "sǣġan"
},
"expansion": "Old English sǣġan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*saigijaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *saigijaną",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English sǣġan, from Proto-Germanic *saigijaną.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To fall down, to sink"
],
"links": [
[
"fall",
"fall"
],
[
"sink",
"sink"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To go to"
],
"links": [
[
"go",
"go"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To pass, to go by"
],
"links": [
[
"pass",
"pass"
],
[
"go",
"go"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of time) To pass, to go by"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of time"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "seȝen"
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "seien m",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms",
"Norwegian Bokmål noun forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "sei"
}
],
"glosses": [
"definite singular of sei"
],
"links": [
[
"sei",
"sei#Norwegian Bokmål"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
}
],
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}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "seien",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "seien",
"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": "sei"
}
],
"glosses": [
"definite singular of sei"
],
"links": [
[
"sei",
"sei#Norwegian Nynorsk"
]
],
"tags": [
"definite",
"form-of",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "seien"
}
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