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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "little"
},
"expansion": "English: little",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: little"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "lytil",
"3": "litil"
},
"expansion": "Scots: lytil, litil",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: lytil, litil"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "lethel",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Yola: lethel, lithel, litha, lythea",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: lethel, lithel, litha, lythea"
}
],
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"2": "ang",
"3": "lȳtel"
},
"expansion": "Old English lȳtel",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*lūtil"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lūtil",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*lūtilaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English lȳtel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil, from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz.",
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"1": "enm",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{3}}}",
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},
"expansion": "litel",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "litel",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Size",
"orig": "enm:Size",
"parents": [
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "14ᵗʰ Century, Chaucer, General Prologue\nHe koude in litel thyng have suffisaunce.\nHe could find contentment in little things"
}
],
"glosses": [
"little (small; not large)"
],
"id": "en-litel-enm-adj-PAD4n6SK",
"links": [
[
"little",
"little"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lutel"
},
{
"word": "lutil"
},
{
"word": "lytel"
},
{
"word": "litell"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlitəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈliːtəl/"
}
],
"word": "litel"
}
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "little"
},
"expansion": "English: little",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: little"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "lytil",
"3": "litil"
},
"expansion": "Scots: lytil, litil",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: lytil, litil"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "lethel",
"alts": "1"
},
"expansion": "Yola: lethel, lithel, litha, lythea",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: lethel, lithel, litha, lythea"
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "ang",
"3": "lȳtel"
},
"expansion": "Old English lȳtel",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*lūtil"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lūtil",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*lūtilaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English lȳtel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil, from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{3}}}",
"head": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "litel",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English adjectives",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"enm:Size"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "14ᵗʰ Century, Chaucer, General Prologue\nHe koude in litel thyng have suffisaunce.\nHe could find contentment in little things"
}
],
"glosses": [
"little (small; not large)"
],
"links": [
[
"little",
"little"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlitəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈliːtəl/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lutel"
},
{
"word": "lutil"
},
{
"word": "lytel"
},
{
"word": "litell"
}
],
"word": "litel"
}
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