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"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Something which effects or changes; a force."
],
"links": [
[
"effects",
"effects"
],
[
"force",
"force"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Something which effects or changes; a force."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Might or potency; the ability to effect one's will."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Might or potency; the ability to effect one's will."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"The state or situation one is in."
],
"links": [
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"situation",
"situation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) The state or situation one is in."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɣə/",
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlau̯(ə)/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-au̯(ə)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "laȝe"
},
{
"word": "laȝhe"
},
{
"word": "lagh"
},
{
"word": "laghe"
},
{
"word": "laugh"
},
{
"word": "lage"
},
{
"word": "laue"
},
{
"word": "lau"
},
{
"word": "law"
},
{
"word": "lauwe"
},
{
"word": "laȝwe"
}
],
"word": "lawe"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). 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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