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"expansion": "yerd (third-person singular simple present yerdeth, present participle yerdynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle yerded)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to beat with a stick"
],
"links": [
[
"beat",
"beat"
],
[
"stick",
"stick"
]
]
}
],
"word": "yerd"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Agriculture",
"enm:Horticulture",
"enm:Household"
],
"etymology_number": "3",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "yerd",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "bar",
"word": "yerde"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of yerde (“bar”)"
],
"links": [
[
"yerde",
"yerde#Middle_English:_bar"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "yerd"
}
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