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"english": "I am gracious and great, God without beginning, / I am the unmade maker—all might is in me, / I am life and the way to the attainment of salvation, / I am foremost and first—as I command, it shall be.",
"roman": "I am gracyus and grete, god withoutyn begynnyng, / I am maker vnmade, all mighte es in me, / I am lyfe and way vnto welth-wynnyng, / I am formaste and fyrste, als I byd sall it be.",
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{
"ipa": "/ˈɡraːsius/"
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"roman": "I am gracyus and grete, god withoutyn begynnyng, / I am maker vnmade, all mighte es in me, / I am lyfe and way vnto welth-wynnyng, / I am formaste and fyrste, als I byd sall it be.",
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"ipa": "/ɡraːˈsjuːs/"
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"ipa": "/ˈɡraːsius/"
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"ipa": "/ˈɡraːsjus/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡraːsjəs/"
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