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{
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{
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"word": "beheve"
},
{
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"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bihōfī"
],
[
"be-",
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],
[
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},
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}
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}
],
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"word": "efnbehēfe"
},
{
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}
],
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},
{
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}
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"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bihōfī"
],
[
"*bihōfiją",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bihōfiją"
],
[
"hœfi",
"hœfi#Old_Norse"
]
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"behēfe",
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"behēfas",
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]
],
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},
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]
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"behēfas",
"behefas#Old_English"
]
],
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"plural"
]
},
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]
],
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],
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{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "nīedbehēfe"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"*bihōfī",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bihōfī"
],
[
"*bihōfiją",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bihōfiją"
],
[
"hœfi",
"hœfi#Old_Norse"
]
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*bihōfī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bihōfī",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bihōfiją",
"t": "use, profit"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bihōfiją (“use, profit”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "hœfi",
"t": "goal, position, relation"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse hœfi (“goal, position, relation”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *bihōfī, from Proto-Germanic *bihōfiją (“use, profit”). Compare Old Norse hœfi (“goal, position, relation”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "behēfe",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-ja-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "behēfe",
"links": [
[
"behēfe",
"behefe#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "behēfas",
"links": [
[
"behēfas",
"behefas#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "behēfe",
"links": [
[
"behēfe",
"behefe#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "behēfas",
"links": [
[
"behēfas",
"behefas#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "behēfes",
"links": [
[
"behēfes",
"behefes#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "behēfa",
"links": [
[
"behēfa",
"behefa#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "behēfe",
"links": [
[
"behēfe",
"behefe#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "behēfum",
"links": [
[
"behēfum",
"behefum#Old_English"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "behœ̄fe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bihoefe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"head": "behēfe"
},
"expansion": "behēfe m",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "behēf"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-ja-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "behēfe",
"2": "behēfas",
"3": "behēfe",
"4": "behēfas",
"5": "behēfes",
"6": "behēfa",
"7": "behēfe",
"8": "behēfum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong ja-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"gain, advantage, benefit, behoof"
],
"links": [
[
"gain",
"gain"
],
[
"advantage",
"advantage"
],
[
"benefit",
"benefit"
],
[
"behoof",
"behoof"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/beˈxeː.fe/"
},
{
"ipa": "[beˈheː.ve]"
}
],
"word": "behefe"
}
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