See tonge on Wiktionary
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"text": "he ðe is godes wisdom, ðurh hwam bieð alle wittes and ælle wisdomes and alle tungen spekinde, he lai alswa ðat child ðe nan god ne cann, ne speken ne mai, ne isien, ne him seluen wealden, ðurh hwam alle earen ȝehiereð, and alle menn hem seluen welden, and alle eiȝene isieð.",
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"english": "The title of the one hundred and eighth psalm: \"To Victory; the Psalm of David\". / God; don't hold still my praising, as the mouths of the sinners and the mouths of the guilty have opened against me. / They spoke against me with a guilty tongue, they acted against me with words of hatred, and they fought against me without justification.",
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"West Frisian common-gender nouns",
"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas",
"West Frisian nouns",
"West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"fy:Body parts"
],
"glosses": [
"tongue"
],
"links": [
[
"tongue",
"tongue"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"word": "tonge"
}
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