See west in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "west",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to move west",
"word": "westen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of westen (“to move west”)"
],
"links": [
[
"westen",
"westen#Middle_English:_to_move_west"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "west"
}
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