See fight in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/fæi̯xt/",
"note": "especially Northern North Midland"
}
],
"word": "fight"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English alternative forms",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Ethics",
"enm:Religion",
"enm:Violence",
"enm:War"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "fight",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "fighten"
}
],
"categories": [
"West Riding Middle English"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of fighten"
],
"links": [
[
"fighten",
"fighten#Middle_English"
]
],
"qualifier": "West Riding",
"raw_glosses": [
"(West Riding) alternative form of fighten"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "fight"
}
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