See gamen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/ˈɡaːmən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡamən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɔ̞ːmən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɔmən/",
"note": "West Midland, from Old English gomen"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɛ̞ːmən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɛmən/",
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},
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},
{
"form": "gamen",
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{
"form": "to gamen",
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{
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"infinitive"
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{
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"present",
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"form": "gamest",
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"singular"
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"singular",
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},
{
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"singular",
"subjunctive"
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{
"form": "game",
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"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gamen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "game",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "gameden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gamede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gameth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "game",
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"plural",
"present"
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},
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"alt_of": [
{
"word": "gamenen"
}
],
"categories": [
"County Durham Middle English",
"West Riding Middle English"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of gamenen"
],
"links": [
[
"gamenen",
"gamenen#Middle_English"
]
],
"qualifier": "County Durham; West Riding; County Durham; West Riding",
"raw_glosses": [
"(County Durham, West Riding) alternative form of gamenen"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "gamen"
}
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