See leyen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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]
},
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"form": "to leyen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "leye",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "leyde",
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"singular"
]
},
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
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"form": "leye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leyen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "leye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leyynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "leyende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "leyd",
"source": "conjugation",
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"participle",
"past"
]
}
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"pos": "verb",
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"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"ref": "c. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde:",
"text": "The sterne wind so loude gan to route That no wight other noyse mighte here; And they that layen at the dore with-oute, 745 Ful sykerly they slepten alle y-fere; And Pandarus, with a ful sobre chere, Goth to the dore anon with-outen lette, Ther-as they laye, and softely it shette.",
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],
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[
"lay",
"lay"
]
],
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{
"word": "leyn"
},
{
"word": "leygen"
},
{
"word": "layn"
},
{
"word": "leggen"
},
{
"word": "leghen"
},
{
"word": "lecchen"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈlɛi̯ən/"
}
],
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}
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},
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}
],
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"source": "conjugation",
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]
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"form": "enm-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "leyen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to leyen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "leye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "leye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leyde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leyest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leydest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leyeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "leyde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "leye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "leyde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "leye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leyen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "leye",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "leyden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leyde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leyeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "leye",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leyynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "leyende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "leyd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"c": "de",
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"lang": "Middle English",
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"pos": "verb",
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"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
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"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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"Middle English verbs",
"Middle English weak verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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{
"ref": "c. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde:",
"text": "The sterne wind so loude gan to route That no wight other noyse mighte here; And they that layen at the dore with-oute, 745 Ful sykerly they slepten alle y-fere; And Pandarus, with a ful sobre chere, Goth to the dore anon with-outen lette, Ther-as they laye, and softely it shette.",
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}
],
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],
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]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛi̯ən/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "leyn"
},
{
"word": "leygen"
},
{
"word": "layn"
},
{
"word": "leggen"
},
{
"word": "leghen"
},
{
"word": "lecchen"
}
],
"word": "leyen"
}
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