See hire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "mede"
},
{
"word": "wage"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A reward; recompense."
],
"links": [
[
"reward",
"reward"
],
[
"recompense",
"recompense"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "mede"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "[…] who've abandoned the right way and strayed, following the way of Balaam of Bosor, who loved the fruits of wrongdoing.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Petre ·ii· 2:15, page 113v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "[…]þat foꝛſaken þe riȝt weie .· ⁊ erriden ſuynge þe weie of balaam of boſoꝛ / which louyde þe hire of wickidneſſe",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"One's deserts; what one deserves."
],
"links": [
[
"desert",
"desert"
],
[
"deserves",
"deserves"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A payment; a charge."
],
"links": [
[
"payment",
"payment"
],
[
"charge",
"charge"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhiːr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈheːr(ə)/",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhuːr(ə)/",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhyːr(ə)/",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "here"
},
{
"word": "hier"
},
{
"word": "hijre"
},
{
"word": "hir"
},
{
"word": "hoyre"
},
{
"word": "huire"
},
{
"word": "hure"
},
{
"word": "huyre"
},
{
"word": "hyer"
},
{
"word": "hyr"
},
{
"word": "hyre"
},
{
"word": "hyure"
}
],
"word": "hire"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English verbs",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Money"
],
"etymology_number": 4,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "hire",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "army",
"word": "here"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of here (“army”)"
],
"links": [
[
"here",
"here#Middle_English:_army"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "hire"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English verbs",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Money"
],
"etymology_number": 5,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "hire",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to hire",
"word": "hiren"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of hiren (“to hire”)"
],
"links": [
[
"hiren",
"hiren#Middle_English:_to_hire"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "hire"
}
Download raw JSONL data for hire meaning in Middle English (13.8kB)
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"subsection": "determiner",
"title": "hire",
"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
"path": [
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"section": "Middle English",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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