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"ref": "1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China",
"text": "Within Lololand, of course, no Chinese writ runs, no Chinese magistrate holds sway, and the people, more or less divided among themselves, are under the government of their tribal chiefs.",
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"(archaic) That which is written; writing."
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"word": "令狀"
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"roman": "lìngzhuàng",
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"word": "gerechterlijke opdracht"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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"writ"
],
"word": "writ"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "romanization",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "writ",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "writ",
"name": "got-rom"
}
],
"lang": "Gothic",
"lang_code": "got",
"pos": "romanization",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄"
}
],
"categories": [
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"Gothic non-lemma forms",
"Gothic romanizations"
],
"glosses": [
"Romanization of 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄"
],
"links": [
[
"𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄",
"𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄#Gothic"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"romanization"
]
}
],
"word": "writ"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "ġewrit"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*writą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *writą",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "riz"
},
"expansion": "Old High German riz",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "rit"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse rit",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *writą, whence also Old High German riz, Old Norse rit.",
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{
"form": "writu",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "writ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "writu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "writ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "writu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "writes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "writa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "write",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "writum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "nouns",
"3": "nominative plural",
"4": "writu",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "writ n (nominative plural writu)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "writu"
},
"expansion": "writ n (nominative plural writu)",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
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{
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"1": "writ",
"short": "1"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "writ",
"2": "writu",
"3": "writ",
"4": "writu",
"5": "writes",
"6": "writa",
"7": "write",
"8": "writum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
"Old English neuter nouns",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"writ"
],
"links": [
[
"writ",
"#English"
]
],
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"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/writ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ġewrit"
}
],
"word": "writ"
}
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