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},
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{
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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"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝungge",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝyng",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝynge",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝyonge",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yenge",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ying",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yoing",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yonge",
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]
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"form": "yung",
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},
{
"form": "yunge",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ging",
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"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝiung",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "jung",
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"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "yyng",
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"alternative",
"Ireland"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝounge",
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"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
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"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "yinge",
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"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
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"form": "ynge",
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"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
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"form": "yongge",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝeing",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝhong",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝohng",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "yhong",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "yhonge",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "yhung",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "yhyng",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝhing",
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]
},
{
"form": "yhing",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yhowng",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝonke",
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]
},
{
"form": "ȝoyng",
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]
}
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"another",
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[
"name",
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"Innocent; not guilty."
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"(figurative) Innocent; not guilty."
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[
"existence",
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"Tender, fresh."
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"(of meat) Tender, fresh."
],
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"of meat"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/junɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/juːnɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jinɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːnɡ/",
"note": "from Old English ġing",
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"East-Anglia",
"Northern",
"especially"
]
}
],
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"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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"enm:Time"
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},
{
"word": "yong mone"
},
{
"word": "yong sonne"
},
{
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},
{
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{
"word": "yongthe"
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{
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{
"form": "ȝeng",
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},
{
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{
"form": "ȝinge",
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{
"form": "ȝunge",
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]
},
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]
},
{
"form": "ȝyng",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝynge",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝyonge",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yenge",
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]
},
{
"form": "ying",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "yoing",
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{
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]
},
{
"form": "young",
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]
},
{
"form": "younge",
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]
},
{
"form": "yung",
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},
{
"form": "yunge",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ging",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝiung",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "jung",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "yyng",
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"alternative",
"Ireland"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝounge",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "yeng",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "yinge",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Late-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"form": "ynge",
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"alternative",
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]
},
{
"form": "yongge",
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]
},
{
"form": "ȝeing",
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"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝhong",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝohng",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "yhong",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "yhonge",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "yhung",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "yhyng",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Northern"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝhing",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "yhing",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "yhowng",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ȝonke",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "ȝoyng",
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}
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"life",
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"young",
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"Early in growth or life; young.",
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"life",
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"young",
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"Innocent; not guilty."
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"(figurative) Innocent; not guilty."
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"unskilled",
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]
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{
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[
"existence",
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[
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},
{
"glosses": [
"Tender, fresh."
],
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[
"Tender",
"tender"
],
[
"fresh",
"fresh"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of meat) Tender, fresh."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of meat"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/junɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/juːnɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jinɡ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːnɡ/",
"note": "from Old English ġing",
"tags": [
"East-Anglia",
"Northern",
"especially"
]
}
],
"word": "yong"
}
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