See boye in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"expansion": "Old English *bōia",
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},
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"2": "gem-pro",
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},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English *bōia, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô.",
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"form": "boyes",
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]
}
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],
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"lang_code": "enm",
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"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "58 32 5 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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},
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"english": "The boy should pay for it; Horn threw him over the bridge.",
"ref": "c. 1300, King Horn, line 1075:",
"text": "þe boye hit scholde abugge\nHorn þreu him ouer þe brigge.",
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}
],
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],
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"peon",
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]
]
},
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"glosses": [
"scoundrel, villain"
],
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"links": [
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"scoundrel",
"scoundrel"
],
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"villain",
"villain"
]
]
},
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},
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"langcode": "enm",
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"Human",
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"Psychology",
"Sociology",
"All topics",
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}
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"boy"
]
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"ipa": "/ˈbɔi̯(ə)/"
}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "boi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "bey"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "bay"
},
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"word": "bye"
},
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}
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],
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"english": "The boy should pay for it; Horn threw him over the bridge.",
"ref": "c. 1300, King Horn, line 1075:",
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}
],
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"servant, attendant (especially if young)"
],
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"servant",
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],
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"attendant",
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],
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"commoner",
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],
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"peon",
"peon"
]
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},
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"glosses": [
"scoundrel, villain"
],
"links": [
[
"scoundrel",
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],
[
"villain",
"villain"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"boy (male child)"
],
"links": [
[
"boy",
"boy"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɔi̯(ə)/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "boi"
},
{
"word": "bey"
},
{
"word": "bay"
},
{
"word": "bye"
},
{
"word": "boie"
}
],
"word": "boye"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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