See lether in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*letróm"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *letróm",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Old English leþer, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą, from Proto-Indo-European *letróm.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lethere",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lethir",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "lethyr",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leþer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leþyr",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leþir",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leddyr",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ledder",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leddur",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leddir",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ledyr",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leder",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"10": "{{{3}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{sup2}}}",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{comp2}}}",
"9": "",
"f3l": "",
"f5l": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "lether",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lether",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"leather (manufactured out of leather)"
],
"links": [
[
"leather",
"leather"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛðər/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛːðər/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛdər/"
}
],
"word": "lether"
}
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