See weyk on Wiktionary
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{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Lacking physical rigidity, permanence, or solidness.",
"Bendable; able to be plied or flexed."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Lacking physical rigidity, permanence, or solidness.",
"(rare) Bendable; able to be plied or flexed."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Lacking physical rigidity, permanence, or solidness.",
"Easily damaged, attacked, or destroyed; fragile."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Lacking physical rigidity, permanence, or solidness.",
"(rare) Easily damaged, attacked, or destroyed; fragile."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Having a tendency to be ill or sick; infirm or frail."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wæi̯k/"
},
{
"ipa": "/wɛːk/"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Old Norse#Dialects"
],
"word": "weyk"
}
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