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"word": "ayel"
},
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"word": "aiel"
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{
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},
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]
},
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"form": "aiel",
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]
},
{
"form": "aile",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ayeul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ayle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "eile",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ael",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
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"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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14,
18
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14,
25
]
],
"english": "[…] I am your grandfather, ready at your request; / now weep no more [since] I'll fulfill your desire.",
"ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Knẏghtes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 33, recto:",
"text": "[…] I am thẏn Aıel / redẏ at thẏ wılle / Weepe now namooꝛe / I wol thẏ luſt fulfılle",
"translation": "[…] I am your grandfather, ready at your request; / now weep no more [since] I'll fulfill your desire.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"A grandfather or other ancestor."
],
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"grandfather",
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],
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"ancestor"
]
],
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{
"word": "grandfader"
},
{
"word": "olde fader"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/æi̯ˈeːl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈæi̯(ɛ)l/"
}
],
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}
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "aiel",
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]
},
{
"form": "aile",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ayell",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ayelle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ayeul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ayle",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "eile",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ael",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"Middle English terms derived from Old French",
"Middle English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
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14,
25
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],
"english": "[…] I am your grandfather, ready at your request; / now weep no more [since] I'll fulfill your desire.",
"ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Knẏghtes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 33, recto:",
"text": "[…] I am thẏn Aıel / redẏ at thẏ wılle / Weepe now namooꝛe / I wol thẏ luſt fulfılle",
"translation": "[…] I am your grandfather, ready at your request; / now weep no more [since] I'll fulfill your desire.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"A grandfather or other ancestor."
],
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],
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],
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"ancestor"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/æi̯ˈeːl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈæi̯(ɛ)l/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "grandfader"
},
{
"word": "olde fader"
}
],
"word": "ayel"
}
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