See larn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"learn",
"learn#English"
],
[
"larn",
"larn#Middle_English"
],
[
"lernen",
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],
[
"larn",
"larn#Scots"
],
[
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]
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},
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},
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},
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}
],
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{
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},
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},
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0,
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],
"text": "Larn yersel te taalk propa like!",
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},
{
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[
65,
69
]
],
"ref": "1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring:",
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}
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"To teach."
],
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"(Northern England, especially Geordie, Appalachia, near archaic) To teach."
],
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"English lemmas",
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"English terms inherited from Northern Middle English",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
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"learn",
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"larn",
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},
{
"form": "larning",
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"participle",
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]
},
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"participle",
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"To learn."
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"(Northern England, especially Geordie) To learn."
],
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69
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"To teach."
],
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"teach",
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]
],
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"(Northern England, especially Geordie, Appalachia, near archaic) To teach."
],
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"Geordie",
"Northern-England",
"especially"
]
}
],
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}
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