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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "selli"
},
{
"word": "sellich"
},
{
"word": "selliche"
},
{
"word": "sillich"
},
{
"word": "sullich"
},
{
"word": "seollich"
},
{
"word": "sælliche"
},
{
"word": "sellic"
},
{
"word": "solly"
},
{
"word": "sællic"
},
{
"word": "selle"
},
{
"word": "celly"
}
],
"word": "selly"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). 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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