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"word": "die Vergebung der Sünden gewähren"
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"text": "c. 1798-1845, unknown author, The Croppy Boy\n'Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and shrive."
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shrive.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shrive.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "shrīv"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "shrieve"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpovjadvam",
"sense": "hear or receive a confession",
"word": "изповядвам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"english": "se",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hear or receive a confession",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vyzpovídat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hear or receive a confession",
"word": "die Beichte abnehmen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hear or receive a confession",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "spowiadać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hear or receive a confession",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "wyspowiadać"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "prescribe penance or absolution",
"word": "die Vergebung der Sünden gewähren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "prescribe penance or absolution",
"word": "die Absolution erteilen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "prescribe penance or absolution",
"word": "eine Buße auferlegen"
}
],
"word": "shrive"
}
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