"peny" meaning in Middle English

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      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "penny"
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "From Old English peniġ, a form of penning, from Proto-West Germanic *panning, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz.\nThe plural pens possibly originates in collocations such as six penies which were pronounced as a unit with stress (largely) on the first element (/ˈsikspɛni(ː)s/, /ˈsikspɛni(ː)z/), making the unstressed final vowel especially vulnerable to syncope due to its distance from the stress.",
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    {
      "form": "penies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pens",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "panewes",
      "tags": [
        "Midlands",
        "Southern",
        "error-unknown-tag",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peni",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pene",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peney",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "penny",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peyne",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pani",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pany",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peninnꟑ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ormulum"
      ]
    }
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    },
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        "pl2": "pens",
        "pl3": "panewes",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "halpeni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hundredpeny"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "peny gras"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "penywort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Petres peny"
    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "35 30 29 6",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Currency",
          "orig": "enm:Currency",
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        "A penny or other silver coin (including ancient coins)"
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        "The weight corresponding to that coin."
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        "(in compounds) A tax, fee, or charge."
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɛniː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpaniː/",
      "note": "especially East Saxon or West Midland"
    }
  ],
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Midlands",
        "Southern",
        "error-unknown-tag",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "peni",
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      ]
    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "peney",
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        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
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      "form": "penny",
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        "alternative",
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
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      "form": "pani",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "pany",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "halpeni"
    },
    {
      "word": "hundredpeny"
    },
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      "word": "peny gras"
    },
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      "word": "penywort"
    },
    {
      "word": "Petres peny"
    }
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        "A penny or other silver coin (including ancient coins)"
      ],
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        [
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          "penny"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        ],
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        "(in compounds) A tax, fee, or charge."
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛniː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpaniː/",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "peny"
}