See werre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"worse",
"worse"
]
],
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"Northern",
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"form-of"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɔr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwar/",
"note": "later"
}
],
"word": "werre"
}
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"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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"Middle English verbs",
"Northern Middle English",
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"Pages with entries",
"enm:Emotions",
"enm:Equestrianism",
"enm:War"
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},
{
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"lang_code": "en",
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},
{
"lang": "English",
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"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "wor"
},
{
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{
"lang": "Scots",
"lang_code": "sco",
"word": "waur"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Scots",
"lang_code": "gmw-msc",
"word": "wer"
}
],
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"1": "enm",
"2": "worse"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymid"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "non",
"3": "verri"
},
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"name": "bor+"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
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},
{
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},
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],
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{
"form": "war",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ware",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "warr",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "warre",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wer",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "were",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "werr",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "werrar",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "wor",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "worre",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "werre (uncountable)",
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},
{
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"3": "Northern"
},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Something or someone which is more yvel or ille (i.e. worse)."
],
"links": [
[
"yvel",
"yvel#Middle_English"
],
[
"ille",
"ille#Middle_English"
],
[
"worse",
"worse#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"Northern",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈwɛr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwɔr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwar/",
"note": "later"
}
],
"word": "werre"
}
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"enm:Equestrianism",
"enm:War"
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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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{
"word": "werren"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of werren"
],
"links": [
[
"werren",
"werren#Middle_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"Northern",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "werre"
}
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