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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "boy"
},
"expansion": "English: boy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: boy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "boy"
},
"expansion": "Scots: boy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: boy"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "bye",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Yola: bye, buye",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: bye, buye"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "inh",
"3": "ang>*bōia>boy",
"id": "boy"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*bōia"
},
"expansion": "Old English *bōia",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bōjô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bōjô",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English *bōia, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "boyes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "boi",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bey",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bay",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bye",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "boie",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
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},
"expansion": "boye",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "boye (plural boyes)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "58 32 5 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 32 2 25",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Children",
"orig": "enm:Children",
"parents": [
"Youth",
"Age",
"People",
"Human",
"Time",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The boy should pay for it; Horn threw him over the bridge.",
"ref": "c. 1300, King Horn, line 1075:",
"text": "þe boye hit scholde abugge\nHorn þreu him ouer þe brigge.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"servant, attendant (especially if young)"
],
"id": "en-boye-enm-noun-8UfIh0aM",
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"servant",
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],
[
"attendant",
"attendant"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"commoner, peon (person of low rank)"
],
"id": "en-boye-enm-noun-t627~6b2",
"links": [
[
"commoner",
"commoner"
],
[
"peon",
"peon"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"scoundrel, villain"
],
"id": "en-boye-enm-noun-51MspovL",
"links": [
[
"scoundrel",
"scoundrel"
],
[
"villain",
"villain"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "20 17 0 63",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Male people",
"orig": "enm:Male people",
"parents": [
"Male",
"People",
"Gender",
"Human",
"Biology",
"Psychology",
"Sociology",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Social sciences",
"Fundamental",
"Society"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1440, Promptorium Parvulorum, section 35:",
"text": "Bye or boye: Bostio.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"boy (male child)"
],
"id": "en-boye-enm-noun-SLfir-OH",
"links": [
[
"boy",
"boy"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɔi̯(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "boye"
}
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"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"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-West Germanic",
"Pages with 4 entries",
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"enm:Children",
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"2": "boy"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
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},
{
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"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "boy"
},
"expansion": "Scots: boy",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: boy"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "bye",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Yola: bye, buye",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
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"2": "inh",
"3": "ang>*bōia>boy",
"id": "boy"
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"name": "etymon"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*bōia"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bōjô"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bōjô",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English *bōia, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "boyes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "boi",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bey",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bay",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bye",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "boie",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"1": "enm",
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"g3": "",
"head": "",
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"expansion": "boye",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "boye (plural boyes)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The boy should pay for it; Horn threw him over the bridge.",
"ref": "c. 1300, King Horn, line 1075:",
"text": "þe boye hit scholde abugge\nHorn þreu him ouer þe brigge.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"servant, attendant (especially if young)"
],
"links": [
[
"servant",
"servant"
],
[
"attendant",
"attendant"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"commoner, peon (person of low rank)"
],
"links": [
[
"commoner",
"commoner"
],
[
"peon",
"peon"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"scoundrel, villain"
],
"links": [
[
"scoundrel",
"scoundrel"
],
[
"villain",
"villain"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1440, Promptorium Parvulorum, section 35:",
"text": "Bye or boye: Bostio.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"boy (male child)"
],
"links": [
[
"boy",
"boy"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbɔi̯(ə)/"
}
],
"word": "boye"
}
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