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"text": "14ᵗʰ Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale\nThe brighte swerdes wenten to and fro\nSo hidously þat with þe leste strook\nThat it semeþ þat it wolde felle an ook"
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"To believe or assume; to develop a belief:",
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"word": "semy"
},
{
"word": "semyn"
}
],
"word": "semen"
}
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"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-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Middle English verbs",
"Middle English weak verbs",
"enm:Appearance",
"enm:Emotions",
"enm:Human behaviour",
"enm:Thinking"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
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"2": "to load up"
},
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"4": "",
"5": "",
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"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
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},
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"t1": "load"
},
"expansion": "seem (“load”) + -en (infinitival suffix)",
"name": "af"
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],
"etymology_text": "table\nInherited from Old English sīman, sēman, from Proto-West Germanic *saumijan; equivalent to seem (“load”) + -en (infinitival suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "semeth",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "semende",
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"participle",
"present"
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{
"form": "semynge",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "semed",
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"participle",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "weak",
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},
{
"form": "enm-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "semen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to semen",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semedest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semdest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semeth",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "semed",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "semde",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "semed",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
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"subjunctive"
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},
{
"form": "semde",
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"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "semen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "semeden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "semede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "semden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "semde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "semeth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "seme",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "semynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "semende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "semed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ysemed",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"head": ""
},
"expansion": "semen",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"stem": "sem"
},
"expansion": "semen (third-person singular simple present semeth, present participle semende, semynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle semed)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
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"1": "sem",
"c2": "de",
"p_part2": "0"
},
"name": "enm-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To load up or with; to place upon."
],
"links": [
[
"load",
"load"
],
[
"place",
"place"
],
[
"upon",
"upon"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To be burdensome or grievous."
],
"links": [
[
"burdensome",
"burdensome"
],
[
"grievous",
"grievous"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, rare) To be burdensome or grievous."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈseːmən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛːmən/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "seme"
}
],
"word": "semen"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 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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