"bel-" meaning in English

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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "bel",
        "t": "fair, excellent\"; in compounds \"great-, grand-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English bel (“fair, excellent\"; in compounds \"great-, grand-”)",
      "name": "der"
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        "3": "bel"
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      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman bel",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fro",
        "3": "bel",
        "t": "beautiful, noble, honorable"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French bel (“beautiful, noble, honorable”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bel (“fair, excellent\"; in compounds \"great-, grand-”), from Anglo-Norman bel, Old French bel (“beautiful, noble, honorable”).",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "belchild (“grandchild”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "beldame (“grandmother”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "belsire (“grandfather”)"
        }
      ],
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        "A prefix equivalent to grand-"
      ],
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        [
          "grand-",
          "grand-#English"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, no longer productive) A prefix equivalent to grand-"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "morpheme",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bel-"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "bel",
        "t": "fair, excellent\"; in compounds \"great-, grand-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English bel (“fair, excellent\"; in compounds \"great-, grand-”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "bel"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman bel",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "bel",
        "t": "beautiful, noble, honorable"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French bel (“beautiful, noble, honorable”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bel (“fair, excellent\"; in compounds \"great-, grand-”), from Anglo-Norman bel, Old French bel (“beautiful, noble, honorable”).",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "belchild (“grandchild”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "beldame (“grandmother”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "belsire (“grandfather”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prefix equivalent to grand-"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grand-",
          "grand-#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, no longer productive) A prefix equivalent to grand-"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "morpheme",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bel-"
}