"sei" meaning in German

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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "english": "Thinkest thou I am a child, or frantic?",
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          "sein",
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          "english": "He carries himself as if he felt he were the master here, and were withheld by courtesy alone from making us feel his supremacy; …",
          "ref": "1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont",
          "text": "Er sieht oft aus, als wenn er in der völligen Überzeugung lebe, er sei Herr, und wolle es uns nur aus Gefälligkeit nicht fühlen lassen, [...]",
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        "third-person singular subjunctive I of sein"
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          "sein",
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        {
          "english": "Go your way and be quiet.",
          "ref": "1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont",
          "text": "Geh deines Pfads, und sei ruhig.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/zaɪ̯/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saɛ̯/"
    },
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  "word": "sei"
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          "english": "Thinkest thou I am a child, or frantic?",
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          "sein",
          "sein#German"
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          "sein",
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          "text": "Geh deines Pfads, und sei ruhig.",
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