See sterven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "[…] through joy and sorrow, she won't abandon him; / she doesn't get tired / of loving and looking after him / Even though he'll lie bedridden until he dies.",
"ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Marchantes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 138, verso:",
"text": "ffoꝛ wele oꝛ wo / she wol hẏm nat foꝛſake / She nẏs nat werẏ / hẏm to loue / and serue / Thogh þᵗ he lẏ bedrede / tıl he ſterue",
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"past",
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"participle",
"present"
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]
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
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]
},
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156
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"english": "[…] through joy and sorrow, she won't abandon him; / she doesn't get tired / of loving and looking after him / Even though he'll lie bedridden until he dies.",
"ref": "1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Marchantes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 138, verso:",
"text": "ffoꝛ wele oꝛ wo / she wol hẏm nat foꝛſake / She nẏs nat werẏ / hẏm to loue / and serue / Thogh þᵗ he lẏ bedrede / tıl he ſterue",
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}
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}
],
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}
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