"Lien" meaning in Low German

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        "2": "gml",
        "3": "lîne"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German lîne",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*līna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *līna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*līnǭ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "line, rope, flaxen cord, thread"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*līno-",
        "t": "flax"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German lîne, from Old Saxon *līna, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from *līną (“flax”).\nHypothesised to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), although it's impossible to reconstruct a common PIE protoform due to discrepancies with other European branches and absence of cognates outside of Europe.\nIf originally a non-IE loanword, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lienen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
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      },
      "expansion": "Lien f (plural Lienen)",
      "name": "nds-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "GLG"
      },
      "expansion": "(German Low German)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Low German",
  "lang_code": "nds",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Low German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "line; cord"
      ],
      "id": "en-Lien-nds-noun-~3iW6lua",
      "links": [
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "cord",
          "cord"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈliːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lien"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "lîne"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German lîne",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*līna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *līna",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*līnǭ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "line, rope, flaxen cord, thread"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*līno-",
        "t": "flax"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German lîne, from Old Saxon *līna, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from *līną (“flax”).\nHypothesised to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), although it's impossible to reconstruct a common PIE protoform due to discrepancies with other European branches and absence of cognates outside of Europe.\nIf originally a non-IE loanword, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lienen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "Lienen"
      },
      "expansion": "Lien f (plural Lienen)",
      "name": "nds-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "GLG"
      },
      "expansion": "(German Low German)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Low German",
  "lang_code": "nds",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Low German nouns",
        "Low German terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Low German terms derived from Old Saxon",
        "Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Low German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German",
        "Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "line; cord"
      ],
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        [
          "line",
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        ],
        [
          "cord",
          "cord"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈliːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lien"
}