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"translation": "Osred, who was king of Northumbrian, was apprehended and slain on the 17th of October after coming home from his exile, and his body lies at Tynemouth. And King Aethelred took a new wife, whose name was Aelfled, on the third of October.",
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"english": "Then said Simon Peter to them. I want to go fishing. Then they said to him, and we want to go with you. And they went out and went in a ship, and caught nothing in the night.",
"roman": "Ðā cwæð Simon Petrus tō him, Ic wylle gān on fixað. Þā cwǣdon hī tō him, And wē wyllað gān mid þē. And hī ēodon ūt, and ēodon on scip, and ne fēngon nān þing on þǣre nihte.",
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"english": "Osred, who was king of Northumbrian, was apprehended and slain on the 17th of October after coming home from his exile, and his body lies at Tynemouth. And King Aethelred took a new wife, whose name was Aelfled, on the third of October.",
"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nŌsrēd, þe wæs Norþanhymbra cining, æfter wræcsīþe hām cumenum ġelǣht wæs ⁊ ofslagen on XVIII Kƚ Octoƀ ⁊ his līc liġþ æt Tīnamūþe. ⁊ Æþelrēd cining feng tō nīwan wīfe, sēo wæs Ælflēd ġehāten, on III Kƚ Octobr̃.",
"translation": "Osred, who was king of Northumbrian, was apprehended and slain on the 17th of October after coming home from his exile, and his body lies at Tynemouth. And King Aethelred took a new wife, whose name was Aelfled, on the third of October.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to take what is given, receive or accept what is offered"
],
"links": [
[
"take",
"take"
],
[
"receive",
"receive"
],
[
"accept",
"accept"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(with tō) to take what is given, receive or accept what is offered"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with tō"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Old English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "After him his son Xerxes took over the Persian Empire.",
"text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nÆfter him feng his sunu tō Persea rīċe Xersis.",
"translation": "After him his son Xerxes took over the Persian Empire.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
24,
26
],
[
37,
40
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
19,
28
]
],
"english": "They said he would take over the city.",
"text": "Hīe cwǣdon þæt hē wolde tō þǣre byrġ fōn.",
"translation": "They said he would take over the city.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to conquer, take over"
],
"links": [
[
"conquer",
"conquer"
],
[
"take over",
"take over"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(with tō) to conquer, take over"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with tō"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/foːn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oːn"
}
],
"word": "fon"
}
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