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"expansion": "I",
"name": "yesno"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Inherited"
},
"expansion": "Inherited",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "sīman",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Old English sīman",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "sīman"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Old English sīman",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*saumijan",
"id": "load"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *saumijan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "seem",
"3": "-en",
"id1": "load",
"id2": "infinitival",
"pos2": "infinitival suffix",
"t1": "load"
},
"expansion": "seem (“load”) + -en (infinitival suffix)",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Old English sīman, sēman, from Proto-West Germanic *saumijan; equivalent to seem (“load”) + -en (infinitival suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "semeth",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "semende",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "semynge",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "semed",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"participle",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "enm-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "semen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to semen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semedest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semdest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "semed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "semde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "semed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "semde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "semeden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "semede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "semden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "semde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "semeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "semynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "semende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "semed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "semd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ysemed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ysemd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "semen",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"stem": "sem"
},
"expansion": "semen (third-person singular simple present semeth, present participle semende, semynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle semed)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sem",
"c2": "de",
"p_part2": "0"
},
"name": "enm-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To load up or with; to place upon."
],
"links": [
[
"load",
"load"
],
[
"place",
"place"
],
[
"upon",
"upon"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To be burdensome or grievous."
],
"links": [
[
"burdensome",
"burdensome"
],
[
"grievous",
"grievous"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, rare) To be burdensome or grievous."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈseːmən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛːmən/"
}
],
"word": "semen"
}
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