See ferian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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},
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],
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],
[
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],
[
"ferja",
"ferja#Old_Norse"
],
[
"𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽",
"𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽#Gothic"
]
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},
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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},
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}
],
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{
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "ferian",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "ferienne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "ferie",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferede",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "feredest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
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"third-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "feredon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ferie",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferede",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferien",
"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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"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ferġan",
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"alternative"
]
}
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},
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{
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"_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
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},
{
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],
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
36,
42
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
47,
54
]
],
"english": "proud by the wall. The war took away some men,\ncarried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone\nover deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;\na sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.",
"ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
"text": "wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,\nferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær\nofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf\ndēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor\nin eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.",
"translation": "proud by the wall. The war took away some men,\ncarried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone\nover deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;\na sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.",
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],
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],
[
"conduct",
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"lead"
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{
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[
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{
"ipa": "/ˈfer.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈferˠ.jɑn]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-er.jɑn"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfe.ri.ɑn/"
}
],
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}
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"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verbs",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Old English/er.jɑn",
"Rhymes:Old English/er.jɑn/2 syllables"
],
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},
{
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{
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],
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],
[
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],
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"table-tags"
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "ferienne",
"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "ferie",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferede",
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"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ferest",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "feredest",
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"past",
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]
},
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"form": "fereþ",
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]
},
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]
},
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"form": "feriaþ",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "feredon",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "fereden",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "fere",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "feriende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "fered",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġefered",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "feriġan",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ferġan",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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}
],
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},
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],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
36,
42
]
],
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[
47,
54
]
],
"english": "proud by the wall. The war took away some men,\ncarried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone\nover deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;\na sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.",
"ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
"text": "wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,\nferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær\nofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf\ndēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor\nin eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.",
"translation": "proud by the wall. The war took away some men,\ncarried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone\nover deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;\na sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"to take, move, carry"
],
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"take",
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],
[
"move",
"move"
],
[
"carry",
"carry"
]
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{
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"to direct the course of; conduct, lead"
],
"links": [
[
"direct",
"direct"
],
[
"conduct",
"conduct"
],
[
"lead",
"lead"
]
]
},
{
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"to go, leave"
],
"links": [
[
"go",
"go"
],
[
"leave",
"leave"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfer.jɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈferˠ.jɑn]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-er.jɑn"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfe.ri.ɑn/"
}
],
"word": "ferian"
}
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