See scheld in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"enm:Currency",
"enm:Cuts of meat"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "scheld",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "schilden"
}
],
"categories": [
"Early Scots"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of schilden"
],
"links": [
[
"schilden",
"schilden#Middle_English"
]
],
"qualifier": "Early Scots",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Early Scots) alternative form of schilden"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "scheld"
}
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