See lege in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "legi",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leyge",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "liage",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "liege",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lyege",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lyge",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{3}}}",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "lege",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lege",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Able to command obedience from one's inferiors."
],
"links": [
[
"obedience",
"obedience"
],
[
"inferior",
"inferior"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Pledged to obey one's superiors; subject to duty by an authority."
],
"links": [
[
"superior",
"superior"
],
[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"authority",
"authority"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Otherwise bound by feudal obligations."
],
"links": [
[
"feudal",
"feudal"
],
[
"obligation",
"obligation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Otherwise bound by feudal obligations."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈleːdʒ(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈliːdʒ(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "lege"
}
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