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"lang_code": "en",
"word": "skite"
},
{
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},
{
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"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "skite"
},
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"word": "skyte"
}
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}
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[
"skíta",
"skíta#Old_Norse"
],
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"*skītaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skītaną"
],
[
"*skéydt",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/skéydt"
],
[
"skit",
"skit#Middle_English"
],
[
"-en",
"-en#Middle_English:_infinitival"
],
[
"schiten",
"schiten#Middle_English"
]
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
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},
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"alternative"
]
}
],
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"2": "verb"
},
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Middle English hapax legomena",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Feces",
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"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To defecate (release feces)"
],
"id": "en-skiten-enm-verb-i-lbpB3d",
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[
"defecate",
"defecate"
],
[
"release",
"release#English"
],
[
"feces",
"feces#English"
]
],
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"(Late Middle English, vulgar, hapax legomenon) To defecate (release feces)"
],
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈskiːtən/"
}
],
"word": "skiten"
}
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"word": "skite"
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{
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"word": "skyte"
},
{
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"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "skite"
},
{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "skyte"
}
],
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"word": "*skite"
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],
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[
"skíta",
"skíta#Old_Norse"
],
[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skītaną"
],
[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/skéydt"
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[
"skit",
"skit#Middle_English"
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"schiten",
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},
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{
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},
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{
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{
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"2": "skit",
"3": "-en",
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"t1": "diarrhoea"
},
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"name": "af"
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "schiten"
},
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}
],
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"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
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]
}
],
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"2": "verb"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English hapax legomena",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms borrowed from Old Norse",
"Middle English terms derived from Old Norse",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
"Middle English verbs",
"Middle English vulgarities",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Feces"
],
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"To defecate (release feces)"
],
"links": [
[
"defecate",
"defecate"
],
[
"release",
"release#English"
],
[
"feces",
"feces#English"
]
],
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"(Late Middle English, vulgar, hapax legomenon) To defecate (release feces)"
],
"tags": [
"Late-Middle-English",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈskiːtən/"
}
],
"word": "skiten"
}
Download raw JSONL data for skiten meaning in Middle English (2.6kB)
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Late Middle English, vulgar, hapax legomenon",
"path": [
"skiten"
],
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"subsection": "verb",
"title": "skiten",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Late Middle English, vulgar, hapax legomenon",
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"skiten"
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