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},
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],
"text": "English: befall"
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},
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}
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},
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"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bifallaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bifallaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "bi",
"3": "fallen"
},
"expansion": "bi- + fallen",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English befeallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną, equivalent to bi- + fallen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bifalleth",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifallende",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bifell",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifallen",
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"participle",
"past"
]
}
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"expansion": "bifallen (third-person singular simple present bifalleth, present participle bifallende, first-/third-person singular past indicative bifell, past participle bifallen)",
"name": "enm-verb"
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"lang_code": "enm",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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},
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"name": "Middle English terms prefixed with bi-",
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"examples": [
{
"english": "It happened that, in that season, on a day / In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay",
"ref": "c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 19–20",
"text": "Bifil that in that seson, on a day, / In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"to befall, happen"
],
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"word": "bivallen"
},
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"word": "bifeallen"
}
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"3": "*bifallaną"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "bi",
"3": "fallen"
},
"expansion": "bi- + fallen",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English befeallan, from Proto-Germanic *bifallaną, equivalent to bi- + fallen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bifalleth",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifallende",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bifell",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifallen",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
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"4": "bifallen"
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"expansion": "bifallen (third-person singular simple present bifalleth, present participle bifallende, first-/third-person singular past indicative bifell, past participle bifallen)",
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"lang_code": "enm",
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"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms prefixed with bi-",
"Middle English terms with quotations",
"Middle English verbs"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "It happened that, in that season, on a day / In Southwark, at the Tabard, as I lay",
"ref": "c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 19–20",
"text": "Bifil that in that seson, on a day, / In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"to befall, happen"
],
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],
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"word": "bivallen"
},
{
"word": "bifeallen"
}
],
"word": "bifallen"
}
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