"byword" meaning in Middle English

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      "expansion": "Old English bīword",
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      },
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bīwurdī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "by-",
        "3": "word"
      },
      "expansion": "by- + word",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English bīword, modified from earlier bīwyrde, from Proto-West Germanic *bīwurdī; equivalent to by- + word.",
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Talking",
          "orig": "enm:Talking",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "byword",
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        {
          "word": "biword"
        },
        {
          "word": "biworde"
        },
        {
          "word": "bywoorde"
        },
        {
          "word": "by-word"
        },
        {
          "word": "byworde"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbiːˌwurd/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbiːˌwoːrd/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "byword"
}

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      },
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    },
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        "2": "by-",
        "3": "word"
      },
      "expansion": "by- + word",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English bīword, modified from earlier bīwyrde, from Proto-West Germanic *bīwurdī; equivalent to by- + word.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Middle English lemmas",
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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-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms prefixed with by-",
        "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "byword",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbiːˌwurd/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbiːˌwoːrd/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "biword"
    },
    {
      "word": "biworde"
    },
    {
      "word": "bywoorde"
    },
    {
      "word": "by-word"
    },
    {
      "word": "byworde"
    }
  ],
  "word": "byword"
}