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"pinniped#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sɛl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɛ̞ːl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɛlx/",
"note": "Early Scots"
}
],
"word": "sel"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English alternative forms",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Pages with 27 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Carnivores",
"enm:Happiness",
"enm:Units of time"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "sel",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "sellen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of sellen"
],
"links": [
[
"sellen",
"sellen#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "sel"
}
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