See brigge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/ˈbrɛd͡ʒ(ə)/",
"note": "East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbrud͡ʒ(ə)/",
"note": "Southern, West Midland"
},
{
"ipa": "/briɡ/",
"tags": [
"Northern"
]
}
],
"word": "brigge"
}
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"msg": "''A bridge (structure that cross'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
"path": [
"brigge"
],
"section": "Middle English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "brigge",
"trace": ""
}
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