See saveour in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "[…] since this practice is laudable and pleasing towards God, our Saviour, who wants everyone to have safety and that they come to knowledge of the truth.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Tymothe ·i· 2:3-4, folio 83, recto, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "[…] foꝛ þıs þıng ıs good ⁊ acceptıd bıfoꝛe god oure ſauyour .· þat wole þᵗ alle mẽ bẽ maad ſaaf · / ⁊ þat þeı come to þe knowyng of treuþe ·",
"translation": "[…] since this practice is laudable and pleasing towards God, our Saviour, who wants everyone to have safety and that they come to knowledge of the truth.",
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"A communion wafer; Eucharistic bread."
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"(by extension) A communion wafer; Eucharistic bread."
],
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"ipa": "/ˌsaːveːˈuːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌsaːviˈuːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsaːvjur/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌsau̯-/"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːˈvuːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsaːvur/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sau̯-/"
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"Middle English terms suffixed with -our",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
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},
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},
{
"form": "saveur",
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},
{
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{
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{
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"alternative"
]
},
{
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"alternative",
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},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative",
"contraction"
]
},
{
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"alternative",
"contraction"
]
},
{
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"alternative",
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{
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"alternative",
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},
{
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"text": "[…] foꝛ þıs þıng ıs good ⁊ acceptıd bıfoꝛe god oure ſauyour .· þat wole þᵗ alle mẽ bẽ maad ſaaf · / ⁊ þat þeı come to þe knowyng of treuþe ·",
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"ipa": "/ˌsaːveːˈuːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌsaːviˈuːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsaːvjur/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌsau̯-/"
},
{
"ipa": "/saːˈvuːr/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsaːvur/"
},
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],
"word": "saveour"
}
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