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"3": "",
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"3": "",
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"3": "",
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"2": "vermählen",
"3": "",
"4": "to wed, marry"
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"name": "cog"
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"(UK dialectal) Discourse; conversation."
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"text": "For wher so we dwell / Deth wyll us qwell / And with us mell.",
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"(obsolete) Honey."
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"3": "",
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{
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"Honey."
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"(obsolete) Honey."
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