"bocstaff" meaning in Middle English

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        "2": "bókstavur"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "expansion": "German Buchstabe",
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        "2": "bókstafur"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian bokstav",
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    },
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        "2": "bokstav"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish bokstav",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old English bōcstæf (“letter, written character”), from bōc (“book”) + stæf (“staff, character”), from Proto-Germanic *bōkastabaz. Compare Danish bogstav, Faroese bókstavur, German Buchstabe, Icelandic bókstafur, Norwegian bokstav, Swedish bokstav.",
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        {
          "word": "bokrune"
        },
        {
          "word": "lettre"
        },
        {
          "word": "bocstaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "bookstaff"
        },
        {
          "word": "bookstave"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboːkˌstaf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboːkˌstaːv(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bocstaff"
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        "2": "bókstavur"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "bokstav"
      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English bōcstæf (“letter, written character”), from bōc (“book”) + stæf (“staff, character”), from Proto-Germanic *bōkastabaz. Compare Danish bogstav, Faroese bókstavur, German Buchstabe, Icelandic bókstafur, Norwegian bokstav, Swedish bokstav.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboːkˌstaf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboːkˌstaːv(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bocstaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "bookstaff"
    },
    {
      "word": "bookstave"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bocstaff"
}